Bowl Me Over

[kristinhaze.livejournal.com]

So a friend is coming into town and we want to bowl one or two games on Saturday or Sunday night. I believe I have passed a bowling alley right around (in??) Davis Square but perhaps my eyes play tricks on me. Can anyone fill me in on those lanes...good/bad/pros/cons AND is it 10-pin bowling? Is there anywhere in Boston besides the alley by Alewife that has 10-pin bowling?

Thank you so much!

Comments

[gilana]

The one in Davis is Sacco's Bowl Haven, but it's candlepin only.

[ukelele.livejournal.com]

But candlepin is cooler than tenpin anyway! ;)

(I go to Sacco's every week...)

[gilana]

Oh, I love Sacco's -- I was there just last night. Candlepin is fun, it's the scoring for yourself (on paper!) that I have trouble with.

[ukelele.livejournal.com]

I feel completely the opposite. OK, sometimes it's hard to see how many pins are standing and sometimes I make ridiculous adding mistakes...but scoring computers can be arbitrarily possessed by demons at any point and there's nothing you can do about it.

[simply-juniper.livejournal.com]

And they have those silly graphics when I get a gutter ball that irritate me..

(not that you asked :)

[guxx.livejournal.com]

Next time you go, invite me along. I love to bowl but don't get out as often as I could.

[wellstar.livejournal.com]

King's (http://www.backbaykings.com/) in Back Bay offers wicked expensive tenpin and a ritzy lounge.

Boston Bowl (http://www.bostonbowl.com/) in Dorchester has 24-hour tenpin and candlepin, as well as Cosmic Bowling on certain nights.

I'm sure there are others as well. Have fun!

[gilana]

There's the Milky Way in JP, too, but I'm guessing that's not so convenient.

[dougo.livejournal.com]

Last I was there it was candlepin only, but it's been years.

[la-ti-da.livejournal.com]

it's candlepin, but awesome! drink, bowl, AND watch live music!