Had the opportunity yesterday to finally pay a visit to the newly-opened
Pinball Cafe here in Toronto. Was out for a GeekGuy day with my sons, so we headed out in the nice weather to wander around hipster central, dropped in to the comic shop and then to TPC.
First, the good -- it is a nice, inviting spot with a decent roster of games to play. The games are all clean and working well.
Current rotation of games:
- AC/DC
- Transformers LE
- Iron Man
- NBA
- Comet
- Supersonic
- Mata Hari
- Asteroids mini
- 60-in-1 cocktail
The current Sterns all cost a looney ($1) to play, or 3 credits for a toonie (2$). Everything else was a quarter.
The game floor was moderately busy with 3-5 machines being occupied at any point in time (but a nice turn over in players so you weren't left lining up for any particular machine).
The menu is good with various coffees, baked goods, hotdogs (which received very favourable reviews from my kids), retro snacks and a variety of non-alcoholic beverages (include the classic PopShoppe staples).
Classic board games are available for use.
Now, the bad -- there isn't any. The closest we got was when my youngest got a ball stuck on an aftermarket mod to the NBA, but Jason came over within seconds, popped the lockbar and dropped the ball back to the shooter.
Nice place, nice games and really nice people.
If you are in the area, I recommend a visit.
http://www.thestar.com/news/article/1134203--pinball-cafe-in-parkdale-isn-t-shutting-downEDIT: One caveat ... sometimes rather good players do come in and can run a machine for quite a while like, say, on
Tournament Night. Actually, looking at the IM scores, I am feeling pretty good about my performance on that machine yesterday (I love pins and vids, but totally suck at playing them).