One of a handful of Bally's Tom Foolery early arcade bar/nightclub concepts that existed briefly in the early 1980's. Most were previously Barnaby's Family Inns, until Bally Manufacturing Co. purchased the chain in 1981 and converted a number of the locations to the Tom Foolery concept. The arcade crash of 1982-1983, plus the mountain of debt that Bally's was navigating at the time, put an unfortunate and swift end to this concept. All of the locations were closed in 1984, when Bally's sold the non-converted Barnaby's locations to each of their owner/operators.
This location was reputedly one of the largest and was not confirmed to previously be a Barnaby's. It's exact location is not confirmed, but we know it was within close proximity to Carlos Murphy's, which was previously at 3015 Scheldrup Street. It was also near the former Cattle Company, which today is Brick House Tavern + Tap and "across from Finley Square Mall". So it assuredly was very near this spot. It was reported to have two floors: downstairs was the arcade and upstairs the dance floor and bar.
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