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Originally Posted by Geckos_Rule
Assuming that it's still planned to be going in there, I suppose you could call the Goodnight on 6th St. an interesting place? At the very least, it has a bowling alley.
Not that I'd be a regular there, or at a place like Punch Bowl Social (also going in on 6th & Congress) or Spin (on 4th...I think), but I appreciate the fact that more and more places are getting built or going in to give downtown residents something to do other than drink...
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The problem with most of these places is they are just bars with a gimmick and most of them are national chains. During the week the gimmick works. During a weekend when most people go out, the gimmick is ignored. The number of times I would go to Kung Fu Saloon to play games and drink and find all of the games being used as tables was through the roof. The further away from the entertainment district these sorts of places are the better the space gets used properly.
I've walked past Spin multiple times and have seen maybe one table playing ping pong.
I think that Pinballz is an interesting place because it is BYOB and focuses mostly on actually playing games.
I will say, Austin has lots of "cool" places to go. I think we all overlook how awesome something like Peter Pan's putt putt golf is.
I wish Yard Bar hadn't taken out the old Putt Putt on Burnett as it could have been a really nice "adult" putt putt golf spot. But I guess we have a dog park?