This place is awesome! I haven't been bowling in years, but Park Lanes makes me feel like going more often. The music is good, the drinks come quickly, and the bowling is just as fun as you remember it being as a kid.
The food was also surprisingly good! Though I had a hard time reconciling the fact that I was sticking my fingers into borrowed bowling balls and then using those same fingers to eat chicken wings and frickles and other finger foods. Eek. Maybe they should look into providing some wet naps?
I still don't understand why I have to rent shoes from a bowling alley, but at least they don't make you trade in your kicks for one of their rental pairs.
They have live music outside, too! And just an awesome outside space -- corn hole, lots of tables for sitting and having a beer, and a prime location on Montford. Fantastic.
I can really only think of two cons: (1) You have to reserve a specific amount of time of bowling, which means you sometimes get cut off mid-game. (2) Parking was impossible.