Green Room

its ok, not fantastic, but was a decent place - until... dun dun dun... IT MOVED!

This location is closed and boarded up.  I dont know where they moved to.  Dont waste your time.

However, if you know where they move to, it's worth checking out.  Its fairly cheap pool table - like $9 an hour.

Great place, all new and very clean. No beer yet, he said they are waiting another 30 days for the license. We had the place completely to ourselves, I hope they can stay in business. I notice there is very little web presence, I think an attractive website for this business could bring in customers. The address is 3458 N San Fernando, 90065, not 4006 as shown above, open from 2pm weekdays and 12 noon weekends.

You know what?  This place isn't so bad.  That said, it's not for everyone.  That said, it's the only place I know this close to LA where you can play Snooker.  And they also have Russian Pyramid tables, and I don't know anywhere else that offers that.

The crowd when I went was mostly a bunch of older dudes playing backgammon or something.  I guess they serve coffee and tea; there are little jars full of sugar cubes placed around some of the pool tables.  It was quite smoky inside there, so that's a definite [-1 star] from a spoiled non-smoking Californian!

I didn't really observe the American pool tables, but the snooker and Russian tables did look fairly worn.  While they were flat, there were definite scuffs by the starting points for the "colored" snooker balls.  On the Russian table I used, the cloth was completely worn on the table underneath the rail cushions, creating little grooves and preventing the balls from rolling straight (as if that game isn't already hard enough).  And finally, the old building's support pillars are too close to some of the tables, making it difficult to shoot from certain angles.  I'll have to dock a star there [-1].

This place is pretty awesome other than those few negatives I mentioned.  Snooker is insanely hard, and I'm not sure if Russian Pyramid is any easier (check wikipedia for info on each).  It would seem to make sense that if you got good at these games then you could destroy all your friends at 8-ball in a more local bar or pool hall, so that is why I recommend you check out the Green Room in Glendale.  Just give it a shot; bring a friend and your printed-out rules for Snooker or Russian Pyramid and find out how good you aren't!  (lol)