Go Kart Go! Atkins Park Mario Kart Tournament Crosses Finish Line June 20 and 27

Rev your retro engines for June’s Mario Kart Mondays at Atkins Park Restaurant & Bar in Virginia-Highland. Co-pilot with Yoshi, Luigi, Rosalina and crew while competing in head-to-head rounds on Mondays, June 20 and 27. Ensuring they’re well fueled for the virtual course, entrants must down a Wild Heaven Emergency Drinking Beer before their race ends. Racers score points with each advancement, and spectators can earn points by ordering a Drunken Toad, Browser’s Revenge, Stolen Peach or some of the other racy cocktails on the specialty drink menu. House cash goes to the weekly winner, and June’s top scorer wins two four-day passes to DragonCon. Registration begins at 9 p.m. for 10 p.m. race start time.

Travel Back in Time to 1985 at Atkins Park Tavern

We remember it like it was yesterday: staring at the presents under the tree and hoping for the original Nintendo game system that would soon have us addicted to Super Mario Bros, Duck Hunt and Mike Tyson's Punch-Out. Are you experiencing Nintendo nostalgia yet? The folks at Atkins Park Tavern in Smyrna are and they've created a new Tuesday game night to feed the need for classic Nintendo. Starting today, the restaurant is bringing back old Nintendo favorites like Dig Dug, Football, Mario Kart and Punch-Out every Tuesday night through January 31. Guests can get their old school game on, and house cash prizes will be given out each week to the winners. An even bigger prize - a VIP tour of the Red Hare Brewery for the Nintendo master and ten guests and a $150 gift card - will be given to the overall winner at the end of the seven-week game night series. Now go do some thumb exercises.