Backspace Cafe

Backspace (115 NW 5th / 503.248.2900) is the place to go to get your game on while getting your daily fix of caffine. With over 4,000 square feet of space, Backspace features an art gallery, pool tables, board games, chess tables, and vintage video games. It is also home to a modernized arcade – a large array of networked computers that create an ideal place for competitive and Internet gaming. There are even digital projector rooms where you can be immersed in console games projected on giant, wall-sized screens. It is open late, serves pizza, and offers free wireless Internet access. With the exposed brick, high ceiling, and massive amounts of technology on display, Backspace makes it easy to believe that you're the cyberpunk you thought back in high school you’d eventually become.