The Midtown establishment features over 60 different games, plus a full bar and plenty of bar food priced at $17 and under. Though many other establishments credit Barcade as an inspiration, this is the O.G. What started in 2004 as the “original arcade bar,” Brooklyn’s Barcade set up shop in the Motor City in 2021. Here’s a list of the Mitten State’s up-and-coming gaming establishments, along with some old favorites worth checking out again.
Whatever the reason, Michigan arcades are having a moment. MICHIGAN-Maybe the pandemic has us yearning for a simpler time, or maybe we just want to play Space Invaders while drinking craft beer. Are you a pinball wizard? Got Pac-Man fever? Or just looking for the princess in a castle? Start your next quest at one of these bar-cades.
