Aye Candy

A Mexico-City-inspired lounge hidden behind a working candy shop in Spring Branch — walk through the storefront and a shelf "door" opens onto a velvet-and-gold room. The conceit is the reveal and the Instagram-ready setting more than the bar program: approachable signatures like the Watermelon High and a Vanilla Old Fashioned, plus charcuterie and candy rather than a kitchen. It's reservation-based and scene-first, so go for the theater, not a serious cocktail education. Come for the candy-shop entrance and a date-night photo op.