Let us begin in 1984: Global culture changed in a way that has had a lasting impact and is still relevant today. Spawned from the minds of rebels and boundary-blind creatives, 1984 was a year when thinking outside the box became thinking outside the box. Apple ran its first ad for the Macintosh computer, Karma Chameleon hit number one on the US Billboard charts, and Bruce Springsteen released his seventh album, Born in the U.S.A. Tetris was released. The first female pilot of a 747 made her maiden flight, and the first American female performed a spacewalk.

The Summer Olympics in LA hosted a record-breaking 140 countries, where Mary Lou Retton scored a perfect 10 on her final vault. Happy Days “jumped the shark.” Hit songs like Like a Virgin, I Just Called to Say I Love You, and When Doves Cry were all released. Pop culture was redefined with more top movies than any year had seen before, with blockbusters like Terminator, Ghostbusters, Purple Rain, The NeverEnding Story, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Revenge of the Nerds, Police Academy, Beverly Hills Cop, Gremlins, and Sixteen Candles…

All of this to say, 1984 set up the cultural explosion that took place in the summer of ’85. We would like to harness the spirit and vibe of that 1985 cultural explosion by creating a destination restaurant and bar focused on bringing people together. Whether they are reminiscing or wishing they were there, the ’80s were an unforgettable time—specifically in 1985.

We imagine a venue where “better than boxed” TV dinners are served… in front of a TV playing MTV, where you can grab an Ecto Cooler and enjoy playing a game of Contra. What if you could enjoy an Easy-Bake Oven dessert while wearing jelly bracelets from the vending machine near the restrooms?

We imagine a place where we can share our experiences as free-range children with people from our parents’ generation, who were working, partying, and starting businesses during the same time. I imagine my partner recalling walking down Burleigh Street in partially dry clothes to catch the city bus at the age of 5, seeing neon signs in local dive bars and carrying his Scooby-Doo lunch box with a thermos of Campbell’s Chicken Noodle Soup.

Everyone who was alive during the ’80s has common experiences that shaped us, and generations that have come since have heard the stories, watched the movies, listened to the music, or sported a Members Only jacket from the ’80s.