bowling alley

Pioneer Bowl, a perfectly preserved 1946 vintage bowling alley with the original murals by a Hollywood set designer on its walls, has just resurfaced its lanes and extended its hours.

With warm wood paneling, exposed concrete, terrazzo and low steel railings, the lively space feels both modern and nostalgic, with references to its past life as a bowling alley.

They drink copious amounts of liquor on friend trips to the Jersey shore, brown out and start calling their good friend’s brutalist bowling alley club a terrible idea.

I remember how someone at school or at the local bowling alley or arcade would, on an almost weekly basis, announce they had seen Hulk Hogan.

That left the bars of West Hollywood, where you would line up against the wall like pins in a bowling alley and wait for a strike.