Meet the New Yorkers scaring up big business this Halloween one bar at a time

Welcome to the Boo Apple.In the midst of spooky season, Halloween-themed bars are scaring up monster business timed to Halloween, with lines out the door for the chance to sip on an array of chilling cocktails while taking in some over-the-top frights.From a tiki bar serving up tropical delights to a gothic spectacle crawling with goblins — the Big Apple’s watering holes are going all out to give customers a frightfully good time.And New Yorkers are cashing in on the action, one witch-tastic cocktail at a time. “Halloween bars are fun because they are, by definition, limited edition,” Mandy Naglich, cocktail expert and author of the book “How to Taste: A Guide to Discovering Flavor and Savoring Life,” told The Post.“In a world where it’s on-trend to sip clarified pina coladas, minimalist margaritas, and extra-refined martinis, it’s fun to know you’ll be getting a tiki drink made with fake vampire blood.Let us have fun! It’s a bar!”Behind the ghoulish fun is a seasonal business, as NYC bars invest in elaborate decor, enticing menus and captivating experiences to draw crowds — and keep them coming back. From haunted underwater worlds to witchy rooftop escapes, these limited-run concepts are proving there’s money to be made in a little Halloween havoc.“October is easily our busiest time of year,” Kavé Pourzanjani, the owner and general manager of the spooky East Village bar Paradise Lost, told The Post.Boasting a Tiki-horror theme with eye-popping interiors, Pourzanjani opened the year-round bar in 2023 as an upscale tropical cocktail oasis. It’s inspired by B horror films, the spirit of punk rock and the work of EC Comics, the latter being the publisher behind the “Tales from the Crypt” series.“We had a love for the nonsensical world of Tiki, and were hoping to get away from a lot of the usual trappings you see in Tiki bars and instead focus on its less-explored aspects,” Pourzanjani said, noting there’s usually a long ...