We’re not stoked to do this but with the drop in business leading up to the bar and restaurant closure combined with the indefinite loss of work on our parts we don’t have a lot of options at this point.



Barcade New York’s staff has been serving the neighborhood these past six years whether it’s for a jam packed happy hour, low key lunches or late nights, even more jam packed weekends, and of course throughout the busy holiday party season. As such busy bar we’re pretty well staffed, which means there are an awful lot of us finding ourselves in a pretty tight spot right now. It pains us to not be able to offer you a cold beer and a bit of comfort and nostalgia in these uncertain times, but we’re doing what needs to be done for the collective safety of the city (and also we don’t have a choice!)



We want very much to be here with you when this blows over and we return to some level of normalcy, but the truth is we may not be able to make it to that point without your help. Our income slowed to a trickle earlier this month as the cautious began their isolation early on, and it stopped completely when we closed indefinitely last week.



State assistance websites have famously crashed somewhat regularly since tens of thousands of members of the workforce suddenly found themselves out of work with very little forewarning and no idea when it might resume again, and some of us still haven’t been able to apply even as bills and rent draw near. As bartenders we are by nature reassuring and hospitable. When you sit down we ask how it’s going, and attempt to guide your time under our roof to a point where your answer would be more positive if we asked you again on the way out. Part of the code amongst service staff is to leave your troubles at the door so you can adequately focus on the guest experience. While we may tell you a little about ourselves, you’ll never catch us venting when you ask us how it’s going, but in this instance, since we’re not behind the bar and have no idea when we will be again, we’ll shoot you straight, it’s not going very well, it looks like it’s going to get worse before it gets better, we’re embarrassed to have to be doing this, but we absolutely have to be doing this, and we would be appreciative of and humbled by anything you might be able to do to help.



Thank you very much for taking the time to read this, and No Drinks on Games!

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