LEFT: Gamer’s Geekery & Tavern offers a wide range of food and beverages, including flights of beer.
Gamer’s Geekery & Tavern
Tucked away on the second floor of the MacGregor Village shopping center in Cary, Gamer’s Geekery has been harboring an extensive collection of board games since it first opened as a retail-only location in 2013. From the beginning, owner Lance Shrader dreamed of eventually adding a restaurant and a bar. In August 2019, the dream became a reality. “Nowadays we’re all on our phones or focused on work or things like that, and when you come in here, you feel at home,” said Allison Laidlaw, the bar manager at Gamer’s Geekery. “You grab a board game. You play with your family. You get delicious food, a good atmosphere, and great bartenders. We like to get to know our regulars and what they order and things like that.” Popular menu items include scratchmade chocolate chip and snickerdoodle cookies, Patchwork Pretzel Bites, and the Super Mario Sandwich. All of their dressings are made in-house. If you’re thirsty, they
First timers at Gamer’s Geekery & Tavern, Garret and Heather Palmer of Raleigh enjoy snacks while playing a family game with their kids, Lorelai and Gabriel, 8 and 10.
BELOW: Raleigh gamer Harrison Perry looks over his cards while playing Magic: The Gathering at Gamer’s Geekery & Tavern.
A visitor chooses from hundreds of board games at Gamer’s Geekery & Tavern. CARY MAGAZINE 23
