Halloween 2026 in Portland: Food, Drink, and Fun

Halloween 2026 is about three weeks away, but it seems that spooky season really starts on October 1 these days. It’s great to see so many special treats and events in honor of the holiday. Here’s our roundup of Halloween-related food, drink, and a smattering of fun things to do.

Halloween 2026: Eats and Drinks

Blank Slate Bar

The fourth annual Tropical Goth is back with specialty shaken and stirred cocktails (Black Scorpion, Night of the Demon, Ghost Ship), Low ABV (Ghost in the Sake), and mocktails (Pineapple Dream Machine) for the season (here’s the menu). Plus, horror-themed movie nights all month with themes like Ghosts, Sci-Fi Horror, and the Monster Mash on Halloween. 

7201 NE Glisan Street Suite C, Portland. Blank Slate website

Cheese & Crack

Happy to see The Eye Scream Sundae return. It starts with their creamy vanilla soft serve, layered with house-made ube pudding, chocolate cookie dirt, raspberry blood, and an eyeball.

22 SE 28th Avenue, Portland. Cheese and Crack website

Cookie McCakeface

But Her Finger has been available since the start of the month. It’s their peanut butter cookie “studded with crispy chopped peanuts and mini semisweet chocolate chips. Complete with a gummy finger (actual body parts may vary as we are robbing graves and we take what we can get).”

4727 SE Woodstock Blvd, Portland. Cookie McCakeface website

El Sombrero Tapatio

Spooky Margaritas have returned—“Zombies, skeletons, vampires, pumpkins … they’ve all made their way back to El Sombrero.” This year there’s a raspberry and rhubarb blended margarita layered over sparkling melon liqueur, and finished with a chile-lime salt rim. They’ve also got a Pumpkin Spice Horchata going on.

10820 NE Sandy Blvd, Portland. El Sombrero website

Fresh Love

This month they have a Cinnamon Ghost Crunch smoothie: Oat milk, banana, date, spice, Cocojune yogurt, almond butter, and topped with their house granola. As they say, “Prepare to be possessed!”

7434 NE Fremont Street, Portland. Fresh Love website

McMenamins

Throughout the month of October, select McMenamins locations host a Samhain pop-up bar. “To you we offer a menu inspired by modern-day Halloween—delicious cocktails and alcohol-free drinks like El Diablo and the N/A Jack-o’-Lantern Mule, and tasty bites like Ichabod’s Slider Trio and Herman Muenster Grilled Cheese Toasties with apple butter and fried sage.”

Each location will have its own Passport stamp and limited-edition glassware and mugs available for purchase.

You can see the full list of McMenamins participating here, but nearby it’s happening at The Annex at Crystal Hotel, at the Distillery Bar at Edgefield in Troutdale, and in Vancouver at the Lost Lounge.

You can also enter to win a gift card: “Take a selfie with the large creature found in any of the pop-up locations, post on Instagram and/or Facebook and tag @mcmenamins. Several winners will be selected at random as winners of a McMenamins gift card!”

1223 SW Harvey Milk Street, Portland; 2126 SW Halsey Street, Troutdale; 1900 NE 162nd Avenue b107, Vancouver. McMenamins website

Mikiko Mochi Donuts

This mochi donut shop has some returning and some new flavors this year for October/Halloween:

• Black Deathsame & Murderinberry Jam: black sesame, marionberry.
• Boo-zu Funfetti: yuzu, vanilla, spooky sprinkles.
• Children of the Candy Corn: vanilla, candy corn.
• Crimes of Passionfruit: vanilla glaze, passionfruit curd.
• Dirt & Worms: chocolate pudding, gluten-free Oreo dirt, mutilated gummi worms.
• Horrorchata Pudding: horchata, cinnamon.
• House of S’Morrors: chocolate, marshamallow, cookie crumbs.
• Jack O Lantern: Thai tea, black sesame.
• Purple People Eater: Ube glaze, one candy eye.
• Spookies n Scream: chocolate pudding, broken Oreo cookies.
• The Slasher: vanilla, raspberry.
• Witches Brew: black coconut, pandan pudding, lychee poppin boba.

300 NE 28th Avenue and 7319 SW Bridgeport Road, Portland. Mikiko Mochi website

Pix Patisserie

Ichabod Creme is back this year for its 22nd season. It is “Pumpkin crème brûlée atop a tart shell of salted caramel, spiced almond cream and curried pecans.” Individual-sized treats are now in the Pix-O-Matic vending machine every day while supplies last. You can also preorder individual tarts ($12) or 8-inch tarts ($75) on the Pix Patisserie website.

2225 E Burnside Street, Portland. PIx Patisserie website

Pie Spot

This year there’s the Chocula S’Cream pie: chocolate coconut charcoal crust, with chocolate cream, a chocolate mirror glaze, and it comes with a pair of vampire teeth. And Curse of the Yummy pie: will sweet raspberry chiffon with raspberry gel in a crunchy crust dusted with powdered sugar. “It is to die for!”

6935 NE Glisan Street, Portland. Pie Spot website

Roste Chocolate

They’ve got a classic childhood Halloween treat for an adult palate: chocolate caramel apples. It starts with Baird Family Orchards honeycrisp apples double dipped in buttery caramel and single origin chocolate, then finished with a sprinkle of candied hazelnuts from Freddy Guys Hazelnuts.

475 NW 14th Avenue, Portland. Roste Chocolate website

Salt & Straw

Salt & Straw have released their annual October flavor set, The Halloween Series. Flavors include:

• The Great Candycopia: Salted butterscotch ice cream mixed with “vampire-bite-sized crispy milk chocolate feuilletine pieces, peanut butter embalmed in chocolate, and almonds smothered in BOOrbon vanilla toffee.”
• Jack o’ Lantern Pumpkin Bread: Pumpkin Spice (ginger, cinnamon, coriander, nutmeg, and allspice) ice cream bmixed with pumpkin bread that is covered in a thick layer of cream cheese frosting in one of three colors: yellow, orange or white.
• Creepy Crawly Critters: Matcha ice cream mixed with Don Bugito’s edible insects (coconut toffee candied mealworms and chocolate-covered crickets) and a splash of fresh orange juice.
• Witch’s Brew Fruit Punch Sherbet: Fruit punch sherbet, with orange-flavored candy, and finished with thick ribbons of sour candy apple slime.
• Chocolate Graveyard Cookie Crumble (v): Dairy-free black cocoa coconut cream with a dusting of black cocoa cookies, and crimson swirls of vegan white chocolate frosting. 

These flavors are available in scoop shops or online (local delivery, nationwide shipping).

Multiple locations. Salt and Straw website

Thunderbird Mississippi

They’ve resurrected House of Unholy from the depths of The Uncanny. It’s “a Thunderbird x Uncanny Cocktail Co. mash-up, bringing back the annual pop-up event of the spooky season!” Look for “Halloween themed riffs and a few Uncanny classics,” including Prowl By Night. There will be a couple of NA options, including The Evil Dead featuring Pathfinder. It all goes until Halloween weekend.

3560 N Mississippi Avenue, Portland. Thunderbird website

Woodblock Chocolate

Their chocolate baby heads are back, and only during October. Love this annual tradition.

1715 NE 17th Avenue, Portland. Woodblock Chocolate website

Wyrd Leather and Mead

Wyrd’s Haunted Hall has returned, and it will be cool to see it in their new space in Milwuakie. They say, “This time we have the ability to go bigger than ever before, hence the bones of a giant now residing inside!” Beltane Moon is their new mead release, too.

13207 SE McLoughlin Blvd, Milwaukie. Wyrd Leather and Mead website

Year-Round Spooky Food and Drink

Last year, we rounded up a few spots that embrace spooky season year-round—check them out here.

Activities

Coffetón

Happening at Matta Cafe, this is a coffee rave. You will find Reggaetón, Latin house + club sounds, Halloween energy, and coffee, matcha & cocktails. Costumes encouraged. It’s all happening on Sunday, October 25 from 2pm to 6pm.

Pricing ranges from $12 (plus $2.64 fee) to $15 (plus $2.85 fee). You can buy your tickets via Eventbrite.

Macabre Market

Over at Madame Bar Bar (a private speakeasy-style event space located inside Bar Bar/Mississippi Studios) the 3rd Annual Coven Craft Macabre Market will be going on. There will be local art, a photo booth, food and drink, and more. Sunday, October 25 from 1pm to 6pm.

3943 N Mississippi Avenue, Portland. Instagram event page

Monster March

Head to southeast Portland on Sunday, October 25 for the annual Sellwood-Moreland Monster March. This is a free family friendly haunt (parade) through Westmoreland. It starts at 3pm, rain or shine, and beings and ends at Llewellyn Elementary.

6301 SE 14th Avenue, Portland. Instagram event page

A Novel Night: Frankenstein

On Friday and Saturday, October 30 and Halloween night from 5pm to 7pm you can spend some time at the Novel Book Bar for holiday-themed cocktails, activities/games, and prizes. Costumes are encouraged. More:

“This spooky Novel Night invites you to spend your Halloween trying to understand the Creature. From exploring alchemy, to decoding language, to acquiring provisions, dive into the world of Mary Shelley’s ‘Frankenstein,’ complete with puzzles, games, and more. Join fellow fans for a fun night filled with discussions, activities, and everything you love about classic spooky lore.”

Presented by Collective Emotion. This is a ticketed event, and here are the ticket links for October 30 and Halloween, via Eventbrite.

322 NW Everett Street, Portland. Novel Book Bar Instagram page

Pumpkin Carving at Portland Nursery

This is their third annual pumpkin carving party at both SE locations of Portland Nursery. Purchase a pumpkin there, and they will supply the carving tools—and they will clean up the mess! They also will have paint pens and decorations if you and/or your kid is not interested in using a sharp object of that squash.

Costumes not required, but they are encouraged.

5050 SE Stark Street and 9000 SE Division Street, Portland. Portland Nursery website

Pumpkin Painting at Pal’s

Throughout the month of October, you can paint a pumpkin on the covered back deck at Pal’s. And for only $5! Plus you get a beautiful marina view decked out in hay bales for premium autumn vibes. Also, weekend brunch hath returneth! 

515 NE Tomahawk Island Drive, #105, Portland. Pal’s Hayden Island website

Roseway Parkway Halloween Costume Parade

This is a major family-friendly event each year and fun to see people dress in costume (mostly kids). It’s on Sunday, October 25 at 3pm. “Gather on the South-most green space near NE 72nd Ave and Sandy Blvd at 3pm. Head North to Prescott and then loop back. Bring a bag!

NE Sandy Blvd and 72nd Avenue, Portland. Facebook event page

Side B Halloween Market

This takes place at The Callback on Halloween. From 2pm to 6pm there’s a lot going on: Halloween doggie costume contest (4pm, and there will be prizes), drink specials, matcha, sweet treats, local makers, and food trucks.

1607 NE 41st Avenue, Portland. The Callback website

Singles Halloween Party

This is happening at My-O-My by Thursday | Portland on Thursday, October 29 from 7pm to 10pm. Theres a lot of clever copy, so I’ll include it here:

“Looking for your Boo? Don’t get ghosted. Come to a singles Halloween Party instead. We’re gathering over 100 singles for a spooktacular evening. We will be doing a costume contest so be sure to dress up.” The gathering also includes “side quests,” which are ice breakers that show up throughout the night. It requires you to use the Thursday app, tho.

This is 21+ so bring ID, Tickets are non-refundable. Pricing is between $15 and $20. More info and ticketing link is here.

8627 NE Sandy Blvd, Portland. My-O-My website

Switchback Saloon

On Halloween at 6pm, they’ll have live music outside on the patio with Taylor Kingman, DJ inside from 8:30pm until close. “Spooky adventures and an owner/dog costume contest will be happening.” Best costume wins a $100 bar credit, plus $2 Rainiers all month long.

4847 SE Division Street, Portland. Switchback Saloon website