My friends and I went to All Star Lanes last Thursday or some bowling and beer. The first thing that STRIKES you when you walk in, is how empty the place is. There were literally only 3 lanes being used when we came in. We joked that it felt like a mausoleum. Anyways, a few of us have our own bowling/balls. After rolling our first few frames, we all noticed that our bowling/balls were literally caked with some brown subtance. I asked the gal up front what the story was...she looked at my ball, rubbed it, and said that it must have been on the ball before I came in. The funny thing was, I took it to a pro shop at another alley in Glendale that was full, and they cleaned the ball for me BEFORE we went to All Star Lanes. I assumed the gunk was the oil from the lanes...as it turns out, the ball return belts rub the bowling/balls, and also chip them.
Pros: cheap beer and bowling
Cons: inadequate equipment and laisez fair attitude
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