South Boston Bowlarama - S. Boston MA revisited

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Well the night started with us actually trying to go to Olindys in Quincy, but they were full with league night(league night on Friday night WTF?!?). After those plans were quickly scrapped we tried to think of somewhere else to go. We decided to head over to Southie, it was pretty close. We actually found quick parking so that was good! There is no lot here so keep that in mind on what time you go. 

I was undecided if I was going to use the house balls or mine. Decided on mine and I bowled pretty decent for the two strings we bowled. We opted for two because we were starving and we weren't feeling the music. It was pretty much clubby music, normally when we've gone it's been classic rock. For three of us it was only $25, sounds good to me. 

I haven't been here in a long time and I'm glad we went. 

The cosmic they were having wasn't too intense that you couldn't see or anything. They serve alcohol and have a small arcade. They also take credit cards with a $20 min I believe.

SIMPSONS PARTY ROOM

American Lanes- Southbridge MA

I kind of touched base on American Lanes in my normal blog in a post for Brimfield. When I head out to a part of the state that I don't go to often I always want to check out a new alley. There were a couple of places kind of near there. After eating we settled on checking out American. I called first to make sure they were open. I think it was about a 15 minute drive. There wasn't really anyone there when we came in, but the guy working there was SO NICE. It's hit or miss if you deal with nice people in candlepin. 

So we start bowling, the floor was super slick. I almost fell and Mike was the same. After adjusting we bowled pretty decent for the three strings we played.  The pins had good action and we had to place to ourselves for a bit. I'm glad a birthday party made its way in though. I'm glad to see that they were getting business and its a great sound when you're in an alley and all you hear is pins.

The prices were great and I hope to come back and visit. 

Union Street Lanes - Holbrook MA

Well first off....sorry to everyone that was caught in my pictures!

Now this is a place that I have meaning to go to ever since it was reopened. This is pretty close to my house, maybe 15 minutes away. It doesn't hurt that it's like 5 minutes from Lynwood's pizza...



There were leagues bowling when we came in on a Friday night, but we were still able to bowl.

The pins had decent action and everything was reasonably priced.

They actually have food/drinks there, which I did not know. I like when places have food options, I think they had a lottery machine too. Can't remember, but hey I'm sure they do.

It's cash only, I do remember that.

I would really like to come back here!

Viking Recreation- East Bridgewater MA

I decided that East Bridgewater wasn't too far to drive so I decided that we were going head there. After dinner we drove over there and it was surprisingly empty. Usually on a Friday night bowling alleys are crowded and annoying. We walked in and the guys working at Viking were super friendly and offered to turn on fun lights or music for us if we wanted. An episode of Criminal Minds I haven't seen was on in the background so I was a little distracted :P The only bad thing about this place is that the pins didn't have a ton of action so it was a little discouraging at times. It was a clean alley and also had an arcade room and offered lottery.










This was an older post I took from my other blog.

Candlewood Lanes - N Reading MA

Intense air hockey game
















Now initially we were planning to go to Wakefield, but they were closing early. I figured since reading was close to Wakefield we could go here, since we've never gone before. Well it took a while to get there, but we finally got to Candlewood Lanes.


This was a couple months ago, I think we went in March? I remember that I didn't bowl so great though, I don't think it was the pins though, I think I was just biting the big one that night.

There was a league bowling and there were still plenty of lanes for us and others to bowl on, that's always good. I hate when league bowling takes up an entire alley.

I remember the staff being friendly and it was reasonably priced, I know it was by the hour and not the string. I think it was cash only though. Plenty of parking out in the lot, even with snow taking up some of it.

I'd go back if I was in the area probably, if Wakefield wasn't open haha.

Westgate lanes - Brockton MA

Well this is one of the alleys that I grew up going to, this and stoughton (RIP). Since we missed out on going to Buffalo Wild Wings we headed over here, I took this as a chance to take updated pictures.






































Well we were here at 8am so we were a little inconsistent, but being here early was great because it was 2.50 a string per person. Normally they are a pretty pricy alley.


-There are only 12 candlepin lanes I think, they are mainly 10 pin.
-They are normally pretty expensive, but coming super early saved us money.
-They just added a whole new arcade area.
-they have a huge parking lot.
-there is a restaurant/pub plus a snack bar
-there is a pro shop here
-the pins have good action

I dislike complete automatic scoring, there were times where the scoring system was faster than the pins falling.

Wakefield Bowladrome- Wakefield MA

Okay, I will say right now that this is my favorite bowling alley. It is our usual go to place and we will usually go out of our way every weekend to go here.
I stole these photos from an older blog post of mine, but nothing has changed there so I will keep these.


There are tons of reasons why I think this is the best alley around:


-most friendly staff I have ever came across at a candlepin alley
-big alley with plenty of lanes
-pins have great action
-you can bring your own food/drink
-most affordable alley I've ever been to $18/hr per lane and that includes
shoes for people that don't have their own
-this place is SUPER clean (the lanes and the bathrooms)
-always functioning water bubler
-plenty of parking


the only con is that they are cash/checks only