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388 Union Ave. Brooklyn, NY 11211

718-302-6464 

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  • Sun,Sat 2pm-4am, Mon-Fri 5pm-4am
  • Patio/Sidewalk Dining
  • Late Night
Description

Barcade's vast selection of old-school arcade games (including Galaga, Centipede, and Frogger) cost just one quarter per play, but the 20-odd microbrews will set you back a few more. This is a place of deceptively rare beer: the fruity, complex Heavyweight Biere d'Art is a much-adored local choice and tasty standbys such as the rich, frothy Rogue Mocha Porter keep the bar crowded every night. These, or the stiff well drinks, will ably fuel any Donkey Kong showdowns that happen over the course of the evening. The hall gets crowded quickly, though, so if you want to assert your prowess on a favorite game, plan accordingly.







  • 2011 | Best Place To Get Hammered and Eat a Man

    If it takes more than the dual promise of coin-operated Frogger and American-craft lager to convince you why Barcade is one of Brooklyn's awesomest bars, we shouldn't be friends. That's fine because with the rest of the OKCupid first dates, birthday-drink parties, and Kotaku-reading nerds milling around the seven-year-old grown-up funhouse, the Williamsburg destination doesn't need more bodies blocking the way to the Ms. Pac-Man machine. A ginormous, open-room nostalgia factory near the L... More »

  • 2011 | Best Arcade

    With our eternal struggle not to give up on our dreams and just work at a fast-food establishment, it might seem odd that we spend many of our hard-earned quarters making burgers. But that's the truth. Barcade Jersey City, the latest outpost of the craft-beer-and-video-game conglomerate (they're spreading to Philly next), has not only more games than its Williamsburg forebear, but it also has the best game: Burgertime. The 1982 deep-fried take off of Pac-Man features a stressed-out chef who... More »

  • 2009 | Best $10 Recession-Friendly Bar Zone-Out

    This is very simple. First, somehow acquire a $10 bill. (Maybe sell some furniture Some plasma Some dignity) Then go to Barcade. Buy a pint of one of their 20-plus fine beers on tap. (Scout their constantly rotating selection at barcadebrooklyn.com.) Tip generously. And then slip whatever bills you've got left into a change machine, extract as many quarters as that gets you, and dump them all into the Arkanoid machine. It's near the back, on your left. Arkanoid is driven by the oldest... More »

  • 2005 | Best Bar With a Shtick Inspired by a Silly Pun

    Better for boys' night out than first-date romance--I found out the hard way--this Williamsburg half-bar half-arcade (so, BARCADE) looks like the foot soldier hangout from the first Ninja Turtles movie. The epitome of misspent youth, Barcade doesn't have Shredder, but Smash TV is there; so are Tapper, 1943, and Tetris (though FYI that game's joystick is broken). If you do take a date, don't keep punching her character's face in Rampage. More »

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    gary.westby | Brooklyn, NY | 7 Reviews

    | Sun, March 21, 2010

    Awesome amount of 80's arcade games!

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