Trick-or-treaters and their parents will find it a little easier to stay safe on the festive eve of All Saints’ Day.
On Halloween day, designated trick-or-treating at downtown businesses gives kids a safe zone to gather candy. Free rides home on Saturday, Oct. 28, make sure their adult parents get a sober ride.
Downtown trick or treating
Over 50 downtown businesses will welcome trick-or-treaters on Oct. 31 from 2-6 p.m. Neighborhood business along Seward Street, Front Street and Franklin Street will offer candy, backpacks, bookmarks, a photo booth and other treats in celebration of Halloween.
Trick-or-treaters can look for orange balloons and “trick-or-treating here” signs on doors of participating businesses.
Here’s a full list of businesses to trick-or-treat at this Halloween:
Seward Street
Art Sutch Photography, Capital Copy, City and Borough of Juneau City Hall, Downtown Dames, Downtown Wells Fargo, GCI, Nana’s Attic, NorthWind Architects, Pie In The Sky, Pretty Please, Rainy Retreat Books, Sealaska, Shattuck & Grummett Insurance, Shoefly, The Canvas at REACH, The Rookery Cafe, The Urban Eskimo and V’s Cellar Door.
Front Street
Alaska Robotics, Annie Kaill’s, Ben Franklin General Store, Hearthside Books, Heritage Coffee, Juneau Drug, Sealaska Heritage Store, Sketch Studio and Trickster Company.
Franklin Street
Alaska Cache Liquor, Alaskan Brewing Depot, Alaskan Fudge Company, Aurora Projekt, Barnaby Brewing Company, Boheme, Bustin’ Out Boutique, El Sombrero, Foggy Mountain Shop, Franklin Street Barber, Harbor Tea & Spice, High Tide Tattoo, Juneau Artists Gallery, Juneau’s Imagination Station, Kindred Post, Mt. Juneau Trading Post, Red Dog Mercantile, Saffron, The Baranof Hotel, The Bear’s Lair, The Triangle Club and Treetop Tees.
Second Street
Bauer/Clifton Interiors and Silverbow Inn
Fourth Street
Rainbow Foods
Marine Way
The Downtown Public Library and The Taqueria
Egan Drive
McGivney’s at Four Points Sheraton
Free rides home
Even a brainless zombie knows to get a ride home from a sober driver on Halloween.
Juneau/Lynn Canal CHARR, an affiliate of the Alaska Cabaret, Hotel, Restaurant and Retailers Association, will offer free rides home between 9 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 28 and 3 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 29.
Fifteen bars, restaurants and markets will call cabs for patrons for free. Participating cabs will have flashing green lights to make them easily identifiable. The rides are offered through the Safe Ride Juneau Program, which has provided free rides home on holidays since 2005.
Sponsors are the Alaskan Brewing Company, Odom, Specialty Imports and K&L Distributers.
Participating businesses include: Alaska Cache Liquor, Louie’s Douglas Inn, The Island Pub, Alaskan Hotel & Bar, Lucky Lady Pub, Rendezvous Bar, Duck Creek Market, McGivney’s Sportsbar and Grill, McGivney’s Downtown, Squirez Bar, Hangar on the Wharf, Triangle Club Bar, Imperial Bar, Moose Lodge 700 and Viking Lounge & Billiard Parlor.
