Dave and Buster's opens first NJ location: everything you need to know

It's finally happening.

After 35 years in business and more than 100 locations, Dave and Buster's has arrived in New Jersey.

The Dallas-based chain of arcade/bar/restaurant destinations makes its Garden State debut Tuesday with a 34,000-square-foot location at Woodbridge Center opening Tuesday.

Alex Biese and Felecia Wellington Radel, hosts of the Asbury Park Press' "Fan Theory" entertainment and pop culture podcast, recently took a sneak peek at this new central Jersey destination.

To tag along with them on their experience, check out the video above as well as our photo gallery:

Here is everything you need to know to experience the best of Dave and Buster's in Woodbridge for yourself:

Game on!

The destination has more than 150 arcade games including classics like Skee-ball, modern interpretations of old favorites (be sure to check out the gargantuan "World's Largest PAC-MAN") and cutting-edge creations; Felecia and Alex particularly recommend the DC Comics-inspired "Injustice Arcade" and a "Walking Dead"-themed on-rails zombie shooter.

Feeling special

Dave and Buster's offers plenty of weekly specials. The happy hour — 4:30 to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 p.m. until closing Sunday through Thursday — boasts half-price cocktails, $2.50 pints of domestic beer, $1 off 22-ounce drafts of beer and glasses of wine and $3 off bottles of wine.

In addition, all games are half-price on Wednesdays and there will be football game day specials ($3.50 for select 22 ounce beers on draft and $5 game day appetizers) on Thursdays, Sundays and Mondays through Feb. 4, 2018.

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All the basics

Dave and Buster's opens at the Woodbridge Center, 274 Woodbridge Center Drive, on Tuesday, Nov. 14. It is upstairs at the mall, next to the Sears.

The operation, according to a news release, is expected to bring more than 240 new jobs to town, and it marks the 103rd Dave and Buster's to open since the company's 1982 founding.

At 34,000 square feet, it's comparable in size to the company's 42,000-square-foot Times Square location and about half the square footage of the sprawling, 75,000-square-foot Philadelphia version.

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Business hours are 11 a.m. to midnight Monday to Wednesday, 11 a.m. to 1 a.m. Thursday, 11 a.m. to 2 a.m. Friday and 10 a.m. to midnight Saturday and Sunday.

For more information, call 973-435-9800 or visit www.daveandbusters.com/woodbridge.

Eat and drink

The Dave and Buster's food and drink menus offer plenty of fun favorites to enjoy at the bar or in the dining room.

On the food side of things, that means everything from lighter fare such as ancho Caesar lettuce wraps, salads and soups and a Mediterranean hummus platter to behemoth offerings including the self-explanatory Mountain O' Nachos and the BBBurger, a half-pound patty topped with three different kinds of bacon.

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The bar also serves cocktails exclusive to Dave and Buster's, including a Million Dollar Margarita and a number of "adult snow cones."

There's more to come

It may have taken 35 years for Dave and Buster's to get to New Jersey, but the company isn't going anywhere any time soon.

After Tuesday's opening in Woodbridge, the company is set to unveil a spot at the Willowbrook Mall in Wayne sometime in 2018, according to Dave and Buster's representatives.