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Trade your basement for ours — because gaming’s better together.
It started with friends in a basement.
Now there's room for you.
A lifelong love of games, a lot of late nights, and a simple idea: give our community another place to play and connect.
My love of technology started in the 1980s with a Commodore 64. I was fascinated by what computers could do and what games could become. That curiosity never left. It just got more expensive.
Years later, our basement became the testing ground for every new gadget — including a wonderfully strange golf simulator with oversized gloves and rubber bands. Perfect? Hardly. Fun with friends? Absolutely.
Gaming nights meant GoldenEye, Call of Duty, arcade high scores, and long rounds of Axis & Allies. We laughed, competed, debated strategy, and usually lost track of time.
Those nights became the inspiration for The Basement: a place where friends can gather, try something new, and make memories together.
My wife, our son, and I have called Port Washington home for over 20 years. When our son started driving, his usual destinations were Culver's or Walmart. We wanted to give him — and our community — another option.
So we built The Basement, a self-funded project rooted in a town we love. From VR adventures to retro games and board game nights, it's a space for families, friends, and coworkers to spend time together.
During our soft opening, guests ranged from 7 to 80. Our favorite moment was watching the headsets come off and hearing, “Okay … what do we play next?”
That's what we hope you'll find here: something new to try, someone to laugh with, and a reason to come back.
