Long Island City Halloween Events

Cassino is having a party tonight.

Is Cassino’s party a costume party? Are there any drink or food specials?

The Creek is doing something too.

4, Suffocating LIC yuppie parents don’t allow their children to do anything by themselves, including trick or treating. But they’ll go off someplace at night and carve pumpkins and dump the brats off with a babysitter.

I love Manducatis Rustica. now THat’s a community type of place. I know of few other restaurants that welcomes families and children so much.

8, my parents never accompanied me when I went trick or treating. And thank god for that. Same with my friends. The world is no safer or more dangerous today than it ever was. The only difference is parents who refuse to let their kids grow up and lead independent lives.

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Does Tournesol do anything for the children on halloween or is it just a starting point for their parade down vernon?

I am happy to hear that Manducatis Rustica did a little something. I wish I knew. They are very nice people.

I heard that Lucky MoJo’s invited all the kids in for finger foods after the parade. I really enjoy that place and will make an effort to frequent it more often, to show support for their generousity to the children.

Too bad LIC Bar has a new manager, the previous managers were very generous to the children and their families. The children loved the Halloween and Christmas parties they gave , as did the parents. I’ve heard nothing nice about the new guy.

#14 – I think it’s the other way around. The restaurants are initiating the kid-friendly parties for Halloween as a “reach out” to the community. Parents are not “dragging” the kids around in order to get the restaurants to “cater” to them.

15, so why is No. 13 bitching about LIC Bar’s manager not doing enough for kids at Halloween? How absurd. A bar has to cater to children? Kids should be outside goofing around with their friends on Halloween, not hanging out with their clingy parents in a bar annoying the employees.

I don’t think #13 was absured at all. In fact, where I come from it was standard practice for restaurants and bars to have family parties. It was their way of saying thank you to those patrons who supported their business all year long, and also a way to bring in new business.

And, LIC bar was a nicer place before. It is now referred to as the smelly bar.

Agree with #21. Not everything in the world needs to be about the kids. Adults need places to have fun too. Bars are one of the last places left. I too am disturbed by this trend of newly minted parents trying to relive their pre-child glory days by showing up at bars and other adult establishments with kid in tow. I have nothing against kids. I think its great, but you can’t have it both ways. Either you are a parent or you are not. You can’t be the cool mom who still hangs out at bars.

#22 LOL Parental “ego trips” – describes the parents at the local school ps78.

24, you aren’t suggesting that there’s some kind of equivalency between a bartender buying me a drink and hosting a party for toddlers? You really are bonkers. You just can’t accept that being a parent entails making changes in your social lives — that’s all it boils down to.

26, right. I’m bitter because I don’t like kids hanging out in my bar. No — you ARE bonkers.

Does anyone know if the LIC vet/lounge on vernon is doing the dog costume party/contest this year?