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Best Bars With Games That Won't Leave You "Board"
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Jaya Saxena
Published Mar 7, 2011
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In NYC, we play as hard as we work, so when it comes time to mix drinking with recreation, you shouldn't have to settle for DDR with the tourists at Dave & Busters. And Scrabble is nice, but why schlep to a bar when you can grab a six-pack and compete with your roommates at home? When we want to strike up a friendly competition at a bar, we want to put a little muscle into it. So today we bring you some of the city's best bars with honest-to-goodness games like pool, air hockey and bocce ball. And the booze is always a good painkiller if you start suffering from "Shuffleboard Shoulder." Trust us, it's a thing.
What's your favorite place to get your drink and game on?
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