As we learned Monday, a new 80's arcade themed beer bar will replace Fruit Bat. The original plan was to call it Barcade. It turns out that there is a string of bars in and around New York that operate under that name. And, as a representative of the soon to open H Street bar told me "[t]here are at least a handful of other similar names that include bar and arcade and...of course [we] can't [use] any of those either." The owner and his team noticed that readers here were throwing out names on the Frozen Tropics, decided to offer people in the neighborhood the opportunity to name the new bar. The winning name will be chosen from the comment section of this post Monday before the bar opens to the public (for this reason, you should leave some form of contact info in your comment). Here's how it works:
The rules are simple:
The name should have feel that is 80's, beer, and arcade.
By submitting a name, each participant is agreeing to sell it to us for $150 in quarters if it is selected. There can be no other bar by this name anywhere in the United States. We will verify this.
You will, of course, also get bragging rights. Game on.
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UPDATE
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They've picked a winner:Dear Frozen Tropics Readers, Friends, Neighbors, and Drinkers,
We cannot express our thanks enough for all of your enthusiasm in our new venture and all of the awesome comments and bar names you’ve given us. This has been so much fun! We have chosen the name Atlas Arcade, for its timelessness and its sense of place. So the winner is Don S, who unfortunately didn’t leave any contact info. Don S, please contact us at atlasarcade@gmail.com! You have won $150 in quarters!
There were so many great names and we were so entertained that we also chose some honorable mentions who will each get two free drinks on their first visit to Atlas Arcade:
Raygun Era (by Inked)
Drunky Kong (by Farcus)
Princess Barstool (by J.G.)
Atlas Chugged (by Negroni)
Additionally, Erik would like to buy a beer for the anonymous reader who took a creative cheap shot and posted “For Lease”. Among the team we also liked “Do Your Homework, Erik” so obviously a great deal of humor has been employed in this endeavor.
Again, thank you so much all for submitting your names and really having fun with it! As a token of our thanks, we would like to invite all those who posted with their contact info to a private neighborhood appreciation power hour this Sunday afternoon, July 15 from 12-4. Free Pop Tarts for all! (and maybe some other fun stuff)
We open to the public Tuesday, July 10, at 6 PM. We hope to see you all soon!
Game On.
Sincerely,
The Atlas Arcade Team
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Please let me know I've won at longtimeresidentopossum@gmail.com. Thanks
Popularize
Arctobar
or
Gover
FYI: Joystick is taken.
All your base...
Quarters...
Coinz.
Atariland...
Rayguns....
I'm liking Rayguns. How about the Raygun Era?
Pixel
Eight Bit
One Up
Free Play
Press Start
Insert Coin
BEER/PONG ARCADE, BEER-PONG ARCADE, BEER/PONG, any variation of that.
Get it?
Sethmilchman@gmail.com
Beep-Beep-Bar
Saved by the beer
"Lagers 'n Lives"
arthwys@hotmail.com
"Run, Jump, Drink"
Game Over
Mischa
H Street Guide
Super Bar-io Brothers
Sethmilchman@gmail.com
Bartari
Yueng Jedi
2D
High Score
Controller
Extra Life
Next Level
Warp Zone
They are opening Monday, and did not realize that they can't use that name? Is there a business plan?
Okay, that said: Just call it "Arcade". It's better than anything cutesy.
Analog Revival
Pac man bar ? i am also searching it
inspirational music
"End of Line" was the name of the bar in Tron Legacy.
Tilt
Quarterz
PacBar!
HyperSpace
Cade or The Warp Zone
Flynn's
Atlas Arcadia
Player 2
8-Bit & 5%
1Up-smanship
Killer Taps
I had the same thought as two of these posters --- super bario brothers and Atlas Arcade (I like the other poster's 'Atlas Arcadia' better).
Other Ideas
8 bit brew house
Harcade
The Harcade
The Bat Cave Coin Cafe (hat tip to fruit bat --- and who wouldn't want to say "I'm going to the Bat Cave")
Inked I dought ill win, but if I do, I emailed you a few weeks ago about the hooka bar opening.
Don S
Mom's Basement
Final Boss
Vinyl Boss
Poo's Dungeons
The Other Castle
Power Bar
"Up Up Down Down"
(Based on the classic cheat code for Contra -- Up Up Down Down Left Right B A Select Start)
How about "For Lease" ?
Damn u Erik I already printed up fliers for the comedy show with barcade on it lol. How about calling it "BrewGames" that doesn't seem to be taken (I googled it).
Wii-NES
Joy Stick Heroes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wizard_(film)
@Unsilent
The Reset Button
Reboot
Infinite Lives
Level H
dan1696@yahoo.com
Tapper
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tapper
@Unsilent
ArcadeKata?
You know – the perfect combination of Arcade skills and Karate?
BarKata?
JoyKata?
DrinkKata?
I mean, I could go on and on - GymKata inspires so much.....
Probably already taken, but Extra Life.
Insert Coins Here
Eat the Ghost
H Street Arcade
Great Street Arcade
barcadia.
CynthiaNJavi
SUPER BARIO
Ready Player One [a book by Ernest Cline]
All Your Base
Side Scroller
The Continue? Bar
The Hack 'n' Slash
War Games (or WOPR or The Crystal Palace)
It's-a me, BARio! [h/t to Seth and aryback above]
For a Gibson 80's cyberpunk flavor: Mirrorshades, Villa Straylight, Wintermute, All Tomorrow's Parties
@drewbsaunders
Pwned
n00b's (loving this one)
Pitching it back to the Springfield Mall days: TIME OUT
Noah's Arcade.
No, wait, that was used already.
Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start
No, too long. But there should be a specialty drink with that name and it should be RIDICULOUS.
Another Castle.
"Thank you Mario! But our princess is in another castle!"
It you want to keep it simple and H Street specific, Atlas Arcade seems like a good bet (already suggested)
Sapporo Quarters
Button Masher or just Masher. It works for arcade playing style and brewing/distilling.
Tubular Tavern
Duck Hunt
25¢
@matt_terl
B.A.R.
Top Score
Mushroom Kingdom
Pellets
Kill Screen
WYLTPAG.......
Half of the would be getting people to figure out what the name means!
This is MY contest. :)
Taloisi@msn.com
Donkey Keg!
@akestra
larry's lizard lounge!
1) Game On
2) New Game
3) Player 1
Twitter: @mahbubs
Noah's Arcade
Best so far, IMO:
Pixel
One Up
Tilt
Atlas Arcadia
Power Bar
Side Scroller
I'm partial to Atlas Arcade myself. Sounds more like a place that will be around for a while, less like a one-off gimmick.
The Game Quarter
Quartercade
Coins
Game Change
Starcade
august.esch@gmail.com
How about:
Fire Flower
Wet Your Warp Whistle (or Warp Whistle for short)
Cheat Code
Console Cafe
Reset Button
Power Drain
Pink Sweatsuit
Power Pellets
Beer Pong
Shoot Em Up
or my favorite:
Kill Screen
Barkanoid
PlayBar
BarPlay
Barcadium
K-O
Abari
2-Player
Three Lives
QuarterKeg
KegCade
Vector Bar
Heart Container
Beer Container
Ok I'm done now. :)
Tilt and Time-Out are names of arcades I went to as a kid
"Quarter Drafts"
(monthly specials include 25c drafts during happy hour)
"Contraband"
joe.viola@gmail.com
TOYLAND
Quasar
8-Bit
Bartendo
Bars and Stars
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DC represent! :)
Make the logo the DC Flag, but with the 3 stars look like the ones in Mario, and the 2 bars brick, with one of them having a question mark block , also like in Mario.
Level 255
This is the last level on Pac-Man before the split screen of death on level 256. Like a steak house that offers a free meal if you can eat an 80oz steak dinner in under an hour, something similiar can be offered if someone clears 255 levels.
I would propose Level 256, but an audio visual company has it - "Level 256 Audio Visual". I don't know if just Level 256 is taken.
Coin-Operated
twitter @suitcasegatito
Wizard (a la Fred Savage Movie)
The Token Bar
Coin-Op Stop
the Ball Pit
Waga Waga
-- Will Jo.
Beercade. Not confusingly similar, and not in the same market; I'll defend you in court from that idle threat.
Bario
Byte Bar
Abari 2600
bartari 2600
sslomovitz@yahoo.com...make it rain change!
The Twisted Tilt
Brew Kong
BeerHunter
twitter @ARandomJourney
BarStars
tecmo bowl
Why don't you call it Chuck-E-Cheese? That's where I usually get drunk and play video games
up up down down left right left right B A B A
H bit saloon
Level Up
How about:
The Bonus Round
or
Secret Level
Continue?
Save Point
Pinballer
Console
Platform
Sidescroll
Level Up
Red Wizard Needs Booze Badly
Critical Hit
Main Menu
H Street Fighter
@slickhop
FIRE SALE! POWER UPS? UP DOWN UP?
PIXEL HUT/ PIXEL BAR
Le Pay Toilette
Unlimited play
Warp zone H
RaeofLightProductions@gmail.com
Drunky Kong
Player 1 Lounge (or Player 2 Lounge)
Last Quarter (optionally 'The' or 'Your' Last Quarter)
Old City Arcade (name of neighborhood before Atlas/Near NE)
Life Bar
Points
Game On
Super Mario Brews
High Score
Brewtendo
a few more:
Coin Bar
Combo Bar
@jackwanders (for these and the three above
1. Bogarting Beer Tokens
2. Beer Vidiot
3. The Foaming Vidiot
Contact: Brian
boobradley@netzero.net
The Glory Hole
More Lives
dccolney@yahoo.com
Pinball-Beer+Relaxing - PBR
H Street Bingo Parlor
Rumpus
The Rumpus Room
Fun-do's
Shag Me
The Shag Bar
My suggestion is to name it after the PacMan ghosts, Blinky, Pinky, and Inky. Clyde is the fourth ghost, but I think most people know the rhyming ones. Here are the options:
BPI Bar
or
Blinky, Pinky, and Inky's
or
BarBIP
There could even be some play on the fact that Clyde was left out...he could be the Teddy of BPI's.
Just a thought.
Adam
admeier33@yahoo.com
SCUMM Bar
No credit required... Just thank Ron Gilbert, Tim Schafer and Dave Grossman.
"Turbo's Midway Pub"
scrummdizzle at gmail dot com
Pac-Man references:
Perfect Play
Split – Screen
Blinky’s Bar
Pinky’s Pub
Inky’s Inn
Pokey’s Pub
jeremyschappert@gmail.com
One more Pac-Man referenece:
The Power Pellet
jeremyschappert@gmail.com
Quarters Up!
The Pinbarlor
guillaume1172@yahoo.com
The blunderbuss approach...
Press Start
Gamers
Kill Screen
You Win!
Q*beer
Q*bar
Continue?
Player 1 Bar
-P.H.M & M.E.C.
Brewcade
Press Start (as3808a at american dot edu)
Select Start
Fistful of Quarters
The Final Boss
Power Up
Extra Life
Flynn's
- Show Us Your Bits
- 'Stiqs & Tones
- CaBITal Lounge
- Reset Room
- Filibuster's
skooter10@ymail.com
Most people are coming up with things that hit "beer" and "arcade", but not "80s". Some people are coming up with stuff that hits "80s" and "arcade", but not "beer". "Atlas Arcade" sounds nice, but only hits one of the three. And some of these (like "Super Bario") might run afoul of trademark restrictions.
How about Bargames?
80s reference through the movie "Wargames", gets the bar part across, reference to games (not quite arcade, but close).
"Video Killed the Radio Bar"
taps n' tokens
or just tapper!
hutch1138@yahoo.com
Kiddie Toucher Heaven
The 9th Bit
Drunky Kong Country
Coins, rings and fruit
Warp Tube 8
Electron DC
Byte Club
Power Glove
Invincible
The Console
awiseman(at)gmail(dot)com
Pablo EscoBar
Skee Bar
2600
Reset Bar
New Player
Pitfall
Game Over
Tilt
H St. RollerDisco (Bar and Arcade) (Not like you can book a room at the Rock and Roll Hotel)
And, while it was officially the late 70s, I ask that you have a shot called "Han Shot First" -- it should be green.
2 Bits
Coinslot Saloon
august.esch@gmail.com
Perfect Play
Atlas Arcade and 80s Themed Brewhouse Social.
No seriously, just go with Atlas Arcade. Word will spread about the beer and 80s bit, doesn't have to be in the name.
George Harrison - Got my mind set on you
80s Arcade:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipt1_N-6cl4
I was going to suggest Brew/Skee, but that seems to be too close to an existing bar, http://www.facebook.com/pages/Brewskees-Sports-Bar-Grill/113095638722993
This bar shouldn't be 80s themed it should be mid 90s themed. Children of the 80s are not going to be the ones driving business. Think less PAC man and asteroid, more golden axe and TMNT
Drink Drink Revolution
clvsdardentor@yahoo.com
Already in use on H Street, new build.
Quarters & Pints
Joystick & Pint as in, joystick in one hand, pint in the other
Points & Pints (or reverse)
@jackwanders
1. H Street Brews (riff on Hill Street Blues)
2. “All Your Beers are Belong to Us” (riff on a game from the era)
3. Crazy Otto's (original name of Ms Pac Man game)
4. Blinky's Beers
5. Token's Alehouse
6. Sudsy Buttons
7. Crossing Frog (like Frogger)
Sorry, BrianH contact info for above post:
Twitter: @DC_Brian
dcvince had a cool idea
Q-Bert Bar!
The Brew Level
Brew Yr Destiny
The Token Tavern
Barchaide
Tokens
Lost Boys
Rad
The Thirsty Token
H St. High Score
Noid Bar
Vidiot Venue
I also really liked just Konami or Konami Cooler as a drink special.
reganphotography@gmail.com
Drink 1-up
kevinc.roach@gmail.com
Console.
The Basement.
Quarter Up.
Perfect Score.
Atlas arcade
Sore thumbs(&spirits)
`cade fade
Arcade @ H
Msussman@gmail.com
Continue?
High Score
Push to Start
Beer Buttons and Big Hair
Quarter Drain
Outrun
ten_below@live.com
"Drunk Frogger"
The Ollie North Years Arcade
The Thirsty Joystick
8 Bit Brews
Over the Barrel
The Flaming Barrel
Kegs and Quarters
Mario's Hammer
Fygars and Lagers
Joysticks and Lagers
p.s. I really like The 9th Bit.
ten_below@live.com
Link's
Game of Coins
Commodore 64
Two Players
XXO
Beer Pong
Beer Trong
32 oz bit
32 Bit
64 bit
Tiddlywinks
Mega Bites
Another Castle (...the princess is in an another castle...)
Hadouken
Side Scroll
Power Up
-timputer@gmail.com
Banana Clips
Banana Clip
Banana Clicks
Banana Clip Daquiris
SelectStart
Mode Co-Op
First Level
Golden Age
Play On
Beer Command
Bonus Round
The Right Round.
As in beer. As in games. And as in the epic song.
-ksmcgrew@gmail.com
Video Killed The Radio Bar
AS_
We all know what's next, and have put it in on countless high-score lists.
B A Select Bar (yet another Konami Code pun)
H Street Barcade.
Problem solved. LOL.
Galactic Brew
8 Bit
H-Bit
Fireflower
Starman
Cartridge
Skyships
Bonus Level
Korova Milk Bar
@ndyjohnson
Beerzerk
contact: twitter-tgill66
tgill5@verizon.net
H-Invaders
Mario Bario
Centi-pour
Beer-tari
Crunk-Cade
Drunk-cade
Beer-cade
joshua.david.johnson16@gmail.com
I like "Mom's Basement"
Yie Ar Kung-Fu/ I R Kung Fu
KoNamGa (Konami, Namco, Sega portmanteau)
AtaNami (Konami, Atari)
Get a life
Bonus Level
Metal Bar Solid
Bars of Power
Consoles & Cold Ones
Quarters & Pounders
High Score: B A R
Buttons and Brews
8-Bit Alehouse
Drinking Games
Toggle & Tap
1-UP PUB
Bartles and Games
I know my vote doesn't count, but I love Old City Arcade--it's not super kitschy or cheesy. It also tips its hat to old-school Atlas area, which I appreciate.
Line of Quarters
The Reagan Years
Justin.kolbeck@yale.edu
Princess Barstool
Tecmo Bar
Star Punch
Vodka Drunkenski
To The Max
Token
@lauraallane on twitter
FYI, there is a bar named Pixel in Ithaca, NY (and it sucks).
Game Over
Waka or waka waka (the sound that pac man makes)
Drinky, Blinky, and Brew
Six Pac
Flaming Oil Drum
Player One Hang Over
Beertality
brandon@hoosnews.com
Game On is a sports bar next to Fenway Park.
my suggestion:
Blip
markerjk at gmail
Anorak
--it's british slang for geek, nerd, fan-person
kamorris 1230 at gmail
Coin Slot
or
Quarter Bar
Space Bar (most of what comes on google is abroad, but there is a 'Spacebar' in California)
-bbdaniels@gmail.com
Pints and Quarters
Emmers21@hotmail.com
Given how Fruit Bat and Church & State have been run, I'd like to echo the concerns of someone up above who noted how odd it is (1) to still be looking for a name a few days before you open and (2) be someone who owns at least three businesses and not know enough to google search your first choice for a name until after you started publicizing it. Also another concern: this is a radical change in themes, but a pretty quick turnaround. I hope that means the owners had been planning this for a while and had already put some work into the concept before they closed Fruit Bat, and not a sign that this is gong to be a half-arsed execution of the video game theme.
All that being said, Atlas Arcade and Waka Waka Waka are my favorites from all the names suggested so far.
Xanadu
Blow on It
SkiBar
Barnament
Bank Shot
Arcade 51
Robby's
Peach's Pub
Power Pad
One word "Glitch". There was a glitch bar and cinema but it closed in 2010. Its simple and hot, hot, hot.
Love the suggestion of Pitfall.
Familycom
Cathode's
Ralph H. Beer
Consoul
Exploits
Bar Beyond Walls
I'd like to make the Beer Pong things less obvious, like: "Pong Beer", or "Beer & Pong".
I have a few:
The Neon Beer Pit
Romper Room on H
H Street Time Capsule
80's on H or even simply a year: 1986.
The Neon Beercade
Sloth's Arcade & Beer Pit or better yet: Hey You Guys
(Those were references to Goonies or any of you youths :-/ )
There's also one in Los Angeles (http://www.yelp.com/biz/blipsy-barcade-los-angeles) that indeed uses "barcade" in its name, and has been around in one form or another since 2001.
On second thought, I want "Ralph H. Bar"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_H._Baer
I vote for the hrighteous dude who suggested
H-yperspace. The proposals from the other hwasystoidz barf me out. I propose H Bombz.
ArCapitol
AC/DC
The Cabinet
@mr_aaj
Atlas Arcade is by far the best.
How's about just picking a regular name for the place that you like, and isn't so matchy matchy themey blah. As someone upthread said, word will spread about the games, but if you open as a video game bar, that's the only reason people will go. If you open as a comfortable bar where people can hang out and maybe play pac man now and again, the bar can survive even if people aren't as into playing arcade games as you originally thought.
http://nymag.com/listings/bar/welcome_to_the_johnsons/
That said, you could do worse than to choose an 80s themed bar name from one of the best movies ever...So my suggestion is:
Kumite
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092675/
Why not TRON?
Some good comments here. Sounds like folks want to play games and drink.
SuperPac (maybe Colbert would sue!)
Atlas Chugged (apologies for that)
Slacker
Boffins
Jingle
Hangout
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