Beatbots Message Board - renting a duckpin bowling alley?

MESSAGE BOARD Welcome, Guest. Please Login or Register HomeHelpSearchLoginRegister	WEBZINE A/V CLUB

rae bmore Posts: 5972 Master Mason Webzine Staff	renting a duckpin bowling alley? 09/21/07 at 2:50pm anyone done this before? like rent a spot out, BYO, that sorta deal? recommendations? i have never been duckpin bowling and am thinking about throwing my own damn bday party in order to finally do so!!
Back to top	dollops & pearls View Profile \| WWW IP Logged

onetet

Posts: 3111

Master Mason

Re: renting a duckpin bowling alley?
Reply #1 - 09/21/07 at 2:57pm

Well, Scott B's gf and I rented out the top floor of the Patterson for his last birthday.

It was pretty cool... I think it was $200 for 2 hours (definitely in that neighborhood) and there's probably 6-8 lanes up there, so you could easily accomodate 20+ bowlers and bring the cost down under $10/pop. I don't think shoes were included.

The one drawback was that there's an employee there who LIVES for such parties, and eats into your time with a 15-min+ lecture about do's and don'ts while using the lanes, mostly really common-sense shit, and peppers it with lame jokes. He also hangs out while you bowl, and he came across as a borderline creepy dude.

Still, it was a fun time, and I think it may be your only option for this sorta thing with Seidel's closed.

Back to top

daily drinker of Red Emma's coffee!

View Profile

IP Logged

mikeBHP

HDG, MD

INTERNET!

Posts: 1719

Master Mason

Re: renting a duckpin bowling alley?
Reply #2 - 09/21/07 at 2:59pm

the soft scientist wrote on 09/21/07 at 2:50pm:

anyone done this before? like rent a spot out, BYO, that sorta deal? recommendations?

i have never been duckpin bowling and am thinking about throwing my own damn bday party in order to finally do so!!

Try the Patterson Bowling center on Eastern Ave. We had a release party there with the Degenerettes. Also, there's a place on Bel Air Rd. if I'm not mistaken, Seidel's(?) that might still be open that Skizz used to bring the visiting filmmakers too during the MCF.

Back to top

http://www.betterhollywood.com

Quote:

"I drive truck, break arms and arm wrestle. It's what I love to do and it's what I do best. Being number one is everything. There is no second place. Second sucks." -Bull Hurley

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQtlrBziyzI

View Profile

IP Logged

mikeBHP

HDG, MD

INTERNET!

Posts: 1719

Master Mason

Re: renting a duckpin bowling alley?
Reply #3 - 09/21/07 at 3:02pm

onetet wrote on 09/21/07 at 2:57pm:

Well, Scott B's gf and I rented out the top floor of the Patterson for his last birthday.

It was pretty cool... I think it was $200 for 2 hours (definitely in that neighborhood) and there's probably 6-8 lanes up there, so you could easily accomodate 20+ bowlers and bring the cost down under $10/pop. I don't think shoes were included.

The one drawback was that there's an employee there who LIVES for such parties, and eats into your time with a 15-min+ lecture about do's and don'ts while using the lanes, mostly really common-sense shit, and peppers it with lame jokes. He also hangs out while you bowl, and he came across as a borderline creepy dude.

Still, it was a fun time, and I think it may be your only option for this sorta thing with Seidel's closed.

beat me to it.

Back to top

http://www.betterhollywood.com

Quote:

"I drive truck, break arms and arm wrestle. It's what I love to do and it's what I do best. Being number one is everything. There is no second place. Second sucks." -Bull Hurley

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQtlrBziyzI

View Profile

IP Logged

Rustbelly

Baltimore, Maryland

I am people!

Posts: 305

Entered Apprentice

Re: renting a duckpin bowling alley?
Reply #4 - 09/21/07 at 3:04pm

Seidels was the best (R.I.P. sniff!).

I agree with Onetet's description of Patterson... that guy is creepy and almost makes it worth not going there. Plus if you get too many people upstairs, it starts to feel pretty cramped. Stoneleigh on York Road towards Towson is alright, though the decor feels very 80s and they have "Freedom Fries" on the menu (they just got a BoB award). Hillendale is also alright... they have both duckpin and regular bowling, and there's a lot of space. There's another big one in a shopping center in Parkville that I like because it would take plenty of people to make it feel cramped and there's plenty of parking.

Back to top

View Profile

IP Logged

onetet Posts: 3111 Master Mason	Re: renting a duckpin bowling alley? Reply #5 - 09/21/07 at 3:10pm Rustbelly, at any of those other places do you get a whole seperate area for your party? That's the one thing that does make the Patterson seem pretty ideal. And you can definitely BYOB, etc.
Back to top	daily drinker of Red Emma's coffee! View Profile IP Logged

mikeBHP HDG, MD INTERNET! Posts: 1719 Master Mason	Re: renting a duckpin bowling alley? Reply #6 - 09/21/07 at 3:13pm yeah, that Patterson dude is creepy, seriously, you pay for 2 hours or whatever, he spends about a good 20 minutes of that talking and being creepy.
Back to top	http://www.betterhollywood.com Quote: "I drive truck, break arms and arm wrestle. It's what I love to do and it's what I do best. Being number one is everything. There is no second place. Second sucks." -Bull Hurley http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQtlrBziyzI View Profile IP Logged

rae bmore Posts: 5972 Master Mason Webzine Staff	Re: renting a duckpin bowling alley? Reply #7 - 09/21/07 at 3:16pm Hmmm, thanks for the advice!! I will def look into it. I'm also considering ripping off a bday party I went to this summer....renting out the sound proof balcony/boxes at The Senator. It's BYO there!!! I need to figure out what films will be out in early November though.
Back to top	dollops & pearls View Profile \| WWW IP Logged

Rustbelly

Baltimore, Maryland

I am people!

Posts: 305

Entered Apprentice

Re: renting a duckpin bowling alley?
Reply #8 - 09/21/07 at 3:22pm

onetet wrote on 09/21/07 at 3:10pm:

Rustbelly, at any of those other places do you get a whole seperate area for your party? That's the one thing that does make the Patterson seem pretty ideal. And you can definitely BYOB, etc.

Yeah, the private room aspect of Patterson's upstairs is a selling point. Stoneleigh is small enough that you could rent out the entire place. But Hillendale and Parkville are both rather large. Seidels was sort of in between, and rentable.

Back to top

View Profile

IP Logged

alishine Washington, DC I think park rangers are cool. Posts: 10 Entered Apprentice	Re: renting a duckpin bowling alley? Reply #9 - 09/22/07 at 9:45am Wait wait wait. There's duckpin bowling somewhere around here? I haven't been since I was a kid in Connecticut.
Back to top	View Profile \| GTalk \| AIM IP Logged

camouflage charles village I am people! Posts: 463 Entered Apprentice	Re: renting a duckpin bowling alley? Reply #10 - 09/22/07 at 9:50am duckpin was born in baltimore, allshine. also, I've been to three parties at Patterson and the dude was never creepy... just chatty. and he can bowl CRAZY good, like throw sidearm strikes into the lane next to his
Back to top	View Profile IP Logged

alishine

Washington, DC

I think park rangers
are cool.

Posts: 10

Entered Apprentice

Re: renting a duckpin bowling alley?
Reply #11 - 09/22/07 at 9:53am

camouflage wrote on 09/22/07 at 9:50am:

duckpin was born in baltimore, allshine.

also, I've been to three parties at Patterson and the dude was never
creepy... just chatty. and he can bowl CRAZY good, like throw sidearm
strikes into the lane next to his

It's an exciting day when I learn something new! I am now completely set on going duckpin bowling sometime soon.

Back to top

View Profile | GTalk | AIM

IP Logged

Boss I am people! Posts: 3 Newbie	Re: renting a duckpin bowling alley? Reply #12 - 09/22/07 at 11:01pm The Patterson dude is really creepy, seriously.But also exciting to me.
Back to top	iphone accessories ipod video converter View Profile IP Logged

GrandmasDick Ex Member	Re: renting a duckpin bowling alley? Reply #13 - 09/23/07 at 2:23am I wouldn't say creepy, just fucking extremely chatty with going over the rules. Seriously dude takes up 1/4 of your time explaining rules.
Back to top	IP Logged

camouflage

charles village

I am people!

Posts: 463

Entered Apprentice

Re: renting a duckpin bowling alley?
Reply #14 - 09/23/07 at 8:10am

Seriously, I've been to three bowling parties, 2 upstairs, 1 downstairs
and the guy has never done a single "creepy" thing at all. Is it because
of his haircut or his acid-washed jeans that this label gets put on him?
He's watching people coz they're in his place of business and he wants
to make sure drunks don't fuck up his livelihood. That's how I take it.
That and he's really chatty. And when you bring in the wrong kind of
alcohol (hard liquor) he's very polite about asking you to put it away.

Back to top

View Profile

IP Logged