{"id":875780,"date":"2026-06-18T11:54:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T11:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/875780\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T11:54:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T11:54:17","slug":"upcoming-picos-says-goodbye-for-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/875780\/","title":{"rendered":"Upcoming: Picos Says Goodbye (For Now)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/picos.net\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Arnaldo Richards\u2019 Picos<\/b><\/a>, 3601 Kirby, will launch a Farewell Dinner Series on Thursday, June 18 ahead of its planned August 30 closure in Upper Kirby (the restaurant is actively searching for a new home in Houston). Held every three weeks with seatings at 6 and 8 p.m., the $85 multi-course dinners will spotlight regional Mexican cuisine, with an optional $45 wine and spirits pairing and dishes including crispy pork belly carnitas, cochinita pibil salbutes and rib eye with roasted bone marrow.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Pitmaster Greg Gatlin and DJ Big Reeks will host the Waxaholics x Gatlin\u2019s BBQ | Juneteenth H-Town Kickback Celebration on Friday, June 19 from 1 to 5 p.m. at Kulture, 701 Avenida De Las Americas. The event features barbecue and DJ beats alongside cocktails from black-owned liquor brands and live entertainment in a backyard cookout-style setting. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewaxaholics.com\/products\/wax-x-kulture-juneteenth\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tickets<\/a> are $50 include a barbecue plate and two drinks, with limited availability.<\/p>\n<p>The Finn, 712 Main, will host its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefinnhou.com\/events\/agave-afterparty-with-espolon-tequila-around-the-world-in-tequila\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Agave Afterparty with Espol\u00f2n Tequila: Around the World in Tequila <\/a>on Saturday, June 20 from 4 to 8 p.m. The event features agave-based cocktails inspired by destinations around the world, including classic margaritas, sangrias, caipirinhas and Blue Lagoons, with no cover charge required to attend.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b>Potente,<\/b> 1515 Texas, will host <a href=\"https:\/\/www.potentehouston.com\/event\/the-lounge-series-spirits-sports\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Lounge Series: Spirits &amp; Sports<\/a> on Wednesday, June 24 from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. The $125 dinner pairs five globally inspired courses with Angel\u2019s Envy bourbon and cocktails while international soccer matches play live in the lounge.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, June 26, <b>HiFi at The Finn<\/b>, 712 Main, will host Pairings &amp; Pressings with Mi Campo Tequila, beginning at 7 p.m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/pairings-pressings-with-mi-campo-tequila-tickets-1990019207018?aff=oddtdtcreator\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tickets<\/a> start at $59.75 and include two Mi Campo tequila cocktails paired with two curated appetizers, all set to a vinyl soundtrack inspired by Spain in the venue\u2019s listening lounge.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Arnaldo Richards\u2019 Picos, 3601 Kirby, will launch a Farewell Dinner Series on Thursday, June 18 ahead of its&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":875781,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5130],"tags":[12086,169014,9729,16560,2879,4084,12730,4345,4155,23788,9733,16561,95448,358,16559,3187,16558,9963],"class_list":["post-875780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-12086","tag-chef-collaborations","tag-drink","tag-eat","tag-events","tag-festival","tag-homepage","tag-houston","tag-june","tag-pop-up","tag-restaurant-news","tag-specials","tag-tastings","tag-texas","tag-things-to-do-this-month","tag-tx","tag-upcoming-events-in-houston","tag-wine"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116770981029564046","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/875780","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=875780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/875780\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/875781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=875780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=875780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=875780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}