I would say it's the Pollack in us that made us somewhat decent bowlers.īut my older sister's average was 89. A documentary about the Fireside is currently in the works. Soho Home is an interiors collection from Soho House that includes furniture, lighting, tableware, and accessories created for, and inspired by the Houses. You can keep our corporate competition, Brunswick Zone (the old Arena) and their synthetic lanes and their cosmic bowl nonsense.(And the fact they have to close at ten because of gangs is pretty scary, too.) Brian Peterson is currently the owner/operator of the Logan Square venue and restaurant, Township. When we got Bleekers, I hoped we could maintain the beautiful wood lanes like that. I lived on 53rd and Hermitage and still it was hard to see in my house the smoke was so bad.Yecch. I also remember the day Gage Park Bowl burned. Lots of stuff tended to burn down in the old hood! I remember when he had to climb to the charred second floor to get his ball out of the locker. When I was younger, my dad also bowled at Jay Bee on 51st and Damen and then it burned down. It was well received by critics but was controversial among Chicago readers who found Fullers realistic portrayal of the industrial and multicultural. The only brightside is the bathrooms are decently clean and dont constantly have a couple inches of standing water on the floor. Oh, how I miss keeping score with pencil and paper! Celebrating the Heart of Chicago Punk Rock - The Fireside Bowl Music 3 min Read Sweltering in August, freezing in December, and boasting the grossest bathrooms in the Midwest, for Chicago punks the Fireside was home. I bowled with my daddy at Miami and then again there with my sister where I was league secretary. I'm 51 and I grew up in Back of the Yards. If you are still in the area, stop in, mention this site and have lunch and a couple games on me! While many Bowling Alleys in Chicago wound up closing, Fireside Bowl has remained open for over 60 years in Logan Square. Fireside Bowl changed along with the times and was a source of entertainment all along the way. Though the outside is pretty much the way it's looked since the 50's, we gutted the inside,brightened it up, added a beer garden and most recently a grill. Fireside Bowl flourished, during the 50’s and 60’s until the factories started closing and many people moved to the suburbs. My husband and I have owned the place since 97. ![]() Bleekers Bowl in Evergreen Park is very much open.
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