Lucky Strike

  

The art of bowling may strike you as somewhat less than glamorous. Visions of bowling alleys smelling of stale cigarettes, dated 60’s décor, men in short-sleeved polyester shirts with embroidered name tags and clown shoes might flood your mind. But, my friends, bowling can, in fact, be very glamorous. Welcome to Lucky Strike, the new, very trendy, bowling alley/bar/restaurant that opened up in the old Borders space across from AT&T ballpark in SOMA. 

I was blown away with the old bookstore’s transformation. As we walked into Lucky Strike on Friday night, the place with swarming with young twenty-somethings, either perched at the expansive bar or dining at the surrounding tables. We proceeded past the restaurant/bar area, into the new era of bowling; where projector screens flank the end of each alley,  playing NCAA games (in the spirit of March Madness) and groups of people are lounging on couches, cheering their teammates to knock those pins down, as waiters serve cocktails, beer, wine and all that really unhealthy bar food that always tastes so good after you’ve been drinking. 

Along with fourteen others, we overtook two lanes at Lucky Strike and for a mere $60/person, we drank to our hearts content and bowled till we could bowl no more (for two hours). If only they offered the option of bumpers, as a high score of 26 proves I am no bowling champion. 

Lucky Strike, 200 King Street, San Francisco, CA 94107.