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Barcade's craft beer and video arcade to open in Fishtown
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
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Expanding south, the Brooklyn-born Barcade concept comes to Philadelphia next month, according to Inc. Magazine in this profile of its founders
As a kid
,
Paul Kermizian
was younger than most everyone else at the local arcade. He got pushed aside. He had to wait in line.
Not anymore. Today he can play whenever he wants�and he doesn't even have to keep a pocketful of quarters. Kermizian, now 36, is the owner of Barcade, a hybrid craft beer bar and�yep, you called it�video arcade. With four partners, his longtime friends
Jon Miller
,
Scott Beard
,
Kevin Beard
, and
Pete Langway
, he launched the bar in two locations:
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
, and
Jersey City
. And their retro empire is growing: a third Barcade is scheduled to open next month in
Philadelphia
.
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