DC’s New Nightmare Bar Experience Serving Up Spook and Sips

DC’s National Union Building is currently a veritable Halloween hotspot. Through November 3, “The Nightmare Before Bar” is casting an eerie spell — and the city can’t get enough of the spooky space and creepy-themed cocktails.

Imagine you and your friends arriving at the dark, fog-filled entrance, welcomed by a mysterious otherworld “host” to guide you through the bar and frightening Halloween haunts. Then settle in for a great and ghoulish good time that might even include scary movie trivia games, mini-pumpkin carving, gothic mask-making, or other hocus pocus!

Inspired by Tim Burton movies and horror films, “The Nightmare Before Bar” is where nightmare season meets festive night out.

A cauldron of overflowing Halloween spirit, this 90-minute immersive experience includes a themed welcome drink and a gruesome, macabre setting. Resident ghosts and ghouls, frightening bartenders serving wicked cocktails, and chilling mood lighting put you right in the bleeding heart of Halloween.

Costumes encouraged but not required.

Nightmare Before Bar at The National Union Building (918 F St NW, Washington, DC) runs through November 3. Tickets: $12, including welcome drink. Strictly 21-and above.