Thursdays in McAllen
Thursday marks the beginning of the weekend vibe in McAllen! As college students gear up for the weekend, many local venues offer special college nights, drink specials, and pre-weekend discounts. From half-price appetizers to ladies' night deals, Thursday has become one of the most popular nights to go out in the city, rivaling even the traditional Friday and Saturday nightlife scene.
Whether you're looking for a laid-back happy hour with coworkers, a fun college night with friends, or ready to kick off the weekend early with live music and dancing, Thursday nights in McAllen offer the perfect blend of energy and value. Many restaurants and bars extend their specials throughout the evening, making it an ideal time to explore new spots or visit your favorite local hangouts without the weekend crowds.
Latest Thursday Activity
Suerte Bar&Grill
HAPPY HALLO-WINGS!🍗👻 50¢ wings EVERY THURSDAY at 8pm at Suerte! 🤭🔥 📍 Suerte Uptown 400 W Nolana Ave, McAllen #rgv #mcallentx #wings #halloween
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THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL AT SUERTE! ✨🏈 Cowboys ⭐️ vs. Buccaneers 🏴☠️ TONIGHT at 7:15 PM! ✨Lucky Hour kicks off at 8 PM!✨ 🍻 $3 Domestic Beers 🥃 $3 Shots 🍗 50¢ Wings 🌮 $1 Chicken Tostadas Grab your crew and catch the game with us at Suerte! 🏈⭐️ #dallascowboys #football #cowboys #rgv
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McAllen Public Library
🎃 A little Halloween nostalgia for Throwback Thursday! We're looking back at our 2025 Trick or Treat Trail, when Main Library welcomed families dressed in their Halloween best! From tiny trick-or-treaters to some seriously creative costumes, our library was quite the sight. Take a look at some of our favorite moments from last year! And don't forget, Trick or Treat Trail returns this Saturday, October 31 from 4-6PM at Main Library!
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Curious about what a physician assistant does? Tomorrow is your chance to find out! 🩺 Local author and physician assistant Clarissa Lara Ruiz, PA-C, will be at Lark Branch on Thursday, October 15 at 11AM featuring "What’s a PA, or Whatever You Are?" Come meet the author, enjoy the story, and learn a little more about the people behind the scrubs! This program is part of STIBF Presents: Read Around Town Week. #STIBF is presented by heb. #HEBHelpingHere
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What exactly does a PA do? 🩺 Local author and physician assistant Clarissa Lara Ruiz, PA-C, will be at Lark Branch on Thursday, October 15 at 11AM featuring "What’s a PA, or Whatever You Are?" Young readers can enjoy the story, meet the author, and learn more about what it’s like to be a physician assistant. This program is part of STIBF Presents: Read Around Town Week. #STIBF is presented by heb. #HEBHelpingHere
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Roosevelt's at 7
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New Beer Thursday !!! Check out our full beer menu @ https://qrcodes.pro/Wf9zDM" target="_blank">https://qrcodes.pro/Wf9zDM #rooseveltsat7 #rosieat7
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New Beer Thursday !!! Check out our full beer menu @ https://qrcodes.pro/Wf9zDM" target="_blank">https://qrcodes.pro/Wf9zDM #rooseveltsat7 #rosieat7
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Kiss & Fly Shot Bar
This pumpkin isn’t sharing. 🎃🍕 Slice Night, every Thursday. $9.99 large pizza, cauliflower crust or flatbread. Dine in, to go or delivery. Grab your own before someone guards it. Live DJ 10PM to 2AM, Tuesday through Sunday. Kiss & Fly x The Fifth · 5204 N 10th Street · McAllen The Fifth opens at 5PM. #kissandfly #thefifth #slicenight
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Someone in a sheet just walked off with a slice. 👻🍕 Slice Night, every Thursday. $9.99 large pizza, cauliflower crust or flatbread. Dine in, to go or delivery. Grab a pie before the ghosts do. Kiss & Fly x The Fifth · 5204 N 10th Street · McAllen The Fifth opens at 5PM. #kissandfly #thefifth #slicenight
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Even the pumpkins are here for Slice Night. 🎃🍕 $9.99 large pizza, cauliflower crust or flatbread, every Thursday. Dine-in, to-go or delivery. Grab a pie and bring the crew. Kiss & Fly x The Fifth · 5204 N 10th Street · McAllen The Fifth opens at 5PM. #kissandfly #thefifth #slicenight
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The Quarter New Orleans Kitchen and Tap Room
The wheel landed on burgers. 🍔 Thursdays turn one way at The Quarter. $5 double smash burger $2 craft lager pints $2 fries All night The Hurricane is $5 every day. The Quarter · 100 E Nolana Ave #155 · McAllen, TX 78504 #thequartermcallen #burgersandbrews #mcallenfood
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Lauren Corzine, live at The Quarter. 🎶 Thursday, October 29, 8 to 11PM. Music by laurenashcor. The Hurricane is $5 every day. The Quarter · 100 E Nolana Ave #155 · McAllen, TX 78504 #thequartermcallen #livemusic #mcallennightlife
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One night only, and the glasses won't wait. 🍺 Halloween Pint Night at The Quarter, Thursday, October 22 starting at 7PM. Buy the drink, keep the Halloween glass, while supplies last. Come early and grab yours. The Hurricane is $5 every day. The Quarter · 100 E Nolana Ave #155 · McAllen, TX 78504 #thequartermcallen #pintnight #halloween
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Quinta Mazatlan World Birding Center
This time on Tiny Forest Perspectives, we're taking a look at some observations of #TxPollinators made during the Texas Pollinator Bioblitz. One of the main takeaways was that purposefully seeded wildflowers, along with plants that popped up on their own in the forests, were among the most active with pollinators. This is in line with many studies that show that weedy plants - or "spontaneous flora" - create valuable habitat for pollinators in urban and rural environments. Want to learn more about McAllen's Tiny Forests? Join our Urban Ecologist, John Brush, for his presentation this Thursday (Oct. 29) here at Quinta Mazatlan. Brush will provide insights into the Tiny Forest method, share many photos of the results, and show how Tiny Forests are one way we can work towards creating healthier urban environments for people and wildlife. Program runs from 6 PM - 7 PM and is included with park admission fees ($3 adults, $2 seniors & children).
View on Instagram🎃🍂 The Halloween magic continues at Quinta Mazatlán! Our decorated trails will remain open through the end of October! 👻✨ Take a stroll through the Pumpkin Tunnel, Skeleton Alley, and other festive displays while enjoying the beauty of nature. Don't forget to capture some fun fall photos! Park Hours Tuesday & Wednesday | 8 AM – 5 PM Thursday | 8 AM – Dark Friday & Saturday | 8 AM – 5 PM Sunday & Monday | Closed
View on InstagramJoin us this Thursday, October 15 from 6 - 7 pm, to learn more about trees in the Rio Grande Valley! Our guest presenter will be Carlos García Patlán, the Regional Community Ecologist for Texas A&M Forest Service. García Patlán will cover the community benefits of tree plantings along with tips on how to properly care for them. This program is included with park admission ($3 adults, $2 seniors & children).
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El Divino Dining & Cocktails
nightandday.rgv takes the stage every Thursday and Saturday to give you the most divine date night or night out. #DateNight #Fall26 #ElDivinoMcAllen #RGVNightlife #JazzNightsMcAllen #McAllenTX #CraftCocktails
View on Instagramnightandday.rgv takes the stage every Thursday and Saturday to give you the most divine date night or girls night out. #DateNight #Fall26 #ElDivinoMcAllen #RGVNightlife #JazzNightsMcAllen #McAllenTX #CraftCocktails
View on InstagramLive music, low light, drink in hand. This is how jazz feels at El Divino. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays! #ElDivinoMcAllen #RGVNightlife #JazzNightsMcAllen #McAllenTX #CraftCocktails
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CC's Sweets
👻 Our Thursday case is SCARY GOOD… and getting even BETTER! 🎃💖 The spooky sweets are still haunting our case, and we’ve added a few more treats to tempt you! 😈 🍫 Matilda Motherlode Cake 🎃 Pumpkin Pie Bars 👻 Spooky Brownies & Vanilla Boo Cupcakes 🍓 Strawberry Scream Cupcakes 🥕 Carrot Cake 🍪 Layered Brownies & Iced Oatmeal Cookies 🥧 Pecan Pie Bars 🌈 Macarons in all your favorite flavors! 🤎 NEW! Oatmeal Cream Pies 🍫 NEW! Hostess Cookies 🫐 NEW! Blueberry Coffee Cake Muffins 🎃 AND DON’T FORGET OUR $25 HALLOWEEN BOX! 👻 A frightfully delicious little assortment featuring: 🖤 1 Matilda Cake Slice 🧁 1 Halloween Cupcake 🍪 1 Cookie 🍫 1 Spooky Brownie 💕 2 Macarons All for just $25! Perfect for treating yourself, sharing with your favorite ghoul, or showing up to spooky season with something sweet! 💀 And that’s STILL not everything! 👀 We’ve got more cupcakes, cake slices, deluxe cookies, croissants, pastries, banana pudding, cheesecakes & plenty of other sweet temptations! 💕 HAPPY HOUR STARTS AT 3 PM! 💕 *bakers choice boxes excluded from sale* Our case is full NOW, but we can’t promise your favorites will survive the afternoon! 😈 Come get your sugar fix before they disappear! 📍 CC’s Sweets Bake Shop | Building 4, Suite 117 ⏰ Open until 7 PM or sold out! 👻 What’s haunting your cravings today? Tell us what you’re grabbing first! 👇💕
View on Instagram🎃 THURSDAY BAKE SALE 🎃 Second week of October and things are getting spookier… except our cupcakes. They’re still cute and acting like they pay rent. 💅👻 Come take a few off our hands before they start making demands. 🧁 CUPCAKES Vanilla Boo • Strawberry Scream • Pumpkin Flan • Caramel Apple • Cookies & Scream • Monster Mash • Graveyard Shift • Witch’s Biscoff • Nutella Nightmare 🌈 OCTOBER MACARONS Strawberry • Cookies & Cream • Cinnamon Roll • Pistachio • Ube • Fruity Pebbles • Butter Pecan • Fig & Cardamom 🍪 COOKIES Iced Oatmeal • CC’s Favorite • Snickerdoodle • Chocolate Chip • Funfetti • Strawberry Deluxe: Hostess • Oatmeal Cream Pies 🍰 CAKE SLICES Matilda • Biscoff Crunch • Carrot Cake • Pumpkin Biscoff Plus Pistachio Raspberry Cake Squares! 🍫 BARS & BROWNIES Walnut Brownies • Pecan Pie Bars • Lemon Bars • Banana Blondies • Layered Brownies • Cosmic Brownies • Pumpkin Pie Bars ❄️ IN THE FRIDGE Banana Pudding • Tiramisu Mini Cheesecakes: Turtle & Strawberry ⏰ Open 12–7! Happy Hour 3–6: 20% off case treats! Call the shop to hold your favorites 👻 those spooky cupcakes have been popular! Come sell us out, besties. 💖
View on InstagramA little custom cake roll call 🎂✨ From a pup cake to a GIANT macaron… we’ve been having some fun over here! 🐶💕 I’ll be out of town until Thursday, but I still have spots open for next weekend! I’ll be working while I’m away, so hmu with your requests or fill out the form through the link in our bio. 💌 The shop will be open with Eric and the girls in charge. Be kind, besties… don’t make me parent from another zip code. 😂🫶
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Santa Fe Steakhouse & Cantina
Your table is ready whenever you are. Dinner at Santa Fe never rushes you. An Oaxaca Smash with a chili rim, salmon done right, and a room that lets the evening take its time. Restaurant: Monday to Thursday 5 to 10PM, Friday and Saturday 5 to 11PM Cantina: Monday to Thursday until midnight, Friday and Saturday until 1AM Happy Hour: all day Monday, Tuesday through Saturday 5 to 7PM. $7 cocktails, wine and wells, $9 appetizers. Santa Fe Steakhouse & Cantina · 1918 S 10th St, McAllen · 956-630-2331 Reserve ahead or walk in. We’ll take care of the rest. #santafesteakhouse #mcallendining #happyhour
View on InstagramTen days out. Paul Hobbs Wine Dinner, A World of Terroir. Thursday, October 22 at 7PM. Five courses, each paired with a wine from one winemaker’s journey across Napa Valley, Armenia, France, Spain and Argentina. Every guest takes home a Santa Fe double magnum Riedel glass, and the featured wines are available to purchase. $140 per person, tax and gratuity not included. Santa Fe Steakhouse & Cantina · 1918 S 10th St, McAllen Seats are limited. Reserve at 956.630.2331. #SantaFeSteakhouse #WineDinner #PaulHobbs
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One winemaker. Five countries. One California vision. Santa Fe is proud to support Paul Hobbs on his winemaking journey — from Napa Valley to vineyards across the globe, guided by his signature Californian perspective and hands-on partnerships with winemakers in each region. Thursday, October 22 · 7:00 PM $140 per person (tax & gratuity not included) 5 courses, each paired with wine Featured Wines: 🍇 Paul Hobbs Cabernet Sauvignon, Coombsville Napa Valley 2022 — Napa Valley, California, USA 🍇 Yacoubian Hobbs White Blend 2019 — Vayots Dzor, Armenia 🍇 Paul Hobbs Crocus Le Calcifère Malbec de Cahors 2020 — Cahors, France 🍇 Alvaredos-Hobbs Mencía, Ribeira Sacra 2022 — Ribeira Sacra, Spain 🍇 Viña Cobos ‘Vinculum’ Chardonnay 2022 — Mendoza, Argentina Guests take home a complimentary Santa Fe double magnum Riedel glass, and featured wines are available to purchase and take home. Santa Fe Steakhouse & Cantina · 1918 S 10th St, McAllen Reserve now — limited seats: 956.630.2331 #SantaFeSteakhouse #WineDinner #PaulHobbs #McAllenEvents #WineDinnerExperience
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The Gremlin
Pizza party Thursday 🍕 Brick Fire Pizza $4 pint specials Music at 10pm #mcallenpizza
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