Entry No. 60 — the New York City file — filed under: arcade-play

Chinatown Fair Family Fun Center

A scrappy Mott Street arcade open since 1944 that was once famous for a live tic-tac-toe-playing chicken and became legendary as a fighting-game battleground before closing in 2011. It reopened in 2012 under new ownership and still runs daily as a no-frills, locals-and-kids arcade with a deep, genuinely old-school character that the polished barcades can't fake.

The move: Duck into this Chinatown holdover for a low-stakes round of head-to-head fighting games and skee-ball, then grab dumplings nearby.

📍 Before you go Open daily; cash-friendly, token/card based. It's a bare-bones family arcade, not a bar, so no alcohol.

• 📍 Chinatown, Manhattan
• 💸 $
• ⚡ Big night
• 🌗 Indoors

Where: 8 Mott St, New York, NY 10013

Hours: Added 2026-06-23 — confirm current hours before you go.

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last checked: 2026-06-23