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Milwaukee's Haunted Bar, Part of Shaker's Cigar Bar – Milwaukee

Ghost Tour and Absinthe Cocktails for Two or Four (Up to 68% Off)

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In a Nutshell

Weekday & weekend ghost tours explore supernatural-saturated historic bar housed in former speakeasy dating back to 1894

The Fine Print

  • Expires Sep 30, 2012
  • Limit 5 per person. Limit 5 per visit. Must be 18 or older for the tour; 21 or older to consume alcohol. Must use promotional value in 1 visit. Valid only for Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday tours.
  • See the rules that apply to all deals.

Opening a portal to the netherworld usually requires a combination of candles, incense, and an interpretive dance based on Goodnight Moon. Skip the complex rituals with this Groupon.

Choose Between Two Options

  • $25 for a haunted-bar ghost tour for two with two absinthe cocktails (a $70 value)
  • $45 for a haunted-bar ghost tour for four with four absinthe cocktails (a $140 value)

At 7 p.m. or 8:30 p.m., a tour guide leads up to 13 guests through Shaker's Cigar Bar, a former speakeasy and brothel, while shining a light on its dark history and sharing stories of past ghoul encounters.

Milwaukee's Haunted Bar, Part of Shaker's Cigar Bar

Located in Milwaukee's trendy warehouse district, the Victorian-era building that houses Shaker's Cigar Bar has gone through several iterations. The property began as a cooperage to store Schlitz beer in 1894, and went onto become a Prohibition-era speakeasy and brothel; it was during that time that a bordello girl was murdered in the penthouse suite. Paranormal researchers and the proprietor himself maintain that Shaker's bustles with otherworldly regulars. At 7 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday–Friday, groups of 13 or fewer tour takers explore the old building, from the basement below to the former brothel.

On the main floor of Shaker's Cigar Bar and Palm Garden Restaurant, guests can belly up to the brass-topped front bar for a libation, such as a snifter of 132-year-old cognac paired with a Dominican cigar from the basement humidor. Bartenders, called Shakers and Shakerettes, also serve up period-style absinthe cocktails at the carved-oak back bar. The drinkery's tin ceilings and tin-relief walls sigh with age as they long for new hearts, and antique stained glass and hardwood maple floors round out the time-displaced decor, transporting patrons to a bygone era.

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Milwaukee's Haunted Bar, Part of Shaker's Cigar Bar

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    Milwaukee

    422 S 2nd St.
    Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53204
    (414) 272-4222
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Reviews

  • I attended Shaker's ghost tour last weekend, and I loved it. You get to experience part of Milwaukee's history in a single location
    Jeanne M., Yelp, 11/23/11
  • it was such a cool experience to find out the history of the building and about some of the resident spirits who haunt the place.
    Julie B., Yelp, 11/11/11