Monsterama Pubcade

Monsterama Pubcade 👻 Enter if you dare…
🕹️ Horror Inspired Pubcade
Arcade, Pinball, Pool and Darts
Full-Service Menu and Bar

New month, new excuses to come hang. 🖤September brings us two karaoke nights, an emo/pop-punk DJ set, and all the usual ...
09/04/2026

New month, new excuses to come hang. 🖤

September brings us two karaoke nights, an emo/pop-punk DJ set, and all the usual Monsterama shenanigans. 🎤🎸🕹️

Save the dates and come make some memories with us. 🎤

🖤 IT’S BEST OF DES MOINES TIME, FREAKS. 🖤We’re incredibly honored to be nominated in SEVEN categories for the Des Moines...
09/03/2026

🖤 IT’S BEST OF DES MOINES TIME, FREAKS. 🖤

We’re incredibly honored to be nominated in SEVEN categories for the Des Moines Cityview Best Of — and honestly, just being part of this list means a hell of a lot to us.

If you’ve eaten with us, grabbed a drink, smashed some buttons, sang your heart out, battled it out at trivia, or just made Monsterama part of your life… we’d be so grateful for your vote.

👹 Monsterama Pubcade nominations:

🍔 #26 — Best Local Burger
🍕 #27 — Best Local Pizza
🍗 #32 — Best Local Chicken Wings
🕹️ #123 — Best Local Bar to Play Games
🍸 #126 — Best Local Bartender
🎤 #131 — Best Local Place to Karaoke
🧠 #133 — Best Local Trivia
Click this link to vote now:

https://www.dmcityview.com/best-2027/

Every single vote means more to us than you probably realize. Monsterama was built to be a place where people can come together, have a damn good time, make some memories, and feel like they belong and seeing how much this community has embraced us has been pretty incredible.

Thank you for eating, drinking, playing, singing, laughing, competing, celebrating, and generally being weird with us. 🖤

We love this community more than we can put into words, and we’re immensely grateful to be a small part of it.

Now go make some questionable decisions and vote for your favorite monsters. 👹🖤

☠️ MONSTER FEST IS TODAY. ☠️We’ve got monsters, mayhem, KILLER FOOD, questionable decisions, and TUNES TO WAKE THE DEAD🎸...
08/28/2026

☠️ MONSTER FEST IS TODAY. ☠️

We’ve got monsters, mayhem, KILLER FOOD, questionable decisions, and TUNES TO WAKE THE DEAD

🎸 RICHIE DAGGERS — LIVE TURNTABLE PUNK SET
7–10 PM
You definitely don’t want to miss this one.

🍟 $7-SUPREME POUTINE — This one slaps harder than your momma’s best recipe. 😂
Inspired by that Hamburger Helper nostalgia we all secretly love, but with a Monster Fest upgrade. Homemade mushrooms + Salisbury steak gravy, white cheddar cheese curds & chives.
Comfort food nostalgia, but make it monstrous. 👹

🍺 $4 Monster Drafts
💣 $5 Bomb of the Beast
🥫 $1 OFF ALL CANNED COCKTAILS +THC SODAS
🧪 $3 Mutant Gel Shots
🎡 $5 Mystery Shots — Let the Wheel of Fate choose your fate. Spin it. Accept your destiny. Drink it.

MONSTER FEST. TODAY.
Come hungry. Come thirsty. Come ready to get weird. 👹

DRUMROLL PLEASE! 🥁Your MonsterFest 2026 Winners are here! 🎉🏆 Drawn at random by a host of Monsterama staff to ensure max...
08/28/2026

DRUMROLL PLEASE! 🥁

Your MonsterFest 2026 Winners are here! 🎉🏆 Drawn at random by a host of Monsterama staff to ensure maximum randomness and fair play! Apologies if some of these names are butchered in translation, we let Frankenstein write them down. 🫣

If your name is on this list, YOU have won some spooktacular prizes at MonsterFest! Be here in person to claim your prizes and help throw a killer bash at MONSTERFEST this weekend! 🍻🍕🥳

THE WINNERS ARE:
Debbie Tupper - $50 Jay’s Gift Card
Chad Harris - $50 Jay’s Gift Card
Melissa Sesker - $75 Jay’s Gift Card
Melissa Johnson - $75 Jay’s Gift Card
Calvin Johnson - $75 Jay’s Gift Card
Justice Gerlitz - $250 Jay’s Gift Card

Christian Dirks - Jay’s Yellow Shirt
Blake Shafer - Jay’s Yellow Shirt
Hal Kaufman - Jay’s Yellow Shirt
William McCormick - Jay’s Yellow Shirt
Noah Files - Jay’s Black Shirt
Allison Stewart - Jay’s Black Shirt
Sara Villegas - Lucky Gal Shirt
Elizabeth Gonzales - Lucky Gal Shirt

Larry Van Ginkel - Stone Sour Skatedeck
Mike Worthington - Stone Sour Skatedeck
Hans Walsh - Custom Creature Skatedeck
Troy Fuller - Black Sheep Market Skatedeck
Josh Barnett - Black Sheep Market Skatedeck
Laura Lawson - Lucky Gal Swag Bundle + $100 Lucky Gal Gift Card
Al Dunn - Lucky Gal Swag Bundle + $100 Lucky Gal Gift Card
Debbie Clark - Hat/Shirt Bundle
Lacey Case - Hat/Shirt Bundle
Brenda Allen - Hat/Shirt Bundle
Jeremiah Christie - $200 Lucky Gal Gift Card
Angel Carrier - $200 Lucky Gal Gift Card

Angie Marie - 2 Tickets to Labyrinth in Concert!
Robin Fuller - 2 Tickets to Spin Doctor + Blues Traveler + Jim Blossoms!
Sara Jones - 2 Tickets to Zach Brown Band
Mark T. Andersen - 2 Tickets to Mastodon!
Evan Trainer - 2 Tickets to Everclear!
Amy Salts - 2 Tickets to an Iowa State Football Game!

For those lucky souls who have won concert/game tickets, emails will be sent to you personally by our wickedly talented secretary! 💚💀

We can't wait to see all of you and MORE at MONSTERFEST! Thanks for making this a delightfully dreary Summer of frightful fun! Lets go out with BANG! 💣💥

🖤 BLACK SHEEP MARKET PIZZA CO. SPECIALS ARE HERE 🖤This week’s lineup is bringing some serious flavor:🍕 Seoul Sista’ Salv...
08/28/2026

🖤 BLACK SHEEP MARKET PIZZA CO. SPECIALS ARE HERE 🖤

This week’s lineup is bringing some serious flavor:

🍕 Seoul Sista’ Salvation
Soy garlic cream sauce, ribeye bulgogi, grilled onions, mozzarella, white American cheese, “more better sauce,” sesame seeds & sliced scallions.

🥪 Juke Joint Jezebel
Fried oysters, iceberg lettuce, tomato, Cajun remoulade & parsley piled into a toasted hoagie bun.

Two specials. Two very good reasons to come hungry. 🐑🔥 🍕

🎤 KARAOKE TONIGHT 🎤It’s Saturday. You know what that means: questionable song choices, questionable vocals, and absolute...
08/22/2026

🎤 KARAOKE TONIGHT 🎤

It’s Saturday. You know what that means: questionable song choices, questionable vocals, and absolutely no judgment.

Grab your crew, grab a drink, and get your name on the list. 🎶

🎤 Karaoke tonight
🍻 Cold drinks
🍕 Food
🕹️ Arcade games
👻 Monsterama

Come sing badly with us. It’s more fun that way. 🎤

The weekend is here. You know what to do. 🖤🍕 This week’s specials from Black Sheep Market Pizza Co. are still lurking🎟️ ...
08/21/2026

The weekend is here. You know what to do. 🖤

🍕 This week’s specials from Black Sheep Market Pizza Co. are still lurking
🎟️ LAST FULL WEEKEND to get signed up for our Monster Fest Prize Raffle — don’t sleep on it.
🍺 Cold drinks, 🍸 cocktails, 🕹️ games, and your favorite freaks behind the bar. 🍕

🧟 NOW HIRING: WE NEED BODIES.Preferably living ones who can work a Saturday night.Monsterama Pubcade is hiring two full-...
08/21/2026

🧟 NOW HIRING: WE NEED BODIES.
Preferably living ones who can work a Saturday night.

Monsterama Pubcade is hiring two full-time spots, nights and weekends.

🍺 Barback/helping
Stocking, cleaning helping The staff- all around team player -keep the night friendly.

🍳 LINE COOK
Tickets come in waves. Quiet, quiet, quiet, then a tournament lets out and it's chaos. Your job is making sure the FrankenPatty looks the same on a quiet Wednesday as it does on a packed Saturday.

What you're signing up for:
• A room full of pinball, pool, darts, and a wall of classic arcade cabinets
• Full-time, real hours. Nights and weekends, because that's when we're busy.

Come haunt the place professionally.

Bar back : https://www.jaystoysandgames.com/a/careers/jobs/117935
Line Cook: https://www.jaystoysandgames.com/a/careers/jobs/117934

📍 3108 SW 9th St, Des Moines

NEW WEEK. NEW MONSTERS. 🍕👹THE GREEN GOBLIN — $16Poblano cream. Roasted corn. Rajas. Grilled onion. Ghost pepper cheese. ...
08/19/2026

NEW WEEK. NEW MONSTERS. 🍕👹

THE GREEN GOBLIN — $16
Poblano cream. Roasted corn. Rajas. Grilled onion. Ghost pepper cheese. Cotija. Lime.
Green, mean, and just spicy enough to keep things interesting.

TOKYO CLAM JAM — $12
Butter burger + white American + Cool Ranch wasabi slaw + fried shish*tos + pickled ginger + clam strips, all smashed onto a brioche bun.

One sounds innocent. One absolutely isn’t.

Come get weird with us.

Address

3108 SW 9th
Des Moines, IA
50315

Opening Hours

Wednesday 3pm - 10pm
Thursday 3pm - 10pm
Friday 11:30am - 11pm
Saturday 11:30am - 11pm
Sunday 12pm - 7pm

Telephone

+15155282015

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