The importance of beer to an Australian business venture like this is impossible to overstate. So every time, with every meal you ordered, you got a free beer." "The other thing is we had a pile of beer that was now gonna go off.
Their chef offered a bespoke menu, and that wasn't all. "We just sparked the kitchen up and did $5 meals delivered to your home for all staff," Satterley says. Instead of giving up on the idea of delivery meals, they retooled it for an audience who were aware of Fortress food-their own employees and the casual staff who'd been laid off. It's a process continuing now as vaccinations shakily roll out across the country and Australia finds itself in the fortunate position of shambling toward normality. It wasn't until October 26, when zero deaths and zero new cases were recorded statewide, that a slower easing of restrictions began. When restrictions were eased months after that, a second wave followed and lockdown resumed. Less than a week later, a state of emergency was officially declared in response to the Covid-19 pandemic and Melbourne went into lockdown. Its grand opening couldn't have come at a worse time. There was a pinball section complete with an Addams Family cabinet.
There was a 200-seat esports arena and a LAN lounge with 160 Alienware PCs. There were comfortable chairs at tables with space to walk between them, and a bookshelf of board games for hire. A two-level structure at the bottom of a mall in the city, it wasn't like regular barcades. In March of 2020 I went to the opening night of Fortress, a combination esports arena and game bar in Melbourne, Australia.
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