Harbor Lanes Trophies

I loved this place, but not everyone may agree.  It's a bowling alley, about 25 lanes, in south Eureka; the location is a bit sketchy so I recommend driving.  We bowled at about 2 PM on a weekday and there was a dude taking his lunch in the little cafe.  The place has about 8 bottled beers, and a deep fryer, as well as a grill; the fries were OK but I wouldn't recommend anything more ambitious than that.

The lanes themselves, although obviously old, were well groomed - a guy was greasing them while we were there - and, at least lane 14 where we bowled was a really nice fast lane with no detectable off-level, humps or drift.

My favorite part about this was the fact that the place was a total throwback to the bright-plastic Brunswick lanes of the 70's.  In fact, I believe that's what this place is, and it hasn't changed - the house balls still include some of the original Brunswick Black Beauties, scarred and dented over the decades.  The seats are those weird orange plastic deals, swoopy and with drink stands.  The ball return has the air blower and the red 'trouble' button next to white 'cycle lane' buttons.  The computer is straight from the 70s and it was kind of a kick to use it; the guy at the desk who charged us $2.25 per game told us they were looking to upgrade it because parts are hard to find.  But to me that's sad; bowling here was like a flashback to my childhood.  We had a great time and I'd go back again.

UPDATE:  Well, we have been back again, a couple of times.  The third time we ate at the little coffee shop, we both got the foulest case of food poisoning imaginable.   I still love the place, but we'll be sticking to canned beer, shootin' pool, and bowling here in the future.

I go bowling at the rock n bowl every now and then. Last time I made the mistake of ordering food here. It SUCKS. I wish I could give this place 0 stars!!!! It was sooooooooo busy and the dumba**** over at Harbor Lanes thought one person manning the entire restraunt/snack bar/whatever you call it would be enough?? I paid $21 for my boyfriend and I to have Chicken finers, chilli fries, a milkshake, and a soda. We could've gone out to eat for the same price!! And since there was only one person working, she BURNT our food because she was taking everyone elses orders. I waited over 20 minutes for my food because the lady was to busy with customers to WATCH MY FOOD, thus letting it burn. No apologies or nothing. Wouldn't give me a refund. Over priced, CRAP service, and CRAP food. The bowling is decent I guess, but I can't expect much from Humboldt County. But come on guys, your tactics suck.