Philly’s Craftsman Row Saloon gets a haunted Hollywood makeover for Halloween

Craftsman Row Saloon knows how to get decked out for the holidays, especially Halloween.

This year’s spooky pop-up experience has been dubbed the “Nightmare Before Christmas: Spooktacular Movie Mash” and is open to the public now through Oct. 31.

The decorations take note from ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’ and other classic seasonal flicks like ‘Beetlejuice’, ‘It’, ‘Halloweentown’, ‘Scream’, ‘The Addams Family’ and ‘Haunted Mansion.’ The space also features interactive elements like a retro phone that asks you what your favorite scary movie is when you pick it up, and moments to snap selfies with different characters.

The decorations are just the start: The other main draw of the pop-up is the themed menu—which spans over-the-top-milkshakes, crafted cocktails, Halloween bites and more. The Cromwell’s Pot Pie takes the shape of a witches hat for one, the Jack O Melt is served on pumpkin bread, while the Fright Night French Toast Burger is made up of  2 smashed patties, American cheese, bacon, eggs and strawberry-maple syrup on jack-o-lantern country bread. Other dishes to try span the Skellington Stuffed Peppers, a Harvest Moon Salad, a Doritos crusted chicken, and two additional themed burgers.

Drinks-wise, Philadelphians can sip on picks like the Candytini or Skeleton Punch. The former is made up of candy corn-infused vodka, buttershots, pineapple juice, fee foam, grenadine, whipped cream and candy corn, while the latter features Captain Morgan spiced rum, pineapple and cranberry juice in a keepsake skeleton cup. There’s also the Blood Bag (white rum, apple cider, cranberry juice, lime and grenadine) and the Trick or Treat Martini (Screwball Peanut Butter Whiskey, chocolate liqueur, Kahlua, espresso and a Reese’s peanut butter cup.)

Craftsman Row has also whipped up some Halloween Shots for the occasion with a vodka choice (mixed with Rumchata, Baileys, grenadine and Nerds candy) and a tequila sipper (mixed with lime, sugar and pink edible glitter.)

The menu’s grand finale comes from the venue’s signature packed milkshake creations. Options being served up in 2025 span the “Graveyard” (local mint chocolate chip ice cream, sugar cookies, brownies, marshmallows, gummy worms, candy, crushed Oreo dirt and whipped cream), the “Scary Movie Night” (local cookie dough ice cream, chocolate and caramel sauce, popcorn, Halloween Candy, a cookie crumble and a Rice Krispie in a keepsake popcorn bucket) and the “Pumpkin to Talk About” (local pumpkin pie ice cream, edible fall leaves, a pumpkin cookie, marshmallows, pumpkin pie, a Tastykake, whipped cream and a caramel drizzle.)