Location: 110 East 11th Street (at 4th Ave.), New York City, New York 10003, USA
Date: September 2013

Report by John

In September 2013, my wife and I had our first trip to east coast of the USA (New York City and Orlando), and Canada (Vancouver).

After leaving Reciprocal Skateboards & Pinball, we continued our journey to the next pinball location - Amsterdam Billiards - a 15-minute walk away.

We arrived at the bar around 6pm.

Amsterdam Billiards in NYC

This bar looked very decent and well decorated, and there were already a few guests there when we arrived.

The decent-looking bar

I first confirmed with the bartender that it was not mandatory to order drinks if I only wanted to play the pinballs there.  This was a good news for me since I could use all of my money on pinballs and nothing else.

There were 3 pinballs there:

• Metallica (Stern, 2012) - $1.00 per 3-ball game
  
  
• Paragon (Bally, 1978) - $1.00 for two 5-ball games
  
  
• Terminator II (Williams, 1992) - $1.00 per 3-ball game

The three pinballs: Paragon, Terminator 2 and Metallica

This was the first time I had seen the Metallica pinball. It is a very funny game although the background music is quite noisy.

Stern's Metallica Pro

I was excited when I saw the Paragon pinball again. I had only played this pinball once before, when I was a child. In addition, it was very good value for money since it only cost $0.50 per 5-ball game.

Bally's Paragon

I liked this bar since it was quiet and relaxing.  We had stayed there for around one hour before returning to the hotel.

Additional information about the Amsterdam Billiards is as follows:

• Opening hours: 11am-3am Monday-Thursday, 11am-4am Friday & Saturday
  
  
• Telephone: (212) 995-0333
  
  
• Subway: Lines 4 & 6 - Astor PI.
  
  
• Website: amsterdambilliards.com

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