While the city's new boutique and upscale bowling alleys have enjoyed the spotlight for a minute, Daly City's much mourned authentic dive bowling experience is looking to make a comeback of it's own. Serra Bowl, which closed its doors last month after losing their lease, is now looking to opening a new set of lanes in or around the city proper. more ›

While we anxiously await the opening of Lucky Strike Lanes next week and Mission Bowling Club later this spring, we've received some sad news in the ten-pin department. Serra Bowl in Daly City, which for a long time was the most convenient local bowling option, is scheduled to close out a 51-year run on April 15th. more ›

Lucky Strike Lanes, the swank SoMa bowling alley scheduled to open next Friday announced a new business partner today: Giants reliever and Hammer pants-wearing Ed Lee shill Brian Wilson. The former lawn gnome model has a thing for bowling it seems, as he said in a Big Lebowski-referencing press release: "I am pumped to be in the Lucky Strike mix ... See you there... The Dude abides." (Obviously, he's not a golfer.) Anyhow, as part owner of the boozy bowling alley, Lane 12 will be re-numbered as Lane 38 in Wilson's honor. more ›

The wait for bowling in an actually accessible location in San Francisco got a shorter timeframe this week. As South of Market blog LiveSOMA reports, the ballpark-adjacent Lucky Strike Lanes is set to open two weeks from today on Friday, March 9th. more ›

We bring you all the latest news about the city's two most anticipated bowling venues: Mission Bowling Club and Lucky Strike Lanes. Because we know how you've been patiently waiting for some new ten-pin options in the city. more ›

The proposed Mission Bowling Club coming to 17th Street in that namesake neighborhood needs some support from the Board of Supervisors to move forward, the Examiner reports today. Due to some quirks in the planning code that restrict liquor licenses in the semi-industrial wasteland East of Mission street, MBC will need to get an exemption in order to let the locally sourced beer and cocktails flow when they plan to open next spring. Luckily for us and everyone else who enjoys getting sloshed while knocking down pins, freshmen supes Jane Kim and Scott Wiener are already pushing the legislation through. more ›

From our pals at Tablehopper comes word that the ladies behind the conveniently sized Mini Bar on Divisadero will be opening a six-lane bowling alley in the Mission next spring. Apparently they weren't thrilled by those rumors of Brooklyn Bowl's Western expansion (which sounds like it was never really a thing), and decided to handle the matter of setting up a neighborhood bowling alley themselves. This is great news for those of us who don't want to go bowling in dress jackets for $80 bucks a lane (which should be all of us). more ›

San Francisco's elite Mission district could be the lucky recipient of a high-end-ish bowling alley, just like SoMa. According to Inside Scoop's Paolo Lucchesi, "New York's acclaimed Brooklyn Bowl has been the subject of some juicy rumors involving a possible Mission District location." While it's still in the gossipy stages and a locale has yet to be determined (obviously), Lucchesi warns us to "keep an eye on the 2500 block of Mission Street." Whatever it will be -- if it will be -- we can only hope a lot of WASP food cart Blue Bottle beer DoloPark salted caramel Bansky LEED heroin bikes will be involved. That would be the most, to say the least. [SFGate, via Mission Mission] more ›

Glorious news, Mission Bay, South Beach, SoMa, and Rincon Hill residents. More details have emerged in what might happen to the closing Borders Books at Third and King. As previously reported, talk of a bowling alley crackled in August. But now, according to LiveSOMA, it could be, possibly be, may be a done deal. more ›

The Border's Books at 200 King Street in South Beach, sadly, will close its doors for good in October. (On a personal note, we will miss the staff, the stuffed cream cheese pretzels, and regularly thumbing through European fashion rags at the retail chain.) Last night, we noticed “Store Closing” signs posted throughout the place, so you might want to head over for good deals while they last. more ›

We are still trying to work with the Presidio Trust on lease extensions as well as finding a new home for bowling, but to date we have not been successful. The Presidio Trust has been unable to find a suitable location to build a new bowling center. Your comments are necessary to champion our cause.

At first, we thought this was a bunch of art students or gamesters when we saw people setting up cones and bowling balls on a steep hill. Sidewalk bowling? more ›