Metro Bowl

this is a bowling alley that is very odd.  they have small balls and funny shaped pins.  the bowls are so small you get to roll 3 of them per frame!  that's cool.  the lighting was off that saturday morning, it was light up like a neon cosmic pinball machine, which would hurt my head if I had a hangover.  But, if you want to try that odd bowling, it was nicely odd.

Bumper bowling rates are by the hour, which makes it cost prohibitive for me to bring just my son (maybe consider going back with the whole family).
Video games take two tokens, which is kind of a rip-off, especially since most were old and didn't have good ticket payouts.

So we went to Peabody cause we were looking for a fun filled day of mini golf, bowling, and seafood.  Metro Bowl was where we ended up.  SO GLAD.  For a Saturday early evening, the place was spacious, smelled clean, and the service was FANTASTIC.  Elvis, or Walt the guy behind the counter is such a sweetheart.  He laid compliments and funny comments to us the whole time.  What a great guy.  The computer system is a little old as we have to put our scores in ourselves, but heck I grew up on paper and pencil, so WHO CARES?

They have a little arcade area with prizes so that's a nice addition, and the bathrooms are clean.

They have food and drinks as offer, so that is pretty cool too.  We would never have stumbled upon this place if we weren't looking specifically for bowling places near the Sea Witch, but we are so glad we did.  The atmosphere was comfortable, and the disco bowling was cute with likeable music.

The service was a plus, even the two teens working behind the counter was attentive.  This looks like a place where the locals go, and good for them.  I would too if I lived in this area.  

The lanes seemed well taken care of too, you'd be surprise how often lanes break, we have gone to Lucky Strikes and other Boston places, and it's such a pain to find people to reset your pins or whatever.  We never had to here.  We had a good time, thank you Metro Bowl and Walt/Elvis!