Once you have kids, whose seasonal calendars orbit inordinately around candy and costumes, it’s easy to forget that Halloween can still be plenty of fun for adults. But then you remember that dress-up parties never stopped happening, and that the creativity around this spookiest of nights only amplified since your October 31 became more about following than swallowing.
As Halloween overtakes Friday night this year, the grown-up fun should be at full tilt. Here are a few options for your adult enjoyment.
Dusk Till Dawn Drinks @ Dusk: Not only is From Dusk Till Dawn probably Quentin Tarantino’s best acting performance ever, it’s also one of the most entertaining vampire flicks ever made — in large part because it doesn’t even go vampire until nearly halfway through the film. In an ode to such magnificence, Dusk Bar at the Drift Hotel (524 State St.; [855] 721-2658; @duskbarsb) is again hosting a Dusk Till Dawn–themed cocktail menu all month, featuring drinks like Para Vampiros, a tangy mezcal concoction with shellfish-kissed sangrita; He’s Not Your Brother Anymore, a Oaxacan rum drink with top-shelf curacao; and All Right, Vampire Killers, in which garlic-infused tequila is paired with olive oil, cilantro, vermouth, and oregano…