In bowling, we like life in the fast lanes.Byline: Best of ... by The Register-Guard Best of ... loves bowling and any other sport you can do with a beer in your hand. So when it came time to choose the best lane in Lane County, we were more excited than "Square" Earl Anthony Earl Roderick Anthony (April 27 1938 - August 14 2001) was a left-handed American professional bowler. He amassed a total of 41 titles on the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) Tour, a record that was broken by Walter Ray Williams on September 24, 2006. when he passed the million dollar earnings mark. We grabbed our bowling ball see-saw, chucked our Ebonite in the bag and slipped on our purple Jesus Purple Jesus may refer to:
Ready to bowl. Finding the best lanes in Eugene-Springfield sounded easy enough, but it proved to be tougher than converting a 7-10 split (cue sound of Best of ... bowler rolling a gutter ball gutter ball n. A ball played in bowling that goes into the gutter and scores no points. ). We liked all the places we rolled, including the Firs Bowl on River Road, which is spacious and friendly, and Strike City on Highway 99, which is spotless and has a full bar. Emerald Lanes is also operating-room-clean, and Timber Bowl in Springfield has a warm, old-fashioned-meets-modern-day vibe as evidenced by the snack bar menu, which features both fried eggs and Widmer hefeweizen. The mills may be closed in Oakridge, but the ball returns are still humming at Willamette Lanes. Cottage Grove Cottage Grove, village (1990 pop. 22,935), Washington co., SE Minn., near the St. Croix River; inc. 1965. There is farming (cattle, sheep, corn, and soybeans) and manufacturing (chemicals and machinery). boasts hard maple hard maple n. See sugar maple. and pine lanes, and Drain has a funky six-laner. Which means there's only one place left, South Eugene's fabulous Southtowne Lanes. Wedged in between a pawn shop a shop where a pawnbroker does business. - Shak. See also: Pawn and a garden store, Southtowne is where it's at. The place earned some notoriety recently after being the site of an ugly incident involving a pair of brawling brothers and Eugene police, but regulars assure us this isn't the kind of place where people throw down and engage in fisticuffs. What we really like here is the ambience, which is best described as Big Lebowski-esque. Popular with college students and birthday partiers, this probably isn't the place for bowling purists. But we like an alley where the din of conversation is at least as loud as the crashing of the pins. And on a related note, the beer selection here is top notch. Microbrews or macrobrews, take your pick. This may be the only bowling alley this side of Missoula, Mont., that serves Moose Drool Moose Drool is a brown ale brewed by the Big Sky Brewing Company of Missoula, Montana, United States. It is brewed with whole black, chocolate, caramel, pale malts and Willamette, Liberty, and Golding hops. Brown Ale Brown ale is a style of beer made with a dark or brown malt[1]. The term brown beer was first used by London brewers in the late 1600s to describe their products, such as mild ale[2]. . You can also shoot pool here, which is another sport that we like to play with our buddy Weiser. Southtowne boasts video games, pinball machines and a "Photostrike" machine that flashes a picture of your smiling mug when you bowl a strike or a spare. For competitive bowlers, there is league play on Tuesdays, a social league on Wednesdays and occasional "trio" tournaments for cash. Some more serious bowlers say Southtowne doesn't pamper pam·per tr.v. pam·pered, pam·per·ing, pam·pers 1. To treat with excessive indulgence: pampered their child. 2. its bowlers the way other local venues do. Some say it's hard to notch a perfect game here, which is just fine by us. We couldn't score 300 if you let us bowl with a push broom and balsa wood Noun 1. balsa wood - strong lightweight wood of the balsa tree used especially for floats balsa Ochroma lagopus, balsa - forest tree of lowland Central America having a strong very light wood; used for making floats and rafts and in crafts pins, so worrying about lane conditions and oil patterns is far, far beyond us. We're just happy to have a place to make a lot of noise knocking stuff over, and an excuse to wear funny shoes with numbers on the heels. Bowling is all about three holes and the truth. Let the good times roll at the Best of ... archive at www.registerguard.com/bestof. BEST BOWLING ALLEY Southtowne Lanes Where: 2486 Willamette St. Hours: Noon to midnight Monday through Thursday, noon to 1 a.m. Saturdays and Sundays and noon to 11 p.m. on Sundays How much: $2.50 per game before 6 p.m., $3.50 per game after 6 p.m. CAPTION(S): Southtowne Lanes may not be No. 1 with hardcore keglers, but the ambience would make even the Big Lebowski feel at home. |
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