Shrewsbury Lanes

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  Yes, it's a bit dirty and quite a bit antiquated BUT it's a bowling alley?
  
  What more do you really need -  lanes, balls and beer! :)
  
  If you don't mind an older style bowling alley - stop by on a Sunday for discounted games and enjoy the ambiance in all it's 1970's  glory!

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  Posted on 05.23.12 Heather D.

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  Not a modern facility, a little dingy, bad ball selection (not many and most aren't labeled by weight), and the parking lot is chuck full of giant potholes, but they offer cheap bowling and they have a cheap (cash only) snack bar, cheap beer and pool, and if you are a BYOBer (Ball), you should be good to go.

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  Posted on 03.05.12 Kelly B.

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  Antiquated bowling alley.  They have auto scoring, but I think the machines date back to the very first ones ever invented.   You can bowl a good score on the lanes if you are used to old school bowling.  The snack bar has really good food.  You can go here and have a blast with friends/family because you do not feel overwhelmed by the atmosphere like at some other bowling alleys.  Pretty much anything goes here.    It needs a good scrubbing and updating.  Don't order Heineken at the bar, because they don't have it.

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  Posted on 01.05.12 Anthony G.

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  Walking in here is like stepping into a time warp; you're instantly transported back into the 1960s when it was built. From the looks of it, this place hasn't changed a bit. Scoring is done on stone-age monolith machines where you can only put your initials down, and they have bowling league announcements hanging letter by letter on strings over the lanes. I actually found it to be really fun and cute, maybe even charming, compared to the cheesy animations and touch screens you get at your regular Brunswick chain that's trying too hard to cater to the preteen birthday party.
  
  Minus a star , though, because I split open my thumbnail in the middle of our second game because I couldn't find the right bowling ball in terms of weight and finger hole size...I felt like there was a limited variety of bowling balls, or they were all just poorly organized. And minus another star for the inordinate amount of secondhand smoke that wafted down from the bar, where everyone in the establishment seemed to be. Yuck. I told myself that it was probably like that in the sixties, too (smoking's good for you, right?). Honestly don't blame them for keeping the place smoke-friendly though, the lanes were absolutely dead on a Friday night.
  
  A decent (and cheap) night regardless! My friends and I had a lot of  fun, bloody thumbs and all, and we'll probably be back.

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  Posted on 11.17.11 Matt S.

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  Not bad!
  
  This definitely isn't a fancy schmancy bowling alley. Nope. It's gritty and a little run down, but maybe that's part of the charm?
  
  I came here with friends on a Friday night, and we had no problem getting a few lanes and bowling our little hearts out. And the games and shoes are CHEAP!
  
  I couldn't believe that it was so empty on a Friday night. Well...yes, I could. Like I said before, it's a little run down. But who cares -- my mediocre bowling skills aren't worthy of a fancier place, anyway!
  
  I would definitely come back, especially since it's so close to my digs.

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  Posted on 06.25.10 Stephanie S.

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  Oh this poor little bowling alley.  I feel like it is so forgotten.  This largely has to do with the location I imagine.  This place is buried (and I mean BURIED) behind the Shop n Save and Ashley Furniture Outlet on Watson Rd. and sandwiched in by the train tracks that run behind there.  People use this road as a cut through, not as a true place to go out.  I feel like the bowling alley suffers because of this unfortunate location.  
  
  However, this place is still somewhat bustling amazingly enough.  It's not quite as packed as other bowling alleys I have been too, but in many ways, that is very good.  That is very very good if you are hoping to get a lane without reserving one.  Also, the place is very old and kind of dingy, but it's not as smoky as many bowling alleys in the area.  That is largely due to their lack of population I imagine.  
  
  On Thursday nights you can get a bucket of 6 beers for only $12, which is awesome.  They have a huge assortment of balls to choose from, and you can even get bumpers if you call ahead and reserve them.  (OK, it's embarassing that I know that, oh well.)
  
  Shrewsbury Lanes is the scrappy little bowling alley that keeps on kicking.  It's very Big Labowski, if you catch my drift.  No glory, but wow, the ones that know about it are quite loyal to their bowling alley.

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  Posted on 08.21.08 Amanda Z.

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