My memories of eating at bowling alleys mainly involved cheap, nasty hot dogs and soggy chips. The thing that finally clinched it for me though was the food. Both All Star Lanes and Dog Bowl have a full bar offering an excellent selection of beers, impressive cocktail lists and are open until 3am most days. Whilst children are welcome until 6pm they don’t feel like family orientated places and the atmosphere completely changes at night when the lights are dimmed and the music is turned up. Both places have a great vibe that’s immediately obvious upon entering. Bowling and Beers!Īs impressive as they look it took more than a bit of exposed brick to convert me to the world of bowling. They’re replaced with black, glass and shiny metal for a modern, urban look. It’s a similar story inside - gone are the garish, plastic, primary colours of the mainstream bowling chains I grew up with. Even the buildings are cool - Dog Bowl is located under a railway arch whilst All Star Lanes can be found in a converted warehouse. Essentially they offer glammed up bowling for adults.īoth Dog Bowl and All Star Lanes are cool places. The last few years has seen several open in London and now Manchester has two of its own: Dog Bowl and All Star Lanes. They’re huge in America and, somewhat surprisingly, Scandinavia. The reason? The rise of the ‘boutique bowling alley’ in Manchester. I stuck to that rule religiously for over ten years but in the past six months have found myself bowling more times than the previous decade combined. And thanks to poor hand-eye coordination I’m definitely not very good at bowling. Who doesn’t love bowling? OK, I must admit it’s not my absolute favourite pastime but that’s more to do with my personal rule of avoiding activities I'm not very good at.
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