Barcade Llc
(718) 302-6464
388 Union Ave
Brooklyn,
NY
11211
40.7121
-73.9512
Neighborhood: Williamsburg
What People Are Saying About Barcade Llc
The Editor
Kara Zuaro
Citysearch
This industrial-sized drinking and gaming space hides on Williamsburg's Union Avenue. A large bar keeps more than 20 taps running, but the attraction here is the wide selection of '80s-era video games like Asteroids, Frogger and Donkey Kong. Slim wooden counters between the games serve as a place to stash your pint. Lest the set-up be too reminiscent of a friend's 8th birthday party, a heavy '90s alt-rock soundtrack conjures memories of high school, and the extensive beer list is comfortably grown-up. An ever-changing giant chalkboard over the bar lists the varieties, and photocopied menus detail each brew.
User Reviews
Anonymous
November 24, 2008
It's hard to decide which is cooler: the game selection or the beer selection. I brought a bunch of friends here for my 25th birthday and my university held an alumni reunion here. All the games are pre-1988 or so. All the classics! Ms. Pac-Man, Centipede, Donkey Kong, Mario Brothers (although, it was broken last time I was there). I'm working on the high score for Marble Madness! It's packed full of hipsters but it's cool. Best to not go on Friday or Saturday if you're really there for the games.
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September 12, 2008
As in the video game! This place rules, big open space and the walls are lined with tons of old school arcade games at the original price of a measly quarter. Take a trip down memory lane, and have a few beers in the process.
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rojedejong
July 26, 2008
Barcade is basically a hipster Dave and Busters. Just as folks from around the neighborhood enjoy wearing garments from the eighties, thus making the eighties the present (are you with me?), people here enjoy playing Asteroids, Galaga, and Ms. Pacman as if they were trying out the most futuristic virtual reality golf simulator. But the drinks are good. What does this all mean? A) This bar is antisocial. Go there alone to drink yourself to happiness, or go with a friend if you don't have anything good to talk about. Go with your girlfriend who you're about to break up with. You will never pick up girls here because you are not in Fantasy land, you're playing Marble Madness and talking to yourself. B) This bar has good beer. In so many ways I wish the beer selection here was bad, because then I wouldn't ever go. But I live a block away and Barcade represents minimal effort in obtaining good beer, which is sort of my style once darkness falls.
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What to Drink:
The complex Brooklyn Weissbock is a local favorite with a slightly sweet finish, and the Southampton Imperial Russian Stout, served in a wine goblet, is rich and smooth.
Happy Hour:
Get $1 off draft beers and well drinks every day from 5pm to 8pm; better yet, happy hour recurs from 2:30am to 3:30am Monday through Thursday.
Happy Hour:
Get $1 off draft beers and well drinks Monday through Thursday from 5pm to 8pm; Saturday and Sunday it's from 2pm to 8pm.
Know Before You Go:
The abundance of beer and video games skews the boy-to-girl ratio. It can be a great place to meet guys--if they can be wooed away from Ms. Pac-Man.
Category:
Bartending Service, Bars & Pubs, Neighborhood Bars
