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Antojitos Throws a Cinco de Mayo Block Party at CityWalk Today: Five Specialty Dishes, Three Aguas Frescas, a Voodoo Margarita Doughnut, and a 4 p.m. Live Entertainment Takeover
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Antojitos Throws a Cinco de Mayo Block Party at CityWalk Today: Five Specialty Dishes, Three Aguas Frescas, a Voodoo Margarita Doughnut, and a 4 p.m. Live Entertainment Takeover

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Cinco de Mayo at Universal CityWalk is loud this year, in a good way. Antojitos Authentic Mexican Food is hosting its 2026 Cinco de Mayo block party from noon today through close, with five specialty dishes, three aguas frescas, a 4 p.m. live entertainment takeover (DJ, dancers, stilt walkers), and a one-day-only Margarita Doughnut next door at Voodoo Doughnut. CityWalk is free to enter, so no park ticket is needed for any of it.

It is the kind of event that does not need a fireworks tag or an IP layer. It is just a great kitchen on its biggest day of the year.

The featured menu

Five specialty items run for the day, alongside three aguas frescas:

  • Street Elote: grilled corn topped with jalapeño aioli, queso fresco, Tajín, Flamin' Hot Cheetos, and cilantro.
  • Tacos: choice of al pastor, chicken tinga, or nopales (cactus).
  • Loaded Baked Potato: chicken tinga or pork carnitas, topped with queso, pico, Oaxaca cheese, and cilantro.
  • Guacamole and Chips with chili-lime dust.
  • Mexicali Popsicles in two flavors: Mango Chamoy, and Strawberry Lime & Miguelito.

Street Elote at Antojitos Authentic Mexican Food: grilled corn topped with jalapeño aioli, queso fresco, Tajín, Flamin' Hot Cheetos, and cilantro.
Street Elote, Antojitos. Image: Universal Orlando Resort.

Drink it down with aguas frescas

Three aguas frescas pour all day:

  • Jamaica: hibiscus.
  • Horchata: rice, milk, vanilla, cinnamon.
  • Lime Cucumber: cucumber, lime juice, agave.

If you want something with more bite, the Voodoo Doughnut storefront a few steps away is debuting a one-day-only Margarita Doughnut: a raised yeast shell filled with citrus jelly, topped with tequila-flavored icing, Miguelito spice, and a tangerine slice. Today only.

The one-day-only Margarita Doughnut at Voodoo Doughnut at Universal CityWalk for Cinco de Mayo 2026.
The Margarita Doughnut at Voodoo Doughnut, today only. Image: Universal Orlando Resort.

The 4 p.m. takeover

The Cinco de Mayo build adds a DJ, dancers, and stilt walkers starting at 4 p.m., spread across the indoor and outdoor footprint at Antojitos. If you are visiting earlier in the day for the food, you can come back at 4 to catch the entertainment without giving up your table.

A few CityWalk neighbors are leaning into the day too. Hard Rock Cafe Orlando is running a limited-time menu and a performance by Mariachi Nuevo Guadalajara from 8 to 10 p.m. Margaritaville and Cowfish typically post a few Cinco de Mayo specials too, which makes a late-afternoon CityWalk crawl reasonably feasible if you are the planning type.

A chicken tinga taco at Antojitos Authentic Mexican Food at Universal CityWalk.
Chicken Tinga taco, one of three Antojitos taco options for the day. Image: Universal Orlando Resort.

What to pair it with

If you are already at Universal Orlando today, the Cinco de Mayo stop pairs naturally with:

  • Universal's Horror Make-Up Show AP reserved seating window (May 4 to 10) at the Pantages Theater, USF.
  • Volcano Bay Nights, the after-hours water park event running select nights through August 21.
  • Passholder Bonus Benefits through May 21 (free Transformers magnet, $5 merch credit on $10-plus purchases, 35 percent off photo packages, 20 percent off Hollywood Drive-In Golf).

Quick planner notes

  • No park ticket needed. CityWalk is open access. The whole party is reachable on a CityWalk-only visit.
  • Show up at noon, come back at 4. Lunch the menu, then return for the entertainment. The food and the show are not gated together.
  • Voodoo Doughnut is one-day-only. If the Margarita Doughnut is on your list, do not push it to tomorrow.
  • Hard Rock at 8 p.m. The Mariachi performance is a clean evening cap.
  • Free parking after 6 p.m. CityWalk parking is normally complimentary after 6, which makes the evening half of the event meaningfully cheaper than the lunch half.

Sources

Image credits: Universal Orlando Resort.

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