Since rebranding as Dolores (from its former longtime name, The Social List), 4th Street’s home-away-from-home kitchen has become even more embedded in Alamitos Beach’s culture, aura, and ethos.
Good Luck Vinyl Club has expanded beyond monthly listening sessions and into cumbia nights, daytime vinyl markets, and collaborations with other spaces. And owners Brenda Riviera and Chef Luis Navarro have continued to create food and drinks that appeal to the crowds while also maintaining their new, more elevated identity.
This year’s Halloween menu—an annual tradition at the space—is no exception. While showing classic Halloween films every Thursday throughout October, patrons are invited to explore their extensive spooky cocktail menu and limited food offerings.
What to expect from Dolores for Halloween 2026…
Dolores is the perfect blend of comfort food and great hospitality. We’re talking pasta. Burgers. Flatbreads. Well-made cocktails. And that doesn’t change with the Halloween offerings—just with an added touch of fun (like a burger that dons a cyclops costume made of olives and cheese) and (like a house charcoal-herb compound butter candle you light, then soften to spread on a warm sourdough boule).
There’s a genuinely stellar chicken sandwich, dusted with a hint of ghost pepper and honey—an item that should be on their regular menu. Speaking of additions to the regular menu, another Halloween dish that shouldn’t be sequestered to the holiday is the Black Lagoon pasta. Squid ink spaghetti is coated in a white wine and chile flake sauce, littleneck clams surrounding its edge. Umami, salty, and acidic thanks to a hefty dose of lemon and honestly offers
And honestly? If you want something super comforting, go for the housemade chili with jalapeño corn bread.
A look at the food being offered at Dolores for Halloween…
Black Lagoon Pasta (personal favorite): Littleneck clams | Garlic | Red pepper | White wine | Lemon | Spicy breadcrumbs | Squid ink spaghetti
The Great Pumpkin Pasta: Pumpkin and sage cream sauce | Parmesan cheese | Walnut crisps | Rigatoni pasta served in a roasted pumpkin
Beetlejuice Pasta: Grilled jumbo Mexican shrimp | Pesto | Tomatoes | Black and white farfalle pasta
Apple of My Eye Focaccia: Mozzarella cheese | Bacon | Apple | Ghost pepper-infused honey | Garlic | Chive | Focaccia
Bone Chilling Chili (personal favorite): Jalapeño skeleton cornbread | Homemade chili served in a cauldron bowl
We Are the Weirdos, Burger: Handmade all-beef patty | American cheese | Lettuce | Thousand Island | Cyclops eye brioche bun
Ghostface Sandwich (personal favorite): Fried chicken breast | Ghost pepper honey | Pickles | Herbed ranch | Brioche bun
Black Flame Butter Candle: Activated charcoal herb butter candle | Toasted sourdough bread
And a full dive into their array of witchcrafty cocktails…
Whatever your poison may be—boozy, refreshing, low ABV…—Dolores has a Halloween drink that will stir your cauldron just right.
Pennywise: Orange-infused Bahnez mezcal | Hibiscus syrup | Pama liqueur | Alma Tepec | Black salt
Morticia Adams: Pueblo Blanco tequila | Alma Tepec | St-Germain elderflower liqueur | Lime juice | Prickly pear | Activated charcoal
Practical Magic (personal favorite): Empress 1908 Indigo gin | Bahnez mezcal | Giffard Pamplemousse | Lemon juice | Strawberry | Orange bitters
Poison Apple (personal favorite): El Jimador añejo tequila | Lime juice | Apple honey syrup | Cinnamon
Micheal Myers Shot: Mango Jell-O shot | Pueblo Viejo tequila | Fresh lime juice | Chamoy | Tajín
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice: Brown butter-washed Rittenhouse rye | Licor Limpia Uras | Habanero bitters | Angostura bitters | Smoke
Hocus Pocus (personal favorite): Licor 43 | Pumpkin spice syrup | Cold brew | Pumpkin marshmallow | Cinnamon | Brown butter pumpkin cold foam
Sinners: Bahnez mezcal | Ancho Reyes | Cynar | Mole bitters | Activated charcoal
Scream: Old Forester bourbon | Lo-Fi Gentian amaro | Blood orange | Demerara syrup | Angostura bitters.
The Craft (personal favorite): Diplomatico rum | Coco Giffard | Fig | Lime juice | Champagne | “A drink to share as a coven”
Death Becomes Her: Clarified Condesa prickly pear gin | Ginger | Pear juice | Lychee purée | Lime juice | Edible flowers | Glitter
Midnight Margaritas: Dueling slushie blackberry and lime margaritas
Dolores is located at 2015 E. 4th St.
