Playful Hospitality Spaces Designed for Gamers of All Ages and Eras
The main purpose of public houses and eateries is to provide customers – both individuals and groups – with an environment and an atmosphere in which to release the stresses of their day or week so far, either with a quiet drink in a quiet corner, or in larger, more social groups.
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![Button Mash, on LA’s Sunset Boulevard, centres shared bench seating in between rows of room-facing arcade games and pinball machines, spreading nostalgia in the social setting. Image © Laure Joliet Button Mash, on LA’s Sunset Boulevard, centres shared bench seating in between rows of room-facing arcade games and pinball machines, spreading nostalgia in the social setting. Image © Laure Joliet](https://images.adsttc.com/media/images/645c/42a2/0dd6/2e16/6a23/458d/medium_jpg/playful-hospitality-spaces-designed-for-gamers-of-all-ages-and-eras_1.jpg?1683767980)
The main purpose of public houses and eateries is to provide customers – both individuals and groups – with an environment and an atmosphere in which to release the stresses of their day or week so far, either with a quiet drink in a quiet corner, or in larger, more social groups.
Even before COVID brought with it more permanent closing times, the rise of on-demand TV and food delivery services meant that staying ‘in-in’ –with the comforting embrace of their pillow just a short hike up the wooden hill to Bedfordshire– was becoming a more popular choice. Perhaps it’s no surprise, then, to see the growing emergence of establishments that offer more active entertainment than a quiz night and karaoke box.
Here are five examples of bars and restaurants designed for life’s players.