Boxcar Bar + Arcade

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Boxcar Bar + Arcade Eat, Drink, & Play at Downtown Durham's Ultimate Arcade Bar. We are dog friendly and offer gluten-free and vegan options at the kitchen and bar.

Boxcar Bar + Arcade in downtown Durham features a full bar (including 24 craft American drafts), dozens of arcade games, a pizza kitchen, large patio with covered outdoor seating and dedicated private event space. Come in for daily drink specials, live outdoor music, free tournaments and more!

10/14/2026

Enter: spooky szn 👻

10/12/2026

First down at the bar; second down on the racers 💪 Monday night NFL Watch Party, plus $5 pints and $8 cheese pizzas on deck!

10/09/2026

You’ve been productive all week. That’s enough of that.

10/07/2026

Your skills deserve a stage 💪 Our free weekly Skee Ball tournament kicks off tonight at 8! Fuel your game with $7 Surfsides & $10 pepperoni pizzas. Prizes for the winners!

10/05/2026

$8 cheese pizzas + $5 pints; you’re basically saving money 🍻

October has 2 personalities & we’re feeding them both:🎃 Pumpkin Crumble Desert Pizza, $10: a pumkin pie base with cinnam...
10/02/2026

October has 2 personalities & we’re feeding them both:

🎃 Pumpkin Crumble Desert Pizza, $10: a pumkin pie base with cinnamon crumble topping, sprinkled with cinnamon sugar

🧟 Bacon Buffalo Body Bag, $18: Habanero buffalo sauce, bacon, chicken, celery, cheddar, and a blue cheese drizzle

Both features are available through the end of October!

T-5 days to perfect your winning keg-toss strategy 💪 Boxtoberfest kicks off this Saturday at 2pm! We’re throwing down wi...
09/29/2026

T-5 days to perfect your winning keg-toss strategy 💪 Boxtoberfest kicks off this Saturday at 2pm! We’re throwing down with keg-toss and stein-holding contests, live music, German b**r specials, soft pretzel features, free swag, awesome prizes and a whole day of festivities so good, you’ll forget it’s already October ;)

Event Schedule:
🍺 Stein holding, 4-5pm
🛢️Keg rolling, 6-7pm
🎸 Live music by Dantri, 8-11pm
🥨 B**r and kitchen specials, all day!
🎁 Free swag, while supplies last!

Show up in your Oktoberfest best to score a handful of free game tokens at the door!

09/24/2026

So many TVs. So much b**r. Such good pizza. Honestly, the math checks out. 🏈 Bring your crew through for Thursday night football (with sound), cold b**r, hot pizza, specials & more.

09/22/2026

Oktoberfest szn and we’re going ALL. IN. 🍻 Mark your calendar for the return of Boxtoberfest, going down on Saturday, October 3rd from 2pm-Midnight!

🍺 Stein holding competition, 4-5pm
🛢️ Keg rolling contest, 6-7pm 
🎒 Free swag, including limited edition, custom-embroidered Crown Royal bags
🎸 Live music by Dantri (country & rock)
🍻 Oktoberfest b**rs from Wicked W**d, and Hi-Wire
🥃 Crown Royal cocktail features
🥨 Pizza and soft pretzel features from the kitchen
🤑 $20 domestic buckets & $5 green tea shots
👕 Show up in Oktoberfest attire, get 4 free game tokens at the door 
🏆 Prizes and gift cards for contest winners!

Lederhosen optional but highly encouraged ;)

09/19/2026

The arcade is great. But the patio… 😎

Address

621 Foster Street
Durham, NC
27701

Opening Hours

Monday 5pm - 12am
Tuesday 5pm - 12am
Wednesday 5pm - 1am
Thursday 5pm - 1am
Friday 4pm - 1am
Saturday 12pm - 1am
Sunday 12pm - 12am

Telephone

(984) 377-2791

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