Mr Lucky's Billiards

I was going to describe this place as a dark, velvety man-cave, but I stopped mid-sentence because it was too lurid. Seriously though, it is that, in the best way possible.

Atmosphere/Crowd:
Speaking as a small female individual between 18 and 21, I felt safe and had a lot of fun in my group of about 8-9 people ranging from 20-30 years of age. It wasn't weird that a few of us didn't drink. I went on a Thursday night, and there were a few other groups of 20-somethings playing pool, but there wasn't any competition for tables, at all. Things were in nice, clean condition, and while scoping the place out, I didn't worry about herpes at any point, which is unusual for me.

The bar:
It's small and sort of weird; I'm an unhelpful reviewer of this scene on the grounds that I'm underage, but I would venture to conclude that pool is genuinely the main affair. That sounds like a "duuuuh" comment, but don't look at me all innocently! Yoou know there are shitty tavern-things where games like poker are a pretext for ritualized binge drinking and bitching about the challenges of being brusque manly men who like to have intercourse with women and earn 60% of the household income. ("So the other day, I come home and think the old lady is finally makin' Cinnamon Spice Cobbler, or perhaps, uh, dryin'  some freshly f****** laundered linens in the motha******* sunlight. So, I says to her-listen, Larry, listen-I says to her, 'Woman, where the f**** is the Cashmere With Hints of Nutmeg and Sandalwood™?' but as it happens, it was just a goddamn motha******' Glade™ plugin. I was blown away, Larry, BLOWN AWAY. And not in the traditional sense, neither.")
Anyway, didn't see many people at the bar, and there weren't many stools there to begin with so I guess that's good.

PRO:
-I like the calm atmosphere..
-it didn't smell weird when I went
-there weren't pushy loud drunks trying to start fights or anything.
-I appreciate dark spaces with fairly decent music played at a reasonable volume, and this is one of those..
-There are squishy theater-style chairs all along the walls..pretty nice set-up.. good for people watching and such, so.. the furniture itself is great.

CON:
-The spacial organization is totes awk! When you're in the theater seats around the perimeter of the room, there are lots of opportunities to get nailed in the face with the back end of a pool cue. It's annoying whether you're playing or the one taking a pool cue to the face. (but funny as hell if you're just a sadistic spectator)

-The few people sitting at the bar were large, strange, greying old men. (only a con subjectively speaking.. of course any "pro/con" label is by necessity a subjective distinction, but that's neither here nor there)

-The guys actually working in there seemed young and kinda way cooler than me..like unfriendly, yanno?
(With that said, I think if you're going to a pool hall with the expectation of service with a smile alá TGI Fridays, you're gonna have a bad time.)
(Also that would be stupid.)
For the record, they are very assertive about their 18+ policy, and they *will* check your ID.

By far my favorite place to play pool and chill on a weekday night.  Weekends are fine too but it gets a little crowded.  

They have a great variety of tables - more big tables than small tables, varying pocket tightness, hourly and quarterly tables, etc, etc, etc.

The quality of everything here is immaculate.  The tables roll flawlessly, the house cues are the best I've ever seen, the balls seem like they're all brand new, the beer is fantastic, the music is great, and the service is wonderful.  Everyone I've met that works behind the bar is extremely friendly and hard-working.  

It's also ridiculously inexpensive.  My girlfriend and I can play for 2 hours, get 3 great craft beers, and get out for under $20.  You really can't beat that.

Torrance and nightlife..These words don't really go together. *SIGH* Not many options but here's another alright place to add to your list.

Pitcher of Arrogant Bastard and billiards...on a Thursday night... that will do.

Big open space, small dumpy bar with some decent beers on tap. Plenty of tables and very mellow place.

Just a place to go play and drink.