Long Island City Halloween Events
There’s lots of Halloween activity going on tonight in Long Island City:
2:00 - 6:00pm Subdivision Boutique is hosting games and a trunk show. 48-18 Vernon Blvd
5:00 p Kids Parade down Vernon Blvd starting at Tournesol 50-12 Vernon Blvd
6:30 p (sharp) A Scary Witch tells a story at Manducatis Rustica, with apple cider and treats 46-35 Vernon Blvd
8:00 pm Lounge 47 is hosting a pumpkin carving party 47-10 Vernon Blvd
Radiant Movement Yoga and Pilates Studio at the Arris Lofts is hosting a Halloween Movement Feast tonight from 6-9pm, RSVP required.
If there are any other happenings tonight or this weekend for Halloween, feel free to post in the comments.
PS 78 kids are on also parade in Gantry Park @2:00 p.m.
Is Cassino’s party a costume party? Are there any drink or food specials?
The Creek is doing something too.
Does anyone get trick-or-treaters? I didn’t see any last year by me. I know there are at least a few kids around here…
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.
There were SO many kids trick or treating, Brandon. What a nice scene at Manducatis Rustica too, with a big fire going and the kids piling in for treats.
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.
#5 - It is customary for adults to accompany small children when they go trick or treating - whether it’s “Smalltown, USA”, suburbs, Manhattan or here. It has nothing to do with yuppies - It is for safety. If the parents choose to do more adult thin gs later - so what!
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.
#9 - so you let your 3 year old go out alone on halloween?
Yes
I had no trick-or-treaters. Although, I didn’t have any candy, anyway, so it all worked out.
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.
God, I am so tired of hearing from these parents. What ever happened to kids just being kids and going to their friends’ homes for parties to dunk for apples and do fun stuff like that? Why do parents drag them around to restaurants, who now must cater to their every whim?
#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.
Didn’t you hear..there is a big NO SUGAR movement for kids in LIC?
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.
Those poor kids were being tortured by their parents. Half of them had no idea why they were dressed up and the other half of the kids were asleep. These parents were doing it for their own benefit and to see whose kid was ‘cuter.’ What an ego trip. These parents need to grow up.
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.
19, where I come from, a bartender shows his/her appreciation by recognizing me when I come in and buys me an occasional beer. I don’t expect nor do I want a family Halloween party at my local– bars are for adults.
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.
As a parent of a 3 year old, I appreciate businesses on Vernon who participate in the Halloween parade, and do patronize businesses like Lucky Mojos who cater to kids. I’ve never “dragged” my child around on Halloween (my son woke up every morning last week asking “Is it Halloween yet?” in his eagerness to go out and collect candy), and have no idea where this idea of parental “ego trips” comes from. I know a lot of parents in our ‘hood, and all are most concerned about their kids’ happiness and development, first and foremost, not how they look or the reactions of other parents. But I guess it’s easier to write people off with a snide comment than attempt to empathize with them.
Having said that, I don’t care to take my kid into bars, and could care less if any bars participate or make that easier for me (although, to be fair, we did hold a baby shower in LIC bar on a Sunday afternoon a number of years ago- there was not another soul in the bar at the time so I assume they didn’t mind our bringing them business). Businesses make these decisions for themselves based on their own ideas for marketing, and I don’t begrudge them their right to attract the customers they’re shooting for. I’ll still go there for drinks once we’ve handed the brats off to the babysitters. ;)
#22 LOL Parental “ego trips” - describes the parents at the local school ps78.
Bar owners don’t have to give buy-backs or happy hour either, but they do.
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.
#25 It was a simple statement of fact.
Before you call someone bonkers you should take a good look at yourself and maybe figure out what is really behind your bitterness. You are obviously taking this very personally.
If you are a bar or restaurant owner, I’d bet your place is not very pleasant.
26, right. I’m bitter because I don’t like kids hanging out in my bar. No — you ARE bonkers.
Ummm, I wonder if you might be the new guy at LIC bar to which #13 made reference. That would explain your nastiness.
Cassino is having a party tonight.