Got a sweet tooth or need to phone a friend? A black and red linoleum hallway with candy machines and pay phones separates the main bar area from the bowling alley.

If the planets are aligned properly and you are able to get a lane, the cost is $12 to $14 an hour and you can hang out at the small back bar in bowling area between frames. Even though they have a private party room, I have been to the Strike a dozen times and have never have been able to get a bowling alley within a few hours’ wait as there is either a private party using the public lanes (with the private room being empty), or there are just too many people waiting. The lanes themselves were purchased from a 50-year old bowling alley in Indiana.

To your right lies the bowling lanes – four open to the public and four reserved in the private room, in addition to a small pool table. The main bar is located just beyond the glass door entrance, sporting plush high-backed chairs and a Franz Leber-like Metropolis mural above where they keep the bowling shoes. Today the Lucky Strike beckons patrons with its black and white sign brightly lit in orange neon. The pub sport is complimented with good food and a wide variety of beers (like its nearby cousin Southport Lanes), making the Lucky Strike popular with locals in the Lincoln Park and Lakeview since 1995. The Lucky Strike has eight polished bowling lanes and six beautiful pool tables. Instead of a cigarette theme however, the bar is named after the spirit American bowling and billiards at its best. in StreetervilleĪs the name implies, the Lucky Strike harkens back to the early 20th century, when alcohol consumption was only outdone by smoking unfiltered cigarettes like Lucky Strikes. Editor’s Note: this space is very much the same but is now called Seven Ten Lounge, while Lucky Strike has moved to a new location at 322 E.

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