The Green Dragon Inn

one-of-a-kind Akron experience

St. Pat’s day brought a mixture of creative cocktails, friendly competition, and medieval ambiance to 115 Market St.

By Hannah Wines, Managing Editor ‘23

The Green Dragon Inn Board Game Bar and Cafe is more than just your old runof-the-mill bar.

The city of Akron has been working hard to update its downtown with new and exciting restaurants and activities, and this unique bar and cafe is no exception.

With chairs fit for royalty, as soon as you walk inside, you are greeted with the perfect photo op with your friends.

A wall of games unbelievably stretches up to the ceiling. There are over 750 choices of different kinds of board and card games. They even have childhood classics like Candyland and Hungry-Hungry-Hippo.

Booths line the walls for a more comfortable experience, and tables are scattered throughout the middle. A large bar is the room’s focal point and enough seats to accommodate many people.

The menu of cocktails contains a variety of special drinks. The Inn also offers appetizers like warm, soft pretzels and buffalo chicken dip.

Themed private rooms hide behind old doors and fake bookshelves that you can rent out to have your party of gaming fun.

The staff is warm and welcoming, and each has their particular niche within the games. Bartender Anthony Heard is well-versed in Magic the Gathering.

“I have always wanted to own a place like this, but then, I came across this opportunity,” said Heard. “I have not seen a place like this in all of Ohio.”

They had a soft opening on March 10 and March 11 but officially opened March 17, 2023.

The Green Dragon Inn is truly a one-of-a-kind experience.

Friday & Saturday noon – 2:30 a.m.

Sunday noon - midnight

By Megan Parker, former Editor-in-Chief and

From High School to the University of Akron: Thank You Mom!

My journey as an Akron Zip started in 2017 only a few months before high school graduation. Having taken a journalism class on a whim through Ashland University’s College Credit Plus, I knew I wanted a degree in journalism or some related field. Only I didn’t know the most important detail: where to attend college.

I’d been accepted into Ashland University, but my deposit hadn’t been paid yet and there were tensions at home keeping me from making a final decision about the future. My mom, Jaclyn Sims, who moved to Akron a few years prior, encouraged me to apply to the University of Akron as a way to experience something new.

So I applied, not knowing whether the University of Akron even had a journalism degree, because my mom was right: I needed to get out of the