The name is irreverent, but the bar is actually a "monastery of beer." By the way, only a nerd can type that phrase without laughing. And if you didn't catch my Ghostwriter reference, you can be sure the people who hang out at Barcade would. The place is packed with people playing the exact same arcade games they played in the 90s-Pack Man, Tetris, Cruisin' The World, you name it.
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The best place in the city to eat a pretzel and discuss Werner Herzog.ĭo you guys remember the Ghostwriter, the early 90s TV show that promoted literacy through solving mysteries in Brooklyn? Walk into Barcade on any given night and it's like time. Go to Loreley during the summer and there's a good chance you'll see ironic-but-not-actually-all-that-ironic lederhosen, you'll definitely hear people using their college German, and the people sloshing their beers together with "Prost!" are hardly ever actually German. We love Loreley, we really do, but so does every former German major in the city.
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Here are our top picks for nerdiest bars in the city, so the next time you're looking for somewhere to discuss quantum physics, the latest Louisa May Alcott Biography, or the FanFic continuation of Lost that you've been working on, choose from this list! Some of these places are cool despite their geekiness, and others are just, well, unabashedly nerdy.
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One usually doesn't think of bars as typically nerdy establishments, but when you think about it, even nerds need a place to convene and drink.