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| - Ever played Scott Pilgrim the game? This is the kind of store you would enter in to buy your health supplies. Hanging glowing lights, a single tiny counter, a dark and intimate ambiance, and a small main space that could fit on an 4:3 picture in 8 or 16 bit color. And speaking of 8 bit, the small arcade table could never be anymore welcome to add to the coziness and personality of the place. Add to that a custom wall of fame of the highest scores at their games and you'd not want to go out to their patio.
Because they also have a patio. With two couches! They'll however inevitably be the subject of seat hogging and swapping as people get up and move around. If you're lucky say hi to both cats if they pass by or steal your spot. If you're lucky enough to score a slow late night, you can bliss at the calm and silence of the night in the patio, otherwise get ready to meet some regulars there most likely every night. The first time I went there it was very calm and I couldn't hear a sound from the city or Queen street's traffic! Quite surreal if you're into that! Too bad they couldn't be playing some down-tempo grooves in the patio to add to the trip, but now that I've been frequenting this place enough times I realize music would just be extra noise.
Over time I also find there is a rather funky and eclectic crowd there, and the staff is... interesting to say the least... People come talk to you about the weirdest things, sometimes awkwardly so, and you may even overhear a raunchy anecdote or two from some people who may interpret their freedoms a little too far. I've been wondering a few times what's the deal with some of the people I meet there. If you want to keep it normal, stay inside, drink beer, listen to the tight tunes, play video games. If you want to question some things about life and stimulate your senses socially go to the patio. This place is rather surreal in its own sense, for better or worse. The highlights of this place are the arcade table, the live bands and some open mic nights I've heard are OK but nothing to cut a cake to. The bands are a must though, always tight, always groovy!
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