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| - I love bowling alleys. There's something reassuringly familiar about them. It reminds me a little of my old school gym with a bit of auditorium thrown in, topped with a helping of nostalgia.
I selected Pappas as a venue for a small unofficial Yelp outing because:
a) They serve beer.
b) There are plenty of nearby bars (to escape to if it sucked).
c) They had a Sunday "unlimited" bowling special.
d) Oh yeah, they have bowling too.
The venue has plenty of parking, serves food and an adequate jukebox. Beers are easy to get. There was never a wait even when it was busy.
As for the food - forgettable would be the right word, if only it didn't come back to haunt me a few hours later. Oh yeah, I'm pretty sure it was the burger I had. And yes, I drank, but not much. In fact, I consumed the perfect amount of beer that would normally kill any heebie-jeebies that snuck into my food.
If you can get past the food, Pappas is a fun place to bowl. Good mixed crowd, young and old, dates and groups; you can lose yourself in the mix or you can make eyes at the single bowlers who flex their muscles, bowl a strike and casually pretend that they aren't looking for someone to notice their handiwork.
All in all, not a bad place to bring a group, bowl your heart out (so long as you eat before you go).
PS. the lanes and shoes here are very slippery. Lookout, I allegedly fell mid bowling. :)
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