Metro Bowl

What a fine establishment. Great place to drink and have fun. The owner Jim is great, the staff is awesome and a lot of fun. $5 glass pitchers of Hamms's/Schiltz. They do not make bars like this anymore.

Metro Bowl is the no-nonsense place to meet your friends for drinks in Crystal Lake.  It is laid back and generally d.bag free.  You can watch a game, play darts, bowl or just drink without any fuss.  Simple.  The decor probably hasn't been updated since the place opened, but I think it just adds to the charm.

Wow, I wish I had realized how totally awesome this place was when I was younger and lived in Crystal Lake.  Retro-fun on the cheap, everyone.  $1.50 shoe rentals, $3.50 games, $2.00 Hamm's, and pitchers of diet coke for $3.50.  AMAZING.  You get to keep your own score, and they play awesome tunes here to boot.  I LOVE METRO-BOWL.