{"id":442133,"date":"2025-12-12T10:06:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T10:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/442133\/"},"modified":"2025-12-12T10:06:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T10:06:16","slug":"weekend-food-bets-santa-brunch-and-a-festive-piano-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/442133\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend Food Bets: Santa Brunch and a Festive Piano Night"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>All locations<\/p>\n<p>The Union Kitchen is bringing the holiday cheer with a family-friendly Santa Brunch at all five Houston-area locations. Expect seasonal holiday dishes alongside the full brunch menu plus complimentary photos with Santa from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Guests are also encouraged to bring new unwrapped toys or Walmart, Target or Amazon gift cards to benefit Casa de Esperanza, with donations accepted from December 13 through January 1.<\/p>\n<p><b>Lights in the Heights on White Oak<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Saturday, all day<\/p>\n<p>In celebration with the annual holiday tradition, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.woodland-heights.org\/lith2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lights in the Heights<\/a> (which runs 6 to 9 p.m. in the Woodland Heights neighborhood), some nearby White Oak bars are joining in on the fun. <b>EZ\u2019s Liquor Bar &amp; Lounge <\/b>will rock an outdoor tent with a live DJ;<b> Little Woodrow\u2019s<\/b> will have cozy holiday cocktails, DJ beats all day and night, and a giant walk-in snow globe photo op; Onion Creek has DJs, and festive indoor-outdoor vibe, and giveaways; and <b>Christian\u2019s Tailgate<\/b> is going big with karaoke, live DJs, festive photo ops, tasty cocktails and more holiday magic.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, 5 p.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>113 6th<\/p>\n<p>Over in San Leon, Pier 6, is getting festively tacky for its second-annual bayside Ugly Sweater bash. Expect a DJ, drink specials, and prizes for the best (or worst) holiday sweaters. The fun kicks off at 5 p.m.<\/p>\n<p><b>Le Club du Dimanche: Holiday Edition at <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brasserie19.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Brasserie 19<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sunday, 7 to 9:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>1962 West Gray<\/p>\n<p>The posh brasserie brings back its most anticipated Le Club du Dimanche of the year with a festive piano night featuring Thomas Cokinos on the baby grand. Expect holiday tunes, seasonal cocktails and plenty of that classic B19 charm.<\/p>\n<p><b>Hanukkah with Sof Hospitality<\/b>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sunday<\/p>\n<p>Sof Hospitality is celebrating Hanukkah across its restaurants starting Sunday, December 14, with nightly traditions and holiday treats. <a href=\"http:\/\/hamsahtx.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Hamsa<\/b><\/a> will lead the lighting of the menorah each night at 6:30 p.m., alongside specials on sufganiyot and latke. <a href=\"http:\/\/dorismetropolitan.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Doris Metropolitan<\/b><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonpress.com\/restaurants\/weekend-food-bets-santa-brunch-and-a-festive-piano-night\/blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Okt\u00f3<\/b><\/a> will offer their own spins on the classic latke, with caviar at Doris and mini versions with smoked salatim and caviar at Okt\u00f3. <a href=\"http:\/\/badolinabakery.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Badolina Bakery<\/b><\/a> rounds things out with fresh sufganiyot and an array of Mediterranean pastries, available individually or by the half dozen or dozen. <\/p>\n<p class=\"collection-link has-small-font-size\">This article appears in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonpress.com\/?post_type=newspack_collection&amp;p=390334\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jan 1 \u2013 Dec 31, 2025<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Saturday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. All locations The Union Kitchen is bringing the holiday cheer with a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":442134,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5130],"tags":[7738,18601,9729,16560,2879,4084,2105,12730,4345,988,358,1072,3187,30561,30562,9963],"class_list":{"0":"post-442133","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-beer","9":"tag-calendar","10":"tag-drink","11":"tag-eat","12":"tag-events","13":"tag-festival","14":"tag-food-and-drink","15":"tag-homepage","16":"tag-houston","17":"tag-restaurants","18":"tag-texas","19":"tag-things-to-do","20":"tag-tx","21":"tag-upcoming-events","22":"tag-what-to-do","23":"tag-wine"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115706041742141383","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=442133"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/442133\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/442134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=442133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=442133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=442133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}