The Triple Knock — Restaurant in Tacoma

When it comes to barcades, they don’t get much better than this. Like Add-A-Ball in Seattle and Quarterworld in Portland, it’s a fun place to waste an afternoon with just the right amount of nerdiness.

They have a full bar but the games are the star here and it’s set up accordingly with machines across both walls (I counted 24 on a recent visit). The staff is friendly and the drinks (including a rotating slushee) are reasonably priced. It’s beginner-friendly and the male/female ratio approaches 50/50.

They also have tournaments (including women’s and split flipper) which are relatively low key but competitive enough that they draw out-of-towners. I’ve played in a few and found myself competing with people with a wide range of skill sets ranging from equally-bad-as-me to...

The bartenders wife came up to our table and started flirting with all the men with us (which ALL had girlfriends present). She came up to our table randomly and unprompted while we were all in conversation and touched my bestfriends boyfriends arm and told him his curls were super cute and then complimented my boyfriends beard. She left out all of the women at the table and got mad when we told her she was being weird and to leave us alone. When we brought it to the bartenders attention he said “that’s my wife that’s just how she is” and brushed it off. It was really weird and none of us appreciated it. We will not be coming back here and it’s unfortunate because it was a favorite out of the bars on 6th Ave. VERY...

If you're 21+ and want to play pinball just go here. Tables very well maintained. Seemed like waxed play fields and freshly cleaned glass. If you're reading this I would say four stars due to glare (during summer around 6-8pm and a blue light that glared on half the tables). Everything else is more than I hoped for. 21 tables from old to new on 8/11/16. Go here. On a totally unrelated note why don't any of these pinbar arcades sort the tables chronologically? Rachelle was very helpful and a wonderful bartender. Again. Highly...