LOS ANGELES

The original Barcade opened in 2004 in a former metal shop on Union Avenue in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. At the time, Kevin and Scott were working in graphic design, Paul in film and television, and Pete in advertising. Paul had just completed directing the feature film "American Beer", a road trip documentary profiling the American craft beer industry, and the friends were spending time drinking craft beer and playing the classic 1980's video games that lined the walls of Paul's Williamsburg loft... Those beer and game filled nights inspired the group to open a neighborhood bar focused on American craft beer and classic video games. They quit their day jobs, maxed out their credit cards, and began work on Barcade... Barcade opened two more locations in 2014, both in Manhattan: on West 24 th Street in Chelsea, and on St. Mark's Place in the East Village. The sixth location, in New Haven, Connecticut opened in 2016, the seventh location opened in Newark, New Jersey in 2017, the eighth..

Primary location: Los Angeles