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 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.
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