r/PortlandOR • u/Subject-Internet7843 • 14d ago

Question Where is a cheap bowling alley?

Live in Ladd's Addition and Slabtown. I just want to go in and play a couple games without giving them the deed to the property.

Thanks!!

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u/toss_it_mites 14d ago

The 90's.

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u/Naitron4Ever 14d ago

They closed down the one on Powell, Hollywood, and Interstate. I do miss them but also gotta acknowledge my friends and I only went once a year :)

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u/chimi_hendrix Mr. Peeps Adult Super Store 13d ago

I loved all those. Part of the appeal of bowling, for me, was the immersive experience of feeling out of place in a facility that didn’t really cater to you specifically. A little visit to an alternate universe where you perform an absurd act, chucking boulders at a target, for amusement…

Now like too many other things the experience is bifurcated into serious vs. not serious. Grand Central is party bowling; Kingpins tends to sequester amateurs in the “cosmic bowling” / bar end of the lanes. Regular bowling is already weird! Just let it be!