In another lifetime your Bandit commuted daily from Koreatown to Torrance for a technology job, which is when I first stumbled upon Palos Verdes Bowl. Palos Verdes Bowl is situated in strip mall central, on a corner surrounded by a McDonald’s, an In n Out, and a AT&T mobile. Straddling the geography somewhere near where Torrance ends and Palos Verdes begins, this special alley throws down the gauntlet for bowling authenticity. Since 1958 PV Bowl has been serving up excellent lanes to the masses.
Walk in and the first thing you notice is a huge, open setup; 40 wide lanes greet you, each with lots of room for relaxing between frames. An accidental optical illusion splits the center of the alley (look for it, it’s constructed of yellow brick). Despite PV Bowl’s age these lanes are perhaps the best maintained we have used. Smudge remarked on how sturdy, smooth, and perfectly even the lanes are; your roll holds true the entire length of the lane and the retro teal ball return spits balls back with great speed.
Smudge and your Bowling Bandit ventured out to the Southland to visit PV Bowl for their unbeatable Monday night special. Nine dollars gets you shoes and all the games you can bowl from 6p-10p. With $2 hamburgers, $1 hot dogs, and $2.75 domestics as a fringe benefit you cannot beat this deal. Also, there is not any AMF mumbo-jumbo-25cents-a-game-nonsense where you really do not have enough time to get in a good roll at the “special” rate. PV Bowl is all business and we easily got in 4 games each in under 2 hours.
Your Bandit had a hot night tallying high game honors at 168. Smudge turned in a respectable 122. Other details include exposed brick walls throughout (unusual for a bowling alley), extremely powerful hand blowers (quite necessary as you beer drinkers know), and an eclectic mix of music which included Grateful Dead’s “Touch of Grey” followed by Modest Mouse’s “Float On.” This perfect blend of old and new makes PV Bowl an exceptional place to roll. And if all descriptions above do not capture your interest then consider swinging by for either Dart Night or Karaoke Night.
Our wrap on PV Bowl: bowling nirvana realized.
Palos Verdes Bowl
www.pvbowl.com
Walk in and the first thing you notice is a huge, open setup; 40 wide lanes greet you, each with lots of room for relaxing between frames. An accidental optical illusion splits the center of the alley (look for it, it’s constructed of yellow brick). Despite PV Bowl’s age these lanes are perhaps the best maintained we have used. Smudge remarked on how sturdy, smooth, and perfectly even the lanes are; your roll holds true the entire length of the lane and the retro teal ball return spits balls back with great speed.
Smudge and your Bowling Bandit ventured out to the Southland to visit PV Bowl for their unbeatable Monday night special. Nine dollars gets you shoes and all the games you can bowl from 6p-10p. With $2 hamburgers, $1 hot dogs, and $2.75 domestics as a fringe benefit you cannot beat this deal. Also, there is not any AMF mumbo-jumbo-25cents-a-game-nonsense where you really do not have enough time to get in a good roll at the “special” rate. PV Bowl is all business and we easily got in 4 games each in under 2 hours.
Your Bandit had a hot night tallying high game honors at 168. Smudge turned in a respectable 122. Other details include exposed brick walls throughout (unusual for a bowling alley), extremely powerful hand blowers (quite necessary as you beer drinkers know), and an eclectic mix of music which included Grateful Dead’s “Touch of Grey” followed by Modest Mouse’s “Float On.” This perfect blend of old and new makes PV Bowl an exceptional place to roll. And if all descriptions above do not capture your interest then consider swinging by for either Dart Night or Karaoke Night.
Our wrap on PV Bowl: bowling nirvana realized.
Palos Verdes Bowl
www.pvbowl.com
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