What’s Fueling the Success of New-Wave Eatertainment? - Eater Twin Cities

"Smash Park offers far more than axe throwing: At 30,000 square feet, it’s a multiplex of duckpin bowling, party darts, shuffleboard, karaoke, cornhole, and pickleball. It’s one of the emergent brands in the “eatertainment” sector, a growing category of venues that offer both entertainment and (variably) restaurant-caliber food: Smash Park, for example, distinguishes itself from bowling alley burgers and the like with considered dishes like Frito pie, barbecue sampler platters, and Bang Bang Shrimp. Its flagship is in Des Moines, Iowa, and it’s having a local boom in the Twin Cities. The building has the cavernous feel of a waterpark but is partitioned into areas for eating, drinking, and playing." - Justine Jones