Headquarters Beercade
Jennifer Winthurst · 463 Google reviewsHeadquarters Beercade — trusted american in River North. This is where you bring someone you're trying to impress. Cocktails here aren't an afterthought. "Colleen and Lauren were absolutely incredible to work with for the event and for the day of" — Deborah Wilson [$$]
What 4,070 diners keep saying
What 4,070 diners keep saying
verbatim, from Google
“Went for happy hour, and was charge for full price. The first waiter I had was awesome so I personally put a tip in his hand & instead of complaining about being over charged I allowed that to be the second waiter tip, so basically he cheated himself 🤷🏾♀️. Besides that, the drinks were good. The Quesadilla was delicious, and the games were fun.”
“Omg! What a treasure. I was looking for a place to play pinball and I saw this beercade. Thinking it was too good to be true I decided to check it out. I could not have been more impressed. Great food, service and gameplay. Trifecta of like....yeah! I will be back.”
“A lot of arcades and pinball machines, nice food and cocktails. Great place!”
“We recently hosted a 350-person company event here, and overall we had a really great experience! Most of the positive reviews you’ll find about HQ are spot-on. The customer service was excellent, and Colleen, our event manager, was absolutely amazing, she handled all of our requests with ease and made the planning process so smooth. Our group loved having access to both spaces, Machine Cocktail Bar and HQ. It gave our guests the freedom to move between floors and enjoy two completely different vibes, which really added to the fun atmosphere of the party. One fun bonus was being able to add our own swag to the claw machine, it was a hit with all our guests! A couple of small drawbacks were that one of the downstairs bartenders seemed overwhelmed with the large number of guests and came off a bit rude to several folks, also some of our food options ran out much quicker than expected. But despite those minor hiccups, we were genuinely happy with how everything turned out and would highly recommend this venue for a great time.”
“really chill spot filled with arcade games that are free. It wasn’t packed on a Saturday night which gave us space to try out a lot of the games that were there.”
“Great variation of games, staff was super helpful and the food was delicious”
“Its like a big arcade with over 100 pin ball machine and games, they have some good craft beer on tap. Games are free to play. Good looked good but didn't have any. Staff friendly”
“I love this place. All the games are on free play, the bartenders are friendly, and the beer selection is first rate!”
“Good place to kick back get some good food, play some dope retro games and meet people as well”
“Beware the hardcore pinball enthusiasts that frequent the place because the games are free---they can be aggressive and competitive. The pizza we got was really not great. Drinks are a bit pricey to compensate for the free games. But the games are fun and this is indeed the biggest free arcade in town and the drinks themselves aren't bad.”
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