![]() ![]() The games range in age from a vintage 1980s Black Knight 2000 machine to a new machine based on Tron, with the majority of them being from what Rose called pinball’s “golden age” of the 1990s. The beer is served in modified Anthora cups and enjoyed on tables that Rose designed with his mother-they feature mosaics of dogs playing pinball, drinking beer and eating pizza, a tribute to Rose’s dogs that hang out in the front laundromat area. “This place is like my overgrown living room.”Īs your delicates spin to cleanliness (washers go for $2.75 for double loads or $7.50 for 50 pound machines dryers are 5 minutes per quarter), you can try your luck at one of machines which all cost 75 cents, have a beer ($7 from one of eight taps or $5-$7 from a can), or grab a Roberta’s frozen pizza ($10, for either margherita or kale) in order to pass the time. ![]() “That’s really when the landlord started questioning me,” Rose said, laughing. The whole thing is the brainchild of owner Peter Rose, who said he began finding spare corners of the laundromat to place pinball machines in August of 2011, before he began truly embracing his obsession with the game by removing washers and dryers to make room for more gaming machines. ![]() But walk towards the back and you’ll find a spacious room full of 23 pinball machines, a bar with eight taps of craft beer, and a coin-operated fortune telling monkey. The front of the house is nothing but washers and dryers, save for three pinball machines near the front door and a dryer that’s been converted into an Area 51/Maximum Force arcade game. While Sunshine had been known as the city’s only laundromat/pinball arcade, the spot recently underwent renovations. Only one, Greenpoint’s Sunshine Laundromat, has turned the time-killing aspect into the main attraction. At some laundromats you might be lucky to find a couple arcade games that distract you while your clothes spin. ![]()
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