Highland Park Bowl

The ambiance of this place is the draw. You feel like you have transported to a different time & place. Decent pizza.

What an amazing throwback! A bowling alley with an authentic vintage-steampunk vibe. The best way to score lanes is to book a group reservation well in advance. It's not cheap at more than $100 a head, but for two hours of bowling plus unlimited food and drinks, it actually squares up okay. The food's decent -- mostly pizzas with things like meatballs and burgers added in. But you're really going here for the atmosphere and a fun night out with friends. (Fun place to people watch even if you don't end up bowling). This place gets crowded, which means service can be slow, but they graciously tacked more time onto our two hours of food and drink when we waited 25 minutes for the first round of cocktails to arrive.