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#1 locus

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Posted 29 July 2008 - 10:53 AM

does anybody know of anywhere downtown that serves coffee and has board games?

#2 G-Man

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Posted 29 July 2008 - 11:16 AM

Tooks on Cook used to. Also I think that Union Pacific or Solstice Cafe have them. I get them both so confused in my mind.

#3 FunkyMunky

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Posted 29 July 2008 - 04:42 PM

Also I think that Union Pacific or Solstice Cafe have them. I get them both so confused in my mind.

Union Pacific has table tops marked out with grids so I think it's them. But I haven't been there since they started morphing into a wine bar so I'm not sure what the current situation is.

#4 Mike K.

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Posted 29 July 2008 - 07:51 PM

A wine bar? I had no idea.

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#5 Holden West

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Posted 29 July 2008 - 09:45 PM

Serious Coffee at Fort and Cook has a trunk full apparently.
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Posted 30 July 2008 - 12:38 AM

Oh, and I noticed two women playing Scrabble™ at the Moka House in the Cook Street Village tonight. I assume if you can stomach the numerous shortcomings of that money spinner, it might be worth checking out.

A wine bar? I had no idea.


The furniture started to change (some chairs became stools, etc.) and they had a little stage area set-up. I have no idea how the idea has evolved as I haven't found myself in that end of town during the day for a few months.

#7 hotdoglegz

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Posted 30 July 2008 - 10:20 PM

in the evenings (I think just Friday and Saturday), Union Pacific has re branded themselves as "Up After Dark" and have modeled their menu after a place in Vancouver called Salt. Essentially it's a wine bar that serves meat and cheese.

I can't recall seeing a board game friendly coffee shop since the days of Bohematea. They quickly discovered that there is not much money in serving coffee/tea to people hanging out for a couple of hours playing chess and they re branded themselves as Suze.

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Posted 17 May 2013 - 01:35 PM

https://www.facebook...tyBoardGameCafe
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#9 Mike K.

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Posted 17 May 2013 - 04:29 PM

And here's the link to the discussion on Interactivity Board Game Cafe.

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#10 Bernard

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Posted 23 May 2013 - 07:08 AM

Goergeous Coffee has board games - corner of Gorge and Tillicum

#11 jonny

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Posted 23 May 2013 - 09:25 AM

2% Jazz at the Hudson has board games.

#12 pherthyl

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Posted 23 May 2013 - 10:04 AM

QVs is the big board game cafe. Show up on Monday nights

#13 VicHockeyFan

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Posted 30 April 2016 - 12:02 PM

Looks like Solstice Cafe sold.

 

http://www.kijiji.ca...-gst/1120693200


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#14 Victoria Watcher

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Posted 04 November 2019 - 11:52 AM

Calling all old-school game lovers.

 

The Victoria Event Centre is opening its doors on Monday nights from 4 p.m. to 2 a.m. for an all-out games night featuring 40 card and board games and eight video game consoles. The ever-popular Mario Kart will be on a projector screen and other classic games such as Dance Dance Revolution, Super Mario World, Donkey Kong, Sonic the Hedgehog, Space Invaders and Street Fighter will be there too, plus hundreds more.

 

“The city is a major tech hub, and it’s reflected by how much Victoria likes to game,” said Friends Victoria organizer Emily Lavender. “We’ve got a board-game cafe and arcade, and now we want to add old school video games to the mix.”

 

 

https://www.vicnews....th-retro-games/


Edited by Victoria Watcher, 04 November 2019 - 11:52 AM.


 



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