From left, Jen Osborne, Ray Frenden and Mae McMillan, co-owners of Your Parent’s Basement, sit in one of the nook areas at their South Main Street business in Butler. The establishment features 1980s-era furnishings and sets the theme of what the trio hopes will be a person’s “third place.” Cary Shaffer/Butler Eagle

Cary Shaffer

Reliving your childhood is something most people may have only thought about, but don’t have the time or the resources to do it.

Your Parent’s Basement at 106 S. Main St. opened its doors Friday, May 5, and aims to do just that and a lot more with a 1980s-themed tabletop board gaming, role-playing and wargaming event space.

Owners Ray Frenden, Jen Osborne and Mae McMillan in August began working on renovating the former PNC Bank building, which, according to Frenden, was built in 1925.

“The way it works, is people buy a day pass that costs $14.99 and get you access to all our board games and tabletop games, along with space to play the games,” Osborne said. “Upstairs they can rent the board room if they want to. If they have a large party and want a little time to themselves they can.”

A lot of elbow grease has gone into getting the business up and running Frenden explained, such as having the vault cleaned for members to store their belongings, to installing lights in the basement, which consists of cement walls where the escape room is.

“This place has presented some unique challenges when it comes to the build out,” Frenden said. “We are currently still building out the first escape room — it’s called the Babysitters Club. The idea is you’re a babysitter, someone else in the club is suspected of stealing the club’s money. You go in there and find the means, the motive and the money, and prove the crime in an hour.”