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Location
Parking
2 parking lots in the heart of the Village
Food & drinks
several great restaurants, sweet treats, salt water taffy
Visitor tip
Head straight to the fishing game - it's the easiest to win tickets on, averaging around 75 tickets per $2 play, making it the best value for prize redemption.
What visitors say
This place is bright and flashy with lots of arcade games. I was there on a Thursday, late in the afternoon in January. No kids were present, but a lot of kids were probably home eating dinner after a day at school.
Super nice people working there and it was a real fun stop for our young kids after dinner when we were taking a walk around town. Only issue was that you had to pay $1 just for the card to play the games and then another dollar to…
Kid review —————— This arcade was AMAZING!!! 🤩 Our favorite games were fruit ninja, surfing, fishing, space invaders, and jackpot. The prizes were a little overpriced, but section A was great. 5 out of 5
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Did You Know?
- Mercantile Arcade combines traditional arcade gaming with upscale amenities including a craft beer garden and wine bar, making it a rare family entertainment center that caters to both children and adults
- The fishing game is known as an exceptionally high-ticket-yielding machine, averaging around 75 tickets per $2 play according to visitor experiences
- The arcade opens early at 7:30am daily and has a unique closure policy that includes weather-dependent early closures on super rainy or extreme weather days
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