Halloween takeover by Craftsman Row Saloon with a haunted forest, hanging spirits, specialty cocktails and a 20-foot sandworm.
Craftsman Row Saloon is back with its annual Halloween takeover, The Enchanted Nightmare, running through October 31 at 112 S 8th Street in Old City. This is the saloon's fifth year doing this, a tradition that started when siblings George and Vasiliki Tsiouris took over the South 8th Street space. The bar has been a working spot for a century—most recently known as Coco's—and they've kept the original bar facade and the nameplates of old regulars on the wall.
They say the pop-up grows every year, and this one is the most elaborate yet. The new additions are hard to miss: a handcrafted sandworm stretching more than 20 feet and a custom stormy cloud hanging over the bar. You walk through a haunted forest of weeping willows and wooden branches, past hanging spirits, hay bales, pumpkins, and caution tape, with Jack and Sally presiding over the scene. From there, you pass a fortune-telling banquette with a mural made entirely of tarot cards, overhead crystals, and a crystal ball, before heading into a back area where the night's favorite scary movies and The Nightmare Before Christmas come to life.
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Along with the decor, they're serving up specialty cocktails to match the theme. If you've been before, you know the drill: the whole place transforms for the month, so it's a different experience depending on when you drop in. It runs through October 31, so you've got until Halloween night to catch it at Craftsman Row Saloon, 112 S 8th Street in Old City.
