The Ghost Walks

"The cocktails at the Ghost Walks are all about theatrics, and the Box Office takes that inspiration literally. Buried inside a popcorn bucket — filled with actual popcorn — is a tasty drink made with bourbon, sherry, lemon, blood orange, and butterscotch. You’d be hard-pressed to find a cocktail more fun." - Katie Faust Stryjewski

"Boston has too many places that can’t decide whether they want to be a bar or a restaurant. The Ghost Walks in the weird /Downtown/Chinatown/Theater District nexus is one of them. It’s kind of a cocktail bar, kind of a club, and kind of a restaurant with a small menu of basic American food. Whatever it is, it’s definitely the only place that we know of that has a champagne vending machine. If you don’t mind hanging out somewhere a little gimmicky, it’s not a bad spot to grab some drinks before heading to a show." - Dan Secatore

"And in the Theatre District, a less robotic spot called the Ghost Walks will open under Bijou this spring, featuring theatrically themed cocktails (think glassware that looks like a camera lens and a drink disguised as a bag of popcorn) and “elevated bar snacks” — as well as a champagne vending machine." - Rachel Leah Blumenthal

"Boston’s Theater District is getting a new cocktail lounge and restaurant in March. The Ghost Walks — owned by the team behind Committee, Bijou, and Cafeteria — will open at 57 Stuart St., in the space beneath Bijou. The team doesn’t want to pigeonhole the venue as one thing or another, according to Peter Szigeti, the general manager. “We’re not calling ourselves a restaurant, and we’re not calling ourselves a bar,” he said. “We’ll be serving food until 1:30 a.m., and it’ll be elevated bar snacks: small plates, charcuterie, cheese boards. But if you’re hungry and want a full meal, we can serve that purpose too.” Szigeti said that the Ghost Walks won’t focus on a single cuisine but rather on “a mixture of different dishes people love to eat.” The bar program will have three different focuses: fancy, theatrical cocktails (one will be disguised as a bag of popcorn, while another will be served in glassware the resembles a camera lens); less involved drinks, such as whiskey and cola (served with nip bottles inverted on the lip of a soda can); and champagne served from a vending machine (patrons will be able to buy a token at the bar, insert it into the machine, and pop their own individual six-ounce bottles.) According to Szigeti, the venue’s name comes from the first act of “Hamlet,” when the ghost of Hamlet’s father walks across the stage. It’s also a reference to an old-timey phrase theater promoters used to utter when they’d had a good week. If they could pay their actors, the ghost walked. If they could not, the opposite was true. The Ghost Walks will have capacity for roughly 110 people; the space spans about 2,000 square feet. Head over there for a fancy cocktail, and then head upstairs for some dancing. Who knows: You just might run into Drake." - Terrence Doyle