Grown-up Treats
Satisfy your craving for sweets and alcohol at these NYC restaurants that serve alcohol-and-dessert combos.

Flex Mussels
154 West 13th Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenues or 174 East 82nd Street between Third and Lexington Avenues
Executive pastry chef Zac Young created a treat called Drunken Doughnuts. They aren't on the menu, so the trick here is to know to ask for them.

Sweet Revenge
62 Carmine Street at Bedford Street
The menu offers many cupcake, wine and beer pairings. For $10 you can get the duo during happy hour. There's also a frozen wine slushy. Can't find that at 7-Eleven.

Stand4
24 East 12th Street between Fifth Avenue and University Place
This burger joint is known for its Stiff Shakes. Flavors include Absolut Toasted Marshmallow and Captain Morgan Pumpkin.

Butter Lane Cupcake Classes
123 East 7th Street between First Avenue and Avenue A
Learn how to concoct your own sweet treats at one of the bakery's two-hour cupcake classes ($50 per person). All materials are provided and you go home with the recipe and lots of homemade cupcakes. Upcoming classes include Halloween Cake Pop, Couples Cupcake Night, and Cocktails and Cupcakes (there's the good ole alcohol again).

Dinner with Spirits

Many NYC spots are said to be haunted, including a handful of restaurants (and no, we're not talking about Jekyll & Hyde). Here are a few of the cooler stories.

Manhattan Bistro
129 Spring Street near Greene Street
This Soho eatery is allegedly haunted by the ghost of an 18th-century woman who was found murdered in a well that sits in the basement.

Bridge Cafe
279 Water Street near Front Street
The building, which dates back to 1794, has served as a brothel and the city's oldest bar. It's believed to be visited by ghosts of pirates and other former patrons.

One If By Land, Two If By Sea
17 Barrow Street near West 4th Street
Spooky stuff has been seen, heard and felt at this romantic restaurant, a former carriage house owned by Aaron Burr. Are Burr and his daughter, who was killed by pirates, behind the eerie footsteps and mysterious pushes on the stairs?

White Horse Tavern
567 Hudson Street at West 11th Street
A corner table is said to be haunted by poet Dylan Thomas, who penned "Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night." He died after a heavy night of drinking whiskey here in 1953.

Dining in the Dark

Camaje Restaurant
85 MacDougal Street near Bleecker Street
A few weeks ago, we wrote about Dialog in the Dark, an interactive exhibit that allows you to experience the world as a blind person. Well, this is basically dining in the dark. Patrons wear blindfolds throughout the four-course meal, which is accompanied by live performances. Everything is a giant mystery—what's on your plate and what's going on around you—until all is revealed at the finale. The next Dark Dining experience takes place on Saturday, October 29 at 8pm. Of course it's the price that may give you the real scare: $120 per person.

See our other parents' night out suggestions or check out our Halloween Fun Guide.