A unique new venue combining shuffleboard and restaurant is launching in Dallas-Fort Worth. Called Larks Fairview, it's an entertainment venue featuring arcade- and competition-style games coming to Fairview this spring.

The venue will open at 351 Town Place, in the same shopping center as the anticipated spinoff of the Dallas ghost kitchen Revolving Kitchen. The project has been in the works for more than a year, but according to a release, it’s finally getting closer to opening.

It'll be a 22,000-square-foot space featuring 10 shuffleboard courts, with 5,000 square feet dedicated to arcade games.

This will be the first venue of its kind in Fairview, and a rarity in Dallas-Fort Worth overall, with the only notable shuffleboard-centric competitor being Electric Shuffle in Deep Ellum.

The concept is from Larks Entertainment, a new entertainment company with a focus on shuffleboard and other family-friendly games. Larks Fairview will be their first venue, with locations also planned for San Antonio, Kansas City, Nashville, San Diego, St. Petersburg, Boston, and Atlanta.

The company has playfully dubbed the concept an “eatertainment” venue, as the shuffleboard courts are built around a restaurant serving quesadillas and two cocktail bars.

“We didn’t coin the phrase, but our vision of ‘eatertainment’ is a place that has great food, a busy bar scene, and fun experiences that appeal to a wide age-range of people,” says founder and CEO Curt Skallerup. “Simply put, it’s a place you want to go, with a date, for a girls or guys night out, to watch a game, or with the family for an always enjoyable experience.”

In addition to shuffleboard and arcade, or “Larkade” as the company calls it, the space will feature an inventive space called Game of 1,000 Boxes, which they describe as a “game show on steroids.” It’s an interactive mix of mind games and competitions for up to 32 players, with a live host to preside over the game.

However, shuffleboard is the star of the show. The company says they’re “bringing shuffleboard back.” Put simply, the sport has players use cues to push weighted discs, or “biscuits,” down a narrow court to get within the scoring area, with points scored based on where your biscuit lands.

“Shuffleboard is easy to learn, easy to play, easy to play with a drink in your hand, as competitive as you want, and most importantly, fun,” Skallerup says.