barcade

barcade

English

Etymology

Blend of bar +‎ arcade. A chain of arcade bars by this name first opened in Brooklyn in 2004.

Noun

barcade (plural barcades)

1. A bar (drinking establishment) equipped with classic video arcade games.
   • 2019, Darren Johnson, Darren Johnson's Best Short Stories of 2018

     Glen “Hooping Cough” Hodges is proprietor and manager of Nine Chakras, the new retro gaming barcade in town.

   • 2020, Sam Maggs, The Fangirl's Guide to the Universe: A Handbook for Girl Geeks (page 42)

     For a good time in the evening, hit up a barcade, a nightspot that's puntastically exactly what it sounds like — a bar with a ton of old-school coin-operated pinball and arcade cabinets (I'd bet my quarters there's one near you).

   • 2020, Terri Toles Patkin, ‎Matthew Wilhelm Kapell, Who's in the Game? (page 27)

     Gaming itself becomes a destination event, taking place at barcades and board game cafes.