They have about 30 beers, mostly from Florida breweries in cans and bottles, plus coffee and teas. There are no televisions, “no sports, no news, no YouTube videos,” because, Burke said, “We really want people to interact and engage.” The bar was built in the back, so you can chill on their blue velvet couch and get away from the gaming noise. One wall is lined with 15 arcade machines (Metal Slug 6, Double Dragon and Aliens), the other is lined with 10 pinball machines (from 1975’s 300 to 2006’s Pirates of the Caribbean), and they all take quarters, no cards, no tokens. Married owners Lauren Patrick, a self-described serial entrepreneur and beer connoisseur, and Michael Burke, a pinball enthusiast who builds and restores arcade and pinball machines, collaborated on a space that proudly advertises itself as both “dimly lit” and, more jokingly, “dark and sexy.” They keep it simple. Clearwater finally has its own video game bar, and it’s definitely giving us old-school arcade vibes.
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