The Max Retropub - Coming to 114.5 S Elgin

[Admin]

A "retropub" that will be decorated with memorabilia from the 80's and 90's (aka the childhood years of most of the YP's downtown) and will feature arcade games from the same era as well as skee-ball. Since this is a bar, it will be a 21+ establishment, and not a "family" establishment like other arcades.

[RecycleMichael]

Can skee-ball become a drinking game?

[sgrizzle]

Can skee-ball become a drinking game?

I thought they were considering making skeeball tickets exchangeable for beer... so yes.

[Conan71]

Can skee-ball become a drinking game?

I'm game for anything, if Marshall's is involved.

[Townsend]

Can skee-ball become a drinking game?

Everything in the known universe can become a drinking game.

[RecycleMichael]

Everything in the known universe can become a drinking game.

I like the way you think.

[Nik]

Really looking forward to this.

[Conan71]

Blake, I might still have some '80's albums that would look smashing on the walls in there if you are interested.  They are available to you gratis.  I'm just trying to remember if I gave them away before or during the process of moving last summer.  I'll look around and see if I can find them.

[Hoss]

Blake, I might still have some '80's albums that would look smashing on the walls in there if you are interested.  They are available to you gratis.  I'm just trying to remember if I gave them away before or during the process of moving last summer.  I'll look around and see if I can find them.

I've got a whole stack of 70s 80s and 90s albums (probably close to 100) that I might cull through and give as well.  Never thought of that.

[jtcrissup]

For some reason I keep thinking "Max Headroom" when I read Max Retropub, which is why I ask...Any of this inspiration come from the 80s cafe that was in the second "back to the future" movie?  

Suggestion: Every once in awhile, turn down the music and hush the noise and have a classic clip (30-60 seconds) of a movie from the 80s play on all the TVs at once (turning the volume up loud on the TVs).  There was a bar in my college town that did that (not focused on 80s movies, just great movies in general) and it was always a lot of fun.  Keeps ADD adults focused.

[DeCapo13]

For some reason I keep thinking "Max Headroom" when I read Max Retropub, which is why I ask...Any of this inspiration come from the 80s cafe that was in the second "back to the future" movie?

When I hear the name "The Max", I think of the place Zack, Kelly, Slater, and Screech used to hang out at on "Saved by the Bell".

Suggestion: Every once in awhile, turn down the music and hush the noise and have a classic clip (30-60 seconds) of a movie from the 80s play on all the TVs at once (turning the volume up loud on the TVs).  There was a bar in my college town that did that (not focused on 80s movies, just great movies in general) and it was always a lot of fun.  Keeps ADD adults focused.

Malone's, a bar in Norman a few years back did this.  I always enjoyed it.  Make sure to blast a song that coincides with the movie clip right as it fades out. 

I will certainly be checking this place out when it opens. Good work, Blake.

[Hawkins]

When is the target date for the opening?

I'm going to bring my thirst for the best beer they have on tap, and my brother, who thinks he is the 17th best player in the world at Donkey Kong.

[rwarn17588]

Blake, I might still have some '80's albums that would look smashing on the walls in there if you are interested.  They are available to you gratis.  I'm just trying to remember if I gave them away before or during the process of moving last summer.  I'll look around and see if I can find them.

Make sure you wipe off the cannabis residue first.

[Conan71]

Make sure you wipe off the cannabis residue first.

Are you kidding? That's the patina for old vinyl record covers! 

[Conan71]

When is the target date for the opening?

I'm going to bring my thirst for the best beer they have on tap, and my brother, who thinks he is the 17th best player in the world at Donkey Kong.

Now that's the spirit, Hawkins.