![]() You can get a slice of cheese, veggie or pepperoni pizza if you just need a quick bite while wrapped up in playing Street Fighter. The food at Coin-Op Game Room is perfectly suited to the casual, nostalgic feeling the arcade games impart. They’ve partnered with local DJ Shaun Slaughter, who will be at their grand opening on May 28, and hope to have more local DJs on a regular basis. “There’s not too much room to dance but at least you can have some cool ambiance and vibes,” Louis says. They’ll also have DJs on Friday and Saturday nights. “It’s a really good day for us in San Diego and also a way to give back,” Louis says. And keeping with a San Diego tradition, the last Sunday of every month is free play, and all the games are free. The person who gets the highest score over a certain period would get to fly out to Tennessee for a tour of the Jack Daniel’s distillery. They’re also looking to work with one of the liquor companies, possibly Jack Daniel’s, to do a special Big Buck Hunter competition, offering monthly or bi-monthly specials. There are pinball associations across the United States, and we’re already on their radar,” Louis says. “There’s actually a huge following of pinball. The bar will host regular tournaments and competitions for the more popular arcade games, such as pinball and Street Fighter. “Midtown is a little bit more happening, but we definitely think that we can draw some of that midtown crowd to the downtown area and make downtown what it used to be, a little more fun and hip,” Louis says.Ĭoin-Op Game Room has the potential to draw in a more fun and lively crowd to downtown Sacramento. Louis hopes that the downtown area will soon be picking up. In San Diego, Lion’s Share is near Petco Park, the baseball stadium, which has been a big draw for getting customers. The location ended up being pretty ideal because K Street will become the gateway to the new arena. Craft beers, craft cocktails,” Louis says. “We definitely expanded on that location but it has the same vibe. The Sacramento Coin-Op Game Room is double the size of the San Diego location, but the concept is identical. The video games would definitely attract, but you’d have to have some really low prices,” he says. “Chico is a college town and nobody wants to pay $6 for a beer. Evan feels they made the right choice in opting to set up shop in the capitol. ![]() ![]() So they made an executive decision and chose Sacramento over Chico, and settled on the building that used to be Marilyn’s on K. “We think in the next five to 10 years Sacramento is really going to move,” Louis says. They explored the downtown area and ended up liking what they saw, especially with the prospect of the new Kings arena on the horizon and all the development that has been happening in Sacramento over the past few years. Mahmood and Ledo stopped in Sacramento on their way up to Chico. When they decided to expand to a third establishment, the original plan was to open another Coin-Op Game Room in Chico. They also own Lion’s Share, a San Diego bar and restaurant that specializes in craft cocktails and exotic game meat like antelope, wild boar and kangaroo. According to Evan Louis, one of the managing partners: “We like to explain it as a place that you can play nostalgic video games, get your Pac-Man on, or your Dig Dug or your Street Fighter on, and get a proper Old Fashioned.”Ĭoin-Op Game Room is a joint operation between Louis and partners Hassan Mahmood and Roy Ledo, owners of the original San Diego location. Originating in San Diego, Coin-Op Game Room offers adults a place to play the games they loved while they were growing up while enjoying a craft cocktail or microbrew. After Burner, Spy Hunter, Pac-Man, Donkey Kong, an entire row of pinball machines-this barcade is sure to stir up some feelings of nostalgia. A few people are gathered around the actual bar, but everyone else is clustered around the various arcade games that line the walls-about 40 in all. Inside, the space strikes a nice balance between a trendy dive bar and a friendly neighborhood pub, with neon beer signs, slices of pizza served on brightly colored Frisbee plates and beer lists printed on chalkboards decorated with pictures of Mario and Luigi. The wooden staircase winds down into a patio, where people are sipping drinks and playing a giant version of Jenga. The new Coin-Op Game Room may have a bouncer at the top of the stairs, but this is not a typical posh downtown bar. ![]()
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