Edgewater Halloween Flash Tattoo: $150 Walk-Ins at 90 Miles

Walk-ins are taken every day at 90 Miles Tattoo, at 2693 Biscayne Blvd in Miami's Edgewater, from noon to 8 pm Monday to Saturday and from noon to 7 pm on Sunday. Its posted shop minimum is $150, a price the studio says covers most small, simple pieces and the range where walk-ins usually fall, so a Halloween flash tattoo of a bat or a jack-o'-lantern outline here starts at that figure. Halloween 2026 lands on a Saturday, which means a full noon-to-8 pm day in the chair.

The owner is Alejandro González Rodríguez, known on social media as Alec Tattoos. Forbes Argentina's November 2022 profile described him as a tattooer, muralist and painter who has worked as a street artist since his teens. He founded 90 Miles Tattoo Studio in 2018, and the magazine reported that demand grew so fast he had to bring in colleagues to keep up without lowering the quality of the work. The same piece counted four artists working beside him.

The studio's gallery page calls Alec self-taught and says he draws on other artists, nature and his own life, and it quotes him directly: "I think the best tattoos are inspired by life." His specialty is realism and portraits. Forbes added that he was preparing large tattoo designs, four by seven feet, on synthetic skin to hang in Miami galleries during Art Basel, a project that shows how closely he links tattooing with painting.

The artist page introduces the crew one by one. Adrian, who signs as Adser, has more than ten years of tattooing and works in neo-traditional as well as black-and-gray realism. Mario, according to the shop, can be found outside the studio every day drawing and sipping coffee, and he leans on surrealist painting for inspiration. Luigi came to tattooing from painting, and the site singles out his precision and soft shading as his strongest tools.

Yasel started tattooing in Cuba more than a decade ago and says he got into the trade after getting a tattoo himself. Behind the counter, a management team of Aryan and Brian handles the process from the first question to the final wrap, a setup aimed squarely at nervous first-timers. When you walk in, it helps to name the artist whose gallery work matches your idea, because the shop matches each request to a specific person.

This is a realism studio first. Its TattoosWizard profile calls it a destination for black-and-gray realism, then lists styles from dotwork and fine line to Japanese and traditional. For Halloween, that points toward a softly shaded skull, a black cat drawn from a photo of your own pet, or a moth with gray gradients rather than a thick-lined cartoon bat. Luigi's soft shading and Mario's surreal touches suit those small spooky pieces.

Skip this shop if your plan is a cheap Friday-the-13th style flash bargain. The rates page states plainly, "We are not the cheapest, but we are the best," and the house motto is "Good work or no work." The studio's website lists no Halloween 2026 flash event, so walk in with your own reference or pick a design with the artist on the spot, and budget the $150 minimum rather than hunting for a holiday discount.

The rates page spells out how pricing works. Small and simple pieces fall under the $150 minimum, and the studio says an appointment is not needed for those because it takes walk-ins every day with artists on site. Larger ideas go through the online quote form, where the shop warns that space is limited, reviews each submission, and only replies once an artist has been matched to the project. A 20-month financing plan is linked at the top of every page.

Half sessions start at $700, and full sessions run $1,200 to $2,000 depending on placement, design, technique and artist. That math is why a Halloween sleeve is not a walk-in job here. Age rules follow Florida law: nobody under 16 can be tattooed, and a 16- or 17-year-old needs a parent or guardian present, government photo ID for both, notarized written consent and proof of guardianship, so most teens are better off waiting.

Halloween week gives you four full days to work with. Thursday, October 29, and Friday, October 30, run noon to 8 pm, Saturday, October 31, keeps the same noon-to-8 pm hours, and Sunday, November 1, closes an hour earlier at 7 pm. The smartest window is the noon opening on Thursday or Friday, when a weekday walk-in competes with fewer weekend plans. Arriving at noon with a reference image saved gives an artist time to draw and stencil a palm-sized piece.

If you want the bat on your ankle before a Saturday night party, aim for the first hour on October 31 rather than late afternoon, since a shaded realism piece needs real time before the 8 pm close. If every chair is taken, Empire Ink is the plan B. Steve Santacruz started the brand in 2009, its Downtown studio sits next to Bayside and the Miami Heat arena on the same trolley line, and its South Beach shop, open since 2010, says walk-in tattoos are welcome.

The client list leans toward people who collect serious work. Forbes Argentina noted that the studio commonly draws clients from the arts and entertainment world, naming fighter Sean O'Malley, Russ and Paola Mayfield from the reality show 90 Day Fiancé, producer Mauro "El Código Secreto," musician Ángel Emilio and boxer Uly "Monster" Diaz. A 2022 press release about the shop likewise mentioned local enthusiasts alongside notable figures from combat sports.

Forbes also wrote that tattoo collectors come here to make sure there will be no unwanted results, and Alec recalled one client telling him, "for me, this makes you part of the rest of my life." On the other end of the scale, the shop's walk-in pages talk directly to first-time clients, promising staff who explain every step of the process, which suits anyone choosing a small black cat as a debut tattoo this Halloween.

Margaret Pace Park is the easy detour south along the bay. The eight-acre park sits directly on Biscayne Bay with views of the Venetian Islands and Miami Beach, and it has a mile-long jogging path, volleyball and tennis courts and an enclosed dog park. It was created in the late 1960s and named for Margaret Pace, a founder of the Miami Garden Club who fought to keep the bayfront green. A fresh tattoo should stay out of the sun, so stick to the shaded paths.

Head west and north instead and you reach Midtown Miami, built from 2005 on a former Florida East Coast Railway rail yard between North 29th and 36th Street. Its outdoor shopping area was designed to mimic New York's SoHo and mixes national stores, local restaurants and apartments, which makes it a practical spot to grab lunch while a stencil is being drawn or to wait out a Saturday queue for an hour.

The free City of Miami Trolley's Biscayne route runs along Biscayne Boulevard with stops at Midtown, Margaret Pace Park and the Miami Design District, so you can skip parking entirely on Halloween Saturday and ride straight to the door. For bigger projects, submit the quote form before you visit.

Bring a government photo ID, a reference image on paper or saved offline, and loose clothing that leaves the spot uncovered. Eat before you sit down, since even a small realism piece takes time to shade. Budget at least the $150 minimum, and remember the shop offers a 20-month financing plan only for larger work that makes sense to finance. Sunday, November 1, is the shortest day of the weekend, so plan any second visit for earlier in the week.