If you missed out during its prime, consider yourself both lucky and unlucky. But with nostalgia as a motivator, the Fireside again began booking intermittent shows in 2010, including a handful of groups (such as The Appleseed Cast) that played there back in the day. It mostly functions as such now-and, thankfully, its digs are much more pleasant. Since a renovation in ’04, the Fireside returned to its 1940s roots as a neighborhood bowling alley (and, all the while, kept its old-school exterior). While many Bowling Alleys in Chicago wound up closing, Fireside Bowl has remained open for over 60 years in Logan Square. Bringing in talent from Mastodon to Tortoise to (shudder) Fall Out Boy, it was the A-list punk club with D-list facilities-one where you prayed not to need to pee. I would say it's the Pollack in us that made us somewhat decent bowlers.īut my older sister's average was 89.By cmo2user in Logan Square, Rock, Venues Ĭan a dirty, dumpy, run-down bowling alley be legendary? For Chicago’s punk and hardcore scenes, the answer is yes: from 1994 to 2004, Fireside Bowl hosted scores of the best punk, hardcore, metal, and indie bands while its bowling lanes were essentially defunct. It adds to the overall experience and helps me to get into the bowling mood. Its totally old school, and I personally think that bowling alleys should be old school. But, as far as bowling alleys go- this place is great. 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.) 132 reviews of Steve Cooks Fireside Lanes 'Last night I broke a score of 75 with two strikes. When we got Bleekers, I hoped we could maintain the beautiful wood lanes like that. The building was an ice factory in its early days. I lived on 53rd and Hermitage and still it was hard to see in my house the smoke was so bad.Yecch. The Fireside Bowl (or the Fireside) is a bowling alley and music venue established in the 1940s, located at 2648 W Fullerton Ave in Chicago, Illinois. 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. Oh, how I miss keeping score with pencil and paper! I bowled with my daddy at Miami and then again there with my sister where I was league secretary. The restaurant was a staple in the neighborhood, our critic. I'm 51 and I grew up in Back of the Yards. The first Fireside Pies, which opened in a budding zone on Dallas’ Henderson Avenue in 2004, closed a day before Halloween in 2023. If you are still in the area, stop in, mention this site and have lunch and a couple games on me! 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. Other bowling alleys in the area that closed were: Scottsdale Lanes, Ford City Bowl, Miami Bowl, Archer Kedzie Bowl, Argo Bowl, Evergreen Towers, Oak. Birthday Parties and Reservations fall under the pricing listed above. Fireside Bowl Fullerton Ave Diversey River Bowl Diversey Ave Believe it or not, I found some newspaper articles of bicycle races at Humboldt bowl in the 1930s. To Karls, the impending closing of the Fireside is a loss for the area. Wednesday- Thursday Nights (8:30pm to close) 26 per hour, per lane. Fireside Restaurant & Lounge, after 50 years serving Kenosha, announced last month that its building is for sale. Monday- Thursday Daytime Rate 24per hour, per lane. Everybody was in at least one bowling league with people from work or church. At that time Bowling was very popular, Chicago being a blue collar town, was a bowling mecca. Closed On Christmas Day Boxing Day New Years Day. Retro Bowling Alley in Logan SquareFireside Bowl is an original family owned Chicago Bowling Alley established in the 1940’s. Brunch Bowls 25 CHORIZO HASH BOWL (GF) Fresh chorizo, spinach, mushrooms, BBQ sauce, avocado corn salsa, pickled onion, poached eggs, hollandaise. My husband and I have owned the place since 97. Monday & Tuesday Evening Special (8:30pm-Close) 22 per hour, per lane. FIRESIDE WEEKEND BRUNCH available 10:30 am - 2:00 pm every Saturday and Sunday. Bleekers Bowl in Evergreen Park is very much open.
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