From putt-putt and pints to shuffleboard and boozy slushies, Dallas has plenty of arcade and gaming bars to settle the score.
There was a metre when bars serve swallow and restaurants served food , and people were happy living within these define boundaries . But today you ’re potential to obtain a golf club , pickleball boat paddle , or a hatchet with your nutrient and drinks , as more concepts meld dining with amusement .
From arcade games to golf simulators to high-pitched - tech shovelboard , activities are blend with full kitchen and bar to create all - in - one venue that go well beyond the classic dinner party and a show , and more are on the way . Ride Onis an adults - only roller skating rink with a eatery , bar , and colonnade that ’s slated to give this fall in the Design District . TOCA Socialis an interactive association football concept with a full saloon and restaurant that ’s also open in the Design District , and it should debut sometime this twelvemonth . Keep your top dog on a swivel as you adventure into this dauntless new human beings , where food , drinks , and entertainment co - subsist under one roof .
Below are 10 of the best arcade parallel bars and gambling venue in DFW .
Photo by Kathy Tran, courtesy of Cidercade
Topgolf
Multiple locationsWith all due deference to OG entertainment venue Dave & Busters , no concept has done more for the intercrossed eatery - play model than Topgolf . headquarter in Dallas with localisation across the country , Topgolf opened its first local outpost in 2007 and has been going warm ever since . participant can hit balls in more than 70 golf game bays across multiple levels , scoring point by place for various targets . Between swing , dive into flatbread pizzas , burgers , sandwiches , salads , and beer — lots of beer . The latter takes the flimflam away from high-risk swings , but it also keeps spectators glad , since not everyone at Topgolf must actually partake in in the golf .
Electric Shuffle
Deep EllumOnce the preferred game of dusty dive bars , shuffleboard has been given novel biography at Electric Shuffle on Elm Street . The high - DOE bar features custom table build with engineering science that tracks every puck and keeps your scores . And while the traditional game lodge just two to four instrumentalist , Electric Shuffle ’s tables can incorporate up to 24 people via a potpourri of squad - base games . Equally of import are the full bar ( beers , wines , cocktails ) and the food menu charge with pizza , Pseudemys scripta , wings , nachos , and outpouring roll .
Chicken N Pickle
grape and Grand PrairiePickleball is the fastest grow sport in America . You ’ve probably try that from a protagonist who ’s been remorseless in their desire to change over you to pickleball . But despite how you sense about paddle play , we ’re play you uphold incontrovertible feeling toward chicken sandwiches . To that goal , here ’s a topographic point that combine both . Chicken N Pickle features indoor and outdoor courts , plus other bar games like cornhole and foosball , and a full eating place serving raging wimp sandwiches , rotisserie chickens , and one-half rack of rib , so you do n’t have to make compromises . With two locations already open in DFW , the company is in enlargement mode , and another Chicken N Pickle is slated to open next year in Allen .
The Puttery
The ColonyLocated at the Grandscape complex , the Puttery keeps visitant interfering with four nine - hole putting courses and three bars . The trend each sport their own theme , including the Lodge , with a Rocky Mountain vibration and deluxe fireplace , and a surrealist escape phantasy called Illusion , which may leave your headland spinning . Between rounds , you could snack on bruschetta , charcuterie , oven - guy meatball , salads , sliders , and pizzas , and quench your hungriness with dusty beers and cocktails like the BBQ on a Saturday Night with Bourbon dynasty , love , smoke peach tree , lemon , and bitters .
Cidercade
Design District and Fort WorthStarted by the team behind Bishop Cider Co. , Cidercade is what it sounds like : an arcade that serves cider . The original Design District location has more than 140 game , while the Fort Worth frontier settlement has more than 275 , covering a admixture of modern and retro rubric . Ten dollars get you unlimited play on those biz . Cidercade is working on another touch in Arlington , so you ’ll soon have three DFW location to pick out from .
Whiskey Hatchet
Deep EllumCombine your love for chocolate-brown spirits and keen objects at Whiskey Hatchet , a social club - inspire blank where the legal profession is surrounded by axe - throwing lane . Bring friend , then take aim at the wooden targets and test your logger acquirement . When you require a faulting , head to the bar for a refill — it ’s teem draft beers , original cocktails , and dozens of whiskeys .
Flashback Retro Pub
Oak CliffThe nostalgia is strong here , as Flashback Retro Pub leans into classic game like Space Invaders , Pac - Man , and Super Mario Bros. The games are set to liberal - gambling manner , so all you have to do is patronize the legal community , and you ’re effective to go . Said bar process a solid selection of wiliness beer and pours ’ 80s - theme cocktail and shaft , with name like Flux Capacitor and Weekend at Bernies . There ’s no food on site , but you could set up from neighboring establishments Neony Pizza Works and bbbop Seoul Kitchen .
Another Round
Sylvan ThirtyAnother Round has 18 mini golf game maw broadcast across two fun and challenging nine - hole tracks , plus a golf game simulator , where you may take full swings into a screen and play virtual course around the domain . When you ’re ready to mix affair up , Duffleboard is a tabletop plot that ’s like mini golf game meet billiards , and there ’s a pickleball court on the terrace . After competing at eminent - level play , you ’ll probably be thirsty for beer , wine , cyder , frozen drinks , and golf game - themed cocktails , like the Green Jacket , with noose , gingerroot liqueur , basil , lime , and black pepper .
Punch Bowl Social
Deep EllumThis all - in - one entertainment venue assign bowling , bocce , arcade secret plan , Ping River - niff , foosball , and more in one sprawling space . book a lane or stick by the bar and eatery where you ’ll find better - than - expected intellectual nourishment , including Cilantro Wings , Chicken ‘ n Waffles , a Roasted Beet Salad , a Crispy Catfish Sandwich , and a NY Strip . Get your filling , then hop onto a shovelboard board , play dart , or dispute a protagonist to corn hole .
Farm + Feed
PlanoThis gambling bar and eating place at the Shops at Legacy takes a different approach than the distinctive arcade . Here you ’ll recover modernistic consoles connect to tumid - screen TVs , so you could settle into a plush chair and play with friends . There are also PCs equipped with all the latest titles , plus a option of add-in games for those who favor a more analog experience . The restaurant serve burger and sandwich alongside pizza roll , mini corn dogs , and Zea mays cheese balls dust with Flamin ’ Hot Cheetos .
Photo courtesy of Electric Shuffle
Photo courtesy of Whiskey Hatchet
