Where to Play Pinball in Pittsburgh: Arcades, Bars, and Breweries with Machines
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Pittsburgh's pinball scene clusters around three riverfronts. South Side hosts the city's largest collections, from a brewery with 40+ machines to a dedicated arcade and a sprawling entertainment complex. The Strip District and North Shore add more options near downtown, while a meadery in nearby Carnegie rounds out the metro's offerings.
Most venues here pair pinball with craft beer, duckpin bowling, or full kitchens. South Side alone accounts for half the machines on this list. Whether you're catching a game at PNC Park or exploring Pittsburgh's brewery scene, you'll find pinball within reach.
| Venue | Area | Machines | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Velum Fermentation | South Side | 40+ | Brewery |
| Pins Mechanical Co. | South Side Works | 20+ | Entertainment venue |
| Verdetto's Bar & Restaurant | North Side | 20+ | Bar |
| Victory Pointe Arcade | South Side | 15+ | Arcade |
| Coop DeVille | Strip District | 10+ | Entertainment venue |
| Apis Mead & Winery |
Colin is the chief pixel pusher at Kineticist. He's a lifetime gamer who became enamored with pinball after taking in a family copy of the 1979 classic Joker Poker (the EM version). Since then he's bought, sold and repaired many machines, competed in all kinds of tournaments, and contributes to This Week in Pinball, the New England Pinball League, and Pin-Masters of New England. Previously, Colin spent over a decade working in marketing for agencies and tech startups. He also started and ran a music blog, happy hour website, and wrote a regular craft beer review column for Central Track in Dallas. Once aspired to be an artsy film director.
| Carnegie |
| 10+ |
| Meadery |
| Aslin Beer Company | Strip District | 10+ | Brewery |
| Shorty's Pints x Pins | North Shore | 10+ | Entertainment venue |
Here's where to find pinball across the Pittsburgh metro.
Bar · North Side
Verdetto's Bar & Restaurant has operated from a 100-year-old building since 1985. The bar features a Roberto Clemente mural and sits minutes from PNC Park and Acrisure Stadium, making it a pre-game or post-game stop for sports fans. Pool and ping pong round out the games.
Brewery · South Side
Velum Fermentation occupies the historic Duquesne Brewing bottling facility with 35,000 square feet of space. The brewery opened in April 2023 and packs the largest pinball collection in the city alongside indoor pickleball courts, skee-ball, and ping pong. Food trucks rotate through regularly.
Brewery · Strip District
Aslin Beer Company brought its Virginia-founded craft brewing operation to Pittsburgh's Strip District. The large, light-filled taproom serves IPAs, sours, and barrel-aged stouts alongside pizza from IZZI Scratch Kitchen. A coffee bar opens early mornings.
Meadery · Carnegie
Apis Mead & Winery produces honey-based wines in a converted church building just outside Pittsburgh. The meadery opened in 2014 and relocated to its larger Mary Street location in 2019. Board games, live music, and an outdoor fire pit add to the pinball.
Arcade · South Side
Victory Pointe Arcade runs as a dedicated arcade with fighting games, retro cabinets, and pinball. The venue opened in January 2016 and offers both token play and a $10 unlimited wristband for classic games. BYOB is allowed.
Entertainment venue · South Side Works
Pins Mechanical Co. converted the former SouthSide Works Cinema into a 30,000-square-foot entertainment complex spanning two floors. Duckpin bowling, bocce, ping pong, and foosball share space with pinball and free-to-play vintage arcade games. An 18-foot slide connects the floors.
Entertainment venue · Strip District
Coop DeVille combines Southern fast-casual dining with 8 lanes of duckpin bowling and classic arcade games. The Richard DeShantz Restaurant Group opened the Strip District venue in late 2020. Games run 25 cents.
Entertainment venue · North Shore
Shorty's Pints x Pins bills itself as a "retro-tainment" venue with duckpin bowling, shuffleboard, and a free vintage photo booth. The North Shore location sits near PNC Park and Acrisure Stadium with skyline views from outdoor fire pits.
Pittsburgh gives pinball players options across different venue styles. Velum Fermentation and Victory Pointe serve dedicated pinball seekers with the largest and most focused collections. Sports fans heading to PNC Park or Acrisure Stadium can find machines at Verdetto's or Shorty's within walking distance. The Strip District pairs pinball with food at Coop DeVille and Aslin.
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Last updated: January 2026
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