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| - Awful. Rude. Unaccommodating. Ridiculously expensive..... The Corner Alley.
Following a quick dinner at the Greenhouse Tavern, a group of us had reservations for a night of bowling at the nearby Corner Alley. Don't mock us. Our proximity for the night limited us to this area.
Reservations for bowling were set for 8:30pm, although it was made clear to us that they would hold our alley for 15 minutes past our reservation time before they would give away our alley. Perfect. Because a sit down dinner at GH which began at 7pm would require every bit of the 90 minutes prior to us foraying into our second chapter of the night.
As 8:30pm neared, the party planning chief in our group gave a courtesy call to the Corner Alley telling them that we are indeed on our way, but would like to take advantage of the buffer time alloted as we finished cashing out at GH.
By the time we checked in at the Alley, got our shoes, balls, located the lanes, etc. it was already 8:45pm. Too bad. Our hour has started. We were on the clock. You see, the Corner Alley charges $50/hour for a lane. Not per game, but they charge by the hour. They would not let us rent the lane for longer than 1 hour either. Apparently they don't like to accommodate paying customers. When it came down to it, we had just 45 more minutes to chuck as many balls down the lanes for FIFTY FREAKING DOLLARS! That's not even nearly enough time to finish 1 game! Completely ridiculous.
That was enough to sour the evening alone. I could go on about being kicked off a pool table (that was "reserved for a private party"), although no one came within 10' of it the entire evening. God forbid we attempt to have a little fun. I just paid $50 to not bowl for 45 minutes! I could also go on about the overpriced, watered down drinks. Was there even a trace of vodka among the watery pineapple juice? Because I sure as hell couldn't taste it.
This place screams of an overvalued bad deal. Being nickel-and-dimed to death has a way of sucking any sort of fun out of an evening. If you're ever interested in actually bowling, go to Mahall's Lanes in Lakewood. They charge $3/game. This place charges $50/hour. The Corner Alley doesn't seem to be in the bowling business. They are in the sucking every ignorant soul of as much money as possible business. For you investment? You get nothing but a bad mood in return.
We couldn't end the night on that note. We needed fun. We needed humor. We needed value. We needed more hambones and hooks. We needed Cadillac Ranch.........
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