Barcade Jersey City

[TMN]

So let me get this straight...

Just because the same owners of an interesting bar (that just so happens to be in Brooklyn) want to open a similar establishment here, we should discount them and fear that we are turning in to Brooklyn?

I really am curious what people would prefer the space to turn in to. I don't mean this in a derogatory way...I mean, what would you really like to see there that you believe could flourish?

Brooklyn and Queens and many cities around the world have Beer Gardens/ Biergartens. Tia's place has stores in NYC. I don't get it.

+1 PuddinPop. You took the words right out of my mouth PPop!

Let me also add that I don't think JC can afford to be so fussy and picky as to who they allow to do business here....yet.

[PuddinPop]

So let me get this straight...

Just because the same owners of an interesting bar (that just so happens to be in Brooklyn) want to open a similar establishment here, we should discount them and fear that we are turning in to Brooklyn?

I really am curious what people would prefer the space to turn in to. I don't mean this in a derogatory way...I mean, what would you really like to see there that you believe could flourish?

Brooklyn and Queens and many cities around the world have Beer Gardens/ Biergartens. Tia's place has stores in NYC.
:GASP: Jersey City wasn't the first to hold farmer's markets or advocate for bike lanes and food coops.
I don't get it.

[dragonaut]

I'm afraid of Americans.

[Darna]

Can we not devise our own enjoyment, indeed! You say we cannot.

You and Darna share the mentality of the colonized. There are plenty examples of JC-born success. The reason you don't see "any of us ponying up the monies needed to open a clever, unique, and long lasting business in JC" is because we are too busy posting idiotic stuff on a bulletin board instead of busting our asses to make our dreams come true.

Oh, by the way, WiredJC is not an offshoot of WiredBrooklyn.    We can have nice things, if we work for them. 

Listen, whitey, please don't bring my colonized past into this discussion.  It's personal and my therapist and I are trying to handle it.

No one is saying JC needs to be Brooklyn.  Indeed, I don't even really like Brooklyn.  Whatevs.  But let us not fear that which is different from us.  You and Kidelan are sounding a bit xenophobic, I think.

[Bobblehead]

You're right.  You shouldn't encourage him!  
Anyway, when you find a JC developer with homegrown JC money who wants to invest in JC, then by all means, let's all dance in the streets!  Until then...

+1 Darna. I don't see any of us ponying up the monies needed to open a clever, unique, and long lasting business in JC.

Can we not devise our own enjoyment, indeed! You say we cannot.

You and Darna share the mentality of the colonized. There are plenty examples of JC-born success. The reason you don't see "any of us ponying up the monies needed to open a clever, unique, and long lasting business in JC" is because we are too busy posting idiotic stuff on a bulletin board instead of busting our asses to make our dreams come true.

Oh, by the way, WiredJC is not an offshoot of WiredBrooklyn.    We can have nice things, if we work for them. 

[TMN]

You're right.  You shouldn't encourage him!  
Anyway, when you find a JC developer with homegrown JC money who wants to invest in JC, then by all means, let's all dance in the streets!  Until then...

+1 Darna. I don't see any of us ponying up the monies needed to open a clever, unique, and long lasting business in JC.

[TheFang]

I know I really shouldn't encourage him, but what Kindelan said was funny, and probably irritates because there is a salty grain of truth to what he says.

Can we not devise our own enjoyment?  

Fuck Brooklyn, indeed!  

As much as it pains me to say it, I agree with Bobblehead (and Kinde too). There's a reason I live here and not Williamsburg, and I don't want this place to be Williamsburg. As much as I appreciate businesses of the alcohol dispensing variety filling up empty store fronts, I'd really like it if they weren't just branches of other places, but something unique to JC. I hate this "sixth borough" shit, and stuff like this doesn't help.


Though I would still love a branch of Anotheroom here.

[Darna]

I know I really shouldn't encourage him, but what Kindelan said was funny, and probably irritates because there is a salty grain of truth to what he says.

Can we not devise our own enjoyment?  

Fuck Brooklyn, indeed!  

You're right.  You shouldn't encourage him!  
Anyway, when you find a JC developer with homegrown JC money who wants to invest in JC, then by all means, let's all dance in the streets!  Until then...

[Bobblehead]

I know I really shouldn't encourage him, but what Kindelan said was funny, and probably irritates because there is a salty grain of truth to what he says.

Can we not devise our own enjoyment?  

Fuck Brooklyn, indeed!  

[dragonaut]

http://pixelithaca.com/

This is a concept that goes above and beyond being for "hipsters".  This place is practically located on Cornell University, and the coolest person I recall meeting there was Bill Nye the Science Guy.  The proof is in the pudding.

[Darna]

Kindelan is an eejit.  No, really.  He is.

[shahaggy]

Kindelan,

your continual judgment, attitude, and pessimism suck. Hard.

This doesn't have so much to do with Brooklyn as it does a fun, new place to visit in Jersey City with games from our youth and good craft beers. An arcade bar is a creative idea that has prospered in Brooklyn because it is lighthearted and goofy and gives another option for a Friday night.

But I guess you would rather the space stay empty. Or maybe you would prefer yet another bank or condo there.

hear hear puddin!   stop being such a douche kinde

[bryhove]

I can't believe anybody could see this as a negative. I mean Washington Mutual was awesome and all, but cmon!

Two gas stations on a corner make more money than one. Everyone would benefit by having another decent bar, hipsters or not. Their parents money is just as good as johnny stockbroker's.

B

[PuddinPop]

Kindelan,

your continual judgment, attitude, and pessimism suck. Hard.

This doesn't have so much to do with Brooklyn as it does a fun, new place to visit in Jersey City with games from our youth and good craft beers. An arcade bar is a creative idea that has prospered in Brooklyn because it is lighthearted and goofy and gives another option for a Friday night.

But I guess you would rather the space stay empty. Or maybe you would prefer yet another bank or condo there.

[RB]

hear hear!

FUCK BROOKLYN

[Kindelan]

Are we really so lame as to not be able to develop our own scene that we have to borrow from someone else's? Is our sense of self so shattered by the alienation of modern society that our only recourse is to hang on the coattails of others? Do we need validation by established brands and celebrities so badly that we are willing to compromise our own identity?

Two words for you.

FUCK BROOKLYN

[TheFang]

I saw a RoadBlasters console being loaded off a truck at the corner of Barrow and Newark this morning...

[TheFang]

Pss: I can NOT wait for all the awesome beers to find their way here.

Can I put a request in for a Room bar here? That would be the awesomest.

[Soshin]

Renovated space + retarded likker license laws + non-JC folk = more than 8 months I'm afraid.  Remember how long Skinners took to get going and that was someone WITH experience of dealing with the JC authorities.  I hope the Barcade guys know what they are in for.  

[PuddinPop]

Sunnyben, you are correct about the space. I have no idea about renovation plans, but I am sure they have something awesome in the works, if THIS is any indication. I just hope it doesn't take them 8 months to complete.

Ps: I am also pretty sure they have Galaga in Brooklyn. WOOT!!!
Pss: I can NOT wait for all the awesome beers to find their way here.

[sunnyben]

Anybody know what if any changes they want to make to the building (I think it's the space on Newark where the WAMU bank closed? am I right?)?  Or is it just putting tables on the street?  Can't wait - I have a serious Galaga addiction.

[PuddinPop]

WOOT WOOT MOTHER F'ER!

The Planning Board approved Barcade's plans tonight.

[shahaggy]

hopefully they won't be held hostage waiting endlessly for permits to be signed off on by certain city employees on a power trip like many other bar/restaurants in this city.   
otherwise YEA! 

[bdlaw]

Did they also approve what games they must bring in? After Burner is a must!!!

The Planning Board approved Barcade's plans tonight.

OH NO YOU DINNIT!

AfterBurner is

[jehu]

Did they also approve what games they must bring in? After Burner is a must!!!

The Planning Board approved Barcade's plans tonight.