Being new to State College, I've been a little weary of passing judgement on local businesses too quickly. But then I realized that it's my patriotic duty as a grad student.
I don't know what everyone thinks of bowling, but personally, I like it. It's fun, easy, competitive, and most importantly, it supports binge drinking. I'm not sure how many people have read Andrew Hurley's Diners, Bowling Alleys and Trailer Parks: Chasing the American Dream in the Postwar Consumer Culture. I for one have not. But I assume it says great things about bowling alleys. I have been to more than my fair share of bowling alleys, and most of them are at least adequate, if not outstanding.
So, a few weekends ago I headed on out to Northland Bowling to give it a try. I found it met my basic needs quite well. There were lanes. There were pins. There were balls. And there was beer. That made for a good start to the evening.
Service:
We arrived pretty early, about 9, which I would recommend because it did fill up by the end of the evening. We got a lane immediately.
Food:
They have food. I'm sure it's typical overpriced, sub-par bowling alley food, but you shouldn't go to a bowling alley expecting any better.
Facilities:
The facilities were suitable. At least on par with other bowling alleys. I'm sure they weren't spectacular, but I didn't notice anything.
Atmosphere:
If bowling wasn't enough, they did have TV's by the screens with your scores on them, an arcade, pool tables, etc. Standard bowling alley stuff.
Attractiveness of Clientele and Staff:
It's a bowling alley! Nothing against bowling alley employees and typical bowling alley regulars, but they're no Vana White's. It came as a welcomed change however, because this made me one of the more attractive people in the room. Maybe that's a bit optimistic. But come on, everyone should slum it now and then, and what better place to do it than at a bowling alley?
Ok, so basically Northland Bowling is a bowling alley. I like bowling alleys. Therefore, I like Northland Bowling. It's a simple argument.
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4 comments:
This post was fucking terrible. How is it that SCSOAPBOX is all ready facing the dreaded blog growing pains?
First of all, suckit, it's already, not all ready (unless you were trying to say, "Are you all ready, like all of you?").
Second, rook, I enjoy your post, but I did lose a little respect for you after learning that Vana White is your beauty measuring stick. My father called, he'd like his taste in women back.
And the grammar prick would like to point out that the apostrophe on 'Vana White' was not appropriate.
rook: a rock solid, syllogistic finish. how aristotelian.
also, i wanted to add that the bar service at Northland can be pathetically slow. and the credit card minimum is, like, totally a downer. it's a solid establishment overall, though.
shit, i forgot about the bar service... yeah it could definitely use some improvement...
and by the way, modus ponens is the bomb.
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