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| - Really surprising, really fun. I was never a kid who had video games, ever, and I've never particularly enjoyed board games so this bar wasn't really on my radar, but I was curious, and when the joyful and wise Sarah M invited us I was pretty excited to try it.
So yes, there's just a sidedoor south of St Catherine that leads to a basement, and then there's black stairs down to a dark room with red couches and it's a tad worrisome at first. The chairs and tables remind me of a bar/cafe place I used to hang out at when I was around high school age (but legal, obvi) and I thought maaaan, I would hang out here all the time if I was a kid these days, and as a kid at heart I'll be back for sure.
The fries were skinny and salty, the staff was totally nice and bilingual without even a hint of the snark I sometimes associate (to my error, clearly) with high level nerdom. There were 2 interesting beers on tap and lots of funny fruity cocktails with geek-referential names. The games are free so we could play some racing game (and by "racing" I do mean spinning endlessly in circles and driving into walls) and Mortal Kombat (which a friend had when I was a kid and brings out a not-entirely-attractive murderous glee in me) and then hang out with a bigger group and play Cards Against Humantity. The company was top notch and I was super glad they led me to discover this odd basement oasis amidst the chain boutiques of St Catherine.
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