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Located on a block rarely trafficked by night, this pool hall seems to be known primarily to local Korean and Chinese kids despite its over-the-top wildlife décor. In the front barroom, a deer head peeps out among fake rock walls, tree trunks, bamboo vines, and burbling water; exotic fish swim in an illuminated tank; and still more exotic species (albeit virtual ones) can be caught on the Big Buck Hunter Pro machine. The real sport here, though, is billiards, and business is conducted in a stark back room stocked with eight regulation tables and one of the city’s few snooker tables. Those who tire of watching from the elevated church pews lining the walls head for the bar to play dice and flirt with bar girls serving Bartles & Jaymes wine coolers, sake bombs, and fruity cocktails in glasses tall enough to double as vases. Word to the wise (or at least, the Bud fan): If you buy five beers in a bucket, you get one for free. You can use the savings for shooting stick. — Daniel Maurer

Billiards are $12 per hour

Bar Menu
Tropical 128 serves a menu of japanese appetizers including yakitori, skewers of grilled chicken and beef, and edamame.