Spooky season · zero proof

All the boos, none of the booze: seven alcohol-free drinks with Halloween names

Seven alcohol-free drinks with the best Halloween names around Boston and Salem.

Drawing: the Dry Rabbit rabbit in an orange witch hat sits on a hill against a full moon, bats overhead.

Each drink from the venue’s own menu Four in Salem, three around Boston Order it by the name on the card

7 places

44 listed drinks

Every one was on the venue’s own menu on the day shown. Menus change fast this month, so look before you go.

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The Tavern at Hawthorne Hotel

Salem Common · Salem

Salem Common · Salem · $$ · Opens at 11 AM · 9 alcohol-free drinks

Restaurant · Salem Common · $$

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N/A Out For BloodMenu checked Oct 10, 2026

A current Salem menu with three zero-proof cocktails, four NA beers, and nonalcoholic wine by the glass or bottle.

Athletic IPA · $2Corona (<0.5% ABV) · $2Guinness 0 · $2Heineken 0.0Practical Magic PotionSauvignon Blanc, Chavin Zero · $11Sparkling Blanc, Kylie Minogue · $12Witches Cauldron

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#2 · Restaurant

Village Tavern

Salem

Salem · $$ · Opens at 11 AM · 10 alcohol-free drinks

Restaurant · Salem · $$

Opens at 11 AM

Hocus Pocus Punch, $7.50Menu checked Oct 11, 2026

A spot in Salem with 10 alcohol-free drinks on the menu, including Athletic Brewing Co. Free Wave and Best Day Brewing Co..

Athletic Brewing Co. Free Wave · $7Best Day Brewing Co. · $6.50Guinness Zero · $7.50Lava-Lemon Fizz · $7.50Michelob Ultra Zero · $7Sam Adams Just the Haze · $7The Good Witch · $7.50The Victoria · $7.50Zero Gravity Green State Zero · $7

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#3 · Restaurant0.0% Mixed groups

Rockafella's Restaurant

Salem

Salem · $$ · Mixed groups · Opens at 11:30 AM · 5 alcohol-free drinks

Restaurant · Salem · $$

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Quoth the Raven, $12Menu checked Oct 11, 2026

Alcohol-free drinks named on the venue's own menu, read by Claude in Chrome, in a browser, and Claude Code, an AI reader, from the page text on Oct 10, 2026: Butterbeer, Quoth the Raven.

Athletic Brewing Seasonal · $6Autumn Apparition · $12Butterbeer · $12Heineken 0.0 · $7

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#4 · Restaurant

Mercy Tavern

Salem

Salem · $$ · Opens at 12 PM · 1 alcohol-free drink

Restaurant · Salem · $$

Opens at 12 PM

Basic Witch (mocktail version), $10Menu checked Oct 11, 2026

A spot in Salem where Basic Witch (mocktail version) is on the alcohol-free menu.

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#5 · Restaurant

Backbar

Union Square · Somerville

Union Square · Somerville · $$ · Opens at 5 PM · 2 alcohol-free drinks

Restaurant · Union Square · $$

Opens at 5 PM

The Spell of Destruction, $11Menu checked Oct 3, 2026

A spot in Union Square, Somerville, with 2 alcohol-free drinks on the menu, including Means to Fly and The Spell of Destruction.

Means to Fly · $11

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#6 · Restaurant Mixed groups

Cambridge Common

Neighborhood Nine · Cambridge

Neighborhood Nine · Cambridge · $$ · Mixed groups · Opens at 12 PM · 12 alcohol-free drinks

Restaurant · Neighborhood Nine · $$

Opens at 12 PM

Zombie, $6.95Menu checked Oct 4, 2026

One of Cambridge's broadest alcohol-free menus: spirit-free cocktails, NA beer, NA prosecco, and classic juice-based mocktails.

Athletic Run Wild IPA *NA (Ct) · $7.95Athletic Dark & Gourdy · $5.95Athletic Fest Brew · $5.95Guiness Zero *NA Stout · $6.95Mionetto *NA Prosecco · $5.95MIONETTO N/A PROSECCO (Italy) · $5.95Apple Of My Chai · $7.95Lavender French 75 · $8.95Bee's Knees · $8.95Strawberry Colt · $8.95Piña Colada · $8.95

Opens at 12 PM$$Under 0.5% ABVDirections ↗Menu ↗Full details →

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