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Dart Bowl

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Local(512) 452-2518

5700 Grover Ave
Austin, TX 78756

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Dart Bowl
Local(512) 452-2518

5700 Grover Ave
Austin, TX 78756

http://austin.citysearch.com/profile/external/10236474/austin_tx/dart_bowl.html

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  • 32 Lanes & Full-service Bar
  • Dart Bowl Steak House
  • Private Party/Meeting Room

Bring your family & friends to Dart Bowl & join us for the #1 participation sport in America. Dart Bowl has been bringing fun indoor entertainment to Austin since 1977. We offer 32 lanes with automatic scoring, a full-service bar, a video arcade room, and the popular Dart Bowl Steak House, serving Austin's favorite homemade enchiladas and bread.Don't miss Monday night Dollar Mania at Dart Bowl. Games, shoes, nachos, hot dogs and 16oz sodas are $1 from 9pm-12am. Want more? Click on the coupon link to get half price bowling any day before 6pm.In addition to recreational bowling, we offer league bowling, senior bowling & bumper bowling for the kids. Plus, we've got group party packages for all those upcoming birthday parties, corporate parties or special events. Choose a standard package, or let us tailor a bowling package to fit your needs.

User Reviews of Dart Bowl

Yelp.com Review - by Mark L.

4.0 of 5 stars. Dart Bowl is a fun night out for a group of people where you don't have to spend a ton of money. It's less than $5.00 a group, you can play about one game an hour. The alley has been around for a...
yelp.com - user review - 09/27/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by michelle k.

4.0 of 5 stars. What's better than bowling? At Dart Bowl you get bowling, cheap drinks and enchiladas and the house bread that cannot be missed. The enchiladas are a hot gooey plate of cheese and enchilada goodness....
yelp.com - user review - 08/30/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Jesshay G.

4.0 of 5 stars. Dart bowl is pretty much a time warp and proabably looked exactly the same back in 1982. The place gets a mixed crowd ranging from families to those lost souls sporting wrist guards, custom balls, and...
yelp.com - user review - 07/02/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Walter D.

4.0 of 5 stars. I recently went to Dart Bowl for the first time celebrate my friend's birthday. What a trip that was. It was like stepping back in time. It reminded me of when I was growing up in the 80's and playing...
yelp.com - user review - 06/07/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Adley H.

4.0 of 5 stars. I live a few blocks from Dart Bowl. Moving into that area, having a bowling alley around the corner wasn't a big selling point. Sure, it wasn't a negative, but I wasn't peeing my pants with...
yelp.com - user review - 04/16/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Liz B.

4.0 of 5 stars. So after living 2 blocks away for a year, I decided to check out Dart Bowl a few weeks ago on a Saturday night. It's cheap, they have drinks, and enchiladas!Wow, what was I waiting for??? Oh yeah, I...
yelp.com - user review - 03/10/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by edison c.

4.0 of 5 stars. Everyone loves Dart Bowl. Why don't you? I dug that I found a ball my fat fingers fit in. Say that 5 times fast.Fat fingers fit in.Fat finger fit in.Fat finger fitzehFatz finge fittyYeah that was only...
yelp.com - user review - 01/03/2009
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Yelp.com Review - by Cody A.

4.0 of 5 stars. This is my favorite place to bowl in Austin. The only thing keeping this from having 5 stars is always having wait for a lane. Seems every time I go in there is a wait. It's never a very long wait but...
yelp.com - user review - 11/29/2008
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Hidden old school gem.

Don't let the bowling alley front fool you.. these ladies are cranking out...
urbanspoon.com - user review - 11/11/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Anthony C.

4.0 of 5 stars. Enchiladas. Greasy, gooey enchiladas.Enter the bowling alley, travel to the right and enter the Dart Bowl Cafe. The booths are comfortable, and they have ancient beer cans lining the ceiling. Nice....
yelp.com - user review - 10/30/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Erin J.

4.0 of 5 stars. The Dart Bowl is the best of the three Austin alleys, Highland Lanes, Westgate Lanes and Dart (um..300 is NOT a bowling alley). The alley itself has been updated with the familiar four-seater swivel...
yelp.com - user review - 10/26/2008
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Oh Snap... Dart Bowl Enchiladas

This is number two on my list of favorite enchilada places in Austin. Get...
urbanspoon.com - user review - 10/09/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by vette w.

5.0 of 5 stars. Sometimes unemployment has benefits. This is the story of The Lone Bowler. My first trip to Dart bowl was on a Tuesday night and it was swarming with league players. The two kids behind the counter...
yelp.com - user review - 10/08/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Mike L.

3.0 of 5 stars. So I had these bowl-2-games-free tickets for Dart Bowl. A stack of 'em. Don't ask me how I got them, but I had a lot. I had probably 5 left when they expired. Do you know why I didn't get to use them?...
yelp.com - user review - 09/17/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Anna G.

5.0 of 5 stars. When they're wearing the glove, you know they're serious. For many, bowling is not just a goofy, ESPN II sport, a mere distraction coupled with slightly warm lager and cheerful conversation. The...
yelp.com - user review - 08/15/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Ellen J.

3.0 of 5 stars. This IS your father's bowling center. Good beer, plenty of smokers who now must go outside to indulge, and waitresses who will swiftly put you in your place you when you call them "hey!" (I didn't do...
yelp.com - user review - 08/15/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Matthew H.

4.0 of 5 stars. When a drifter needs to have a bit of beer and bowl off the memories of Vietnam, this is where "Old Liberty" comes to do it.Using my bowling style that I call simply, "Lobbing", I managed to somehow...
yelp.com - user review - 08/11/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Kevin N.

4.0 of 5 stars. I'm just going to note right up front that I'm not a big fan of enchiladas in general: don't get me wrong, I believe that they exist and all (and certainly that they have a right to), but I don't...
yelp.com - user review - 08/11/2008
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Bowling??? I only eat the Enchiladas by Grady C. at InsiderPages

I was not even sure they had bowling, what they have are fantastic Enchiladas I have been eating since I was 10 years old. Don't live in Austin and never try these Enchiladas.
citysearch.com - user review - 08/07/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Christine A.

4.0 of 5 stars. Our family loves Dart Bowl. It's great for kids of all ages. When our son was in elementary school, we had several of his birthday parties here. He always got a giant 10 pound bowling pin with...
yelp.com - user review - 06/21/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Dee C.

2.0 of 5 stars. I guess those enchiladas are pretty good. Unfortunately when we went to sample them, we waited an hour with our hungry kids to get some. We ordered at 6:20 and walked out at 7:15 after having the...
yelp.com - user review - 06/13/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by M B.

5.0 of 5 stars. Dart Bowl is an excellent place to hang out on a sweltering summer weekend afternoon with the kids when it is too crazy hot to even think about going outside. The place is really kid-friendly -- once...
yelp.com - user review - 05/31/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Jessica W.

4.0 of 5 stars. Pin shaped beer bottles, cocktails in small cheap plastic cups, cheesy enchiladas, and bowling. What else can a girl ask for? I am a bit partial to Dart Bowl. My dad took me to the original Dart Bowl...
yelp.com - user review - 05/09/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Olivia P.

4.0 of 5 stars. Why, why, why are those animations that they have at bowling alleys so FREAKING WEIRD? Balls lassoing pins, balls dressed as Indiana Jones, pins dressed like rock stars, pins dancing in hula outfits...
yelp.com - user review - 05/05/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Teri R.

5.0 of 5 stars. Those enchiladas are a piece of heaven here on earth. Do you hear me? If you go when they have homemade rolls, you have experienced the very pinnacle of enchilada nirvana.
yelp.com - user review - 04/22/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Erik P.

5.0 of 5 stars. I haven't been bowling in over 10 years but decided to go out last night (friday night) with my partner and another couple. Since we live in Brentwood, it was an easy choice in location. We were...
yelp.com - user review - 03/01/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Cheyne M.

5.0 of 5 stars. I had a great time at Dart Bowl last night for $1 games and shoes...When you were attempting to Turkey (knock your third strike in a row) everyone in the bowling alley would gobble at you. It was so...
yelp.com - user review - 02/19/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Lauren M.

4.0 of 5 stars. Oh what a night...............and I didn't even bowl. That is how great this place is. Friday night was my first time to visit Dart Bowl and it will not be my last. The place was full of families,...
yelp.com - user review - 01/22/2008
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Truckstop enchiladas and burgers are bad /\ss

This place is great! The enchiladas are old skool truck stop style in a...
urbanspoon.com - user review - 01/18/2008
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Yelp.com Review - by Jessica S.

5.0 of 5 stars. The fun factor of this place is high! it's knda dive-y, and that's what makes it perfect. I didn't have the famous enchiladas for myself, but did enjoy a bite of my friend's. They're greasy and cheesy...
yelp.com - user review - 12/02/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Carrie C.

5.0 of 5 stars. Dart Bowl has great bowling alley karma. I never have fun bowling but I always have fun bowling at Dart Bowl. I'll even get up to say, a 56 or so, even though I never ever ever bowl above a 30.Those...
yelp.com - user review - 11/19/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Nicholas S.

5.0 of 5 stars. Best Bowling Alley in Austin!The $1 Monday's (dollar games, dollar shoes, dollar nachos, hot dogs, & sodas) can get a little ridiculous. By that I mean you must arrive super early to get on the list...
yelp.com - user review - 11/19/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Bill K.

4.0 of 5 stars. I used to goto this place every Friday with a group of regulars from work. They loved the place because it was a greasy spoon and they love getting harassed by the waitress. The "truck stop"...
yelp.com - user review - 10/30/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by jessica s.

4.0 of 5 stars. I'm a horrible bowler, but bowled one of my best scores at Dart Bowl for my friend's birthday. She must be good luck. Fun collection of bowling knick knacks and crap as you walk in. I would love to go...
yelp.com - user review - 09/19/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Colby B.

5.0 of 5 stars. It's the best bowling alley in town.They have the best enchiladas in Austin.They sell those Bud Lights that come in oversized bottles shaped like bowling pins.But what sets this place apart is the...
yelp.com - user review - 09/19/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Jaime M.

4.0 of 5 stars. So three wise men, Santa Claus, A bear in a yellow caftan, a lamb, a nun and a baby go into a bowling alley ... Sounds like the setup to a really bad joke, right? Actually, no. It's the setup for a...
yelp.com - user review - 09/10/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by alex e.

4.0 of 5 stars. The only probem i have with this place is that the bowling pin beers get me too drunk before i actually do any bowling. Everything is priced reasonably, and they have $1 bowling night. Ive never been...
yelp.com - user review - 08/29/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Jefe R.

4.0 of 5 stars. Man oh Man, is Dart Bowl a trip or what? I haven't been in a while, but it is easily my favorite place to bowl in Austin. For me, that's (almost) saying something, as I have bowled many, many places...
yelp.com - user review - 08/27/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Tom S.

4.0 of 5 stars. When it gets hot in the summer, I have to go some place to exercise so I head down to the Dart Bowl and get an order of their legendary cheese enchiladas. I must say they are excellent but don't...
yelp.com - user review - 08/26/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Mike B.

5.0 of 5 stars. Since I live only a few blocks away, I've been a Dart Bowl chili cheese enchilada eater for years. I am not really sure of what the draw of the place is, maybe it's the fact that places like this...
yelp.com - user review - 08/17/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by T. C.

5.0 of 5 stars. Bowling here is cool because I love their nachos and I can easily walk to the place. Mondays are a lil too packed but otherwise, no complaints.
yelp.com - user review - 08/16/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by aj c.

5.0 of 5 stars. Alamo Drafthouse Lebowskifest, Chili Cheese death enchiladas, $1 monday bowling games and $1 shoe rental. Full Bar. Old school neighborhood feel. What else could you want?
yelp.com - user review - 07/18/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Kelley R.

5.0 of 5 stars. Why is bowling alley food so good? I don't get it.If you want to go for Dollar bowling night you need to get there pretty early because they get filled up and will lead you to believe that people will...
yelp.com - user review - 07/08/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by carolyn v.

4.0 of 5 stars. The Good: :: no kids. no families. no screaming babies. just adults and no cheesetastic teenagers. :: very friendly service. people behind the counter are pleasant and friendly :: lots of balls to...
yelp.com - user review - 07/08/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Dawn M.

4.0 of 5 stars. i finally did it. i ordered the chili cheese enchiladas and i fucking loved them! my friend had the same but with a fried egg on top. i'm trying that next time. but i digress.....bowling is fun at...
yelp.com - user review - 07/04/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by rob m.

4.0 of 5 stars. Great food and crappy cocktails. Maybe I should stick to Miller Lite when I am at a bowling alley?It's true, the enchiladas are great, but be careful because you may have to run to the bathroom...
yelp.com - user review - 06/27/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by teri s.

4.0 of 5 stars. i like this place most because it's located right next to my house. the atmosphere could be a little cooler but it's definitely pretty laid back and comfortable. i haven't tried the food personally...
yelp.com - user review - 05/24/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Kristi W.

5.0 of 5 stars. Hell to the yeah! This is the best alley in which to bowl in the city.They have a full bar and crazy good enchildas..make sure to order the ones that come in the skillet. Holy crap they are good.Great...
yelp.com - user review - 03/24/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Steven N.

3.0 of 5 stars. Only 3 stars from this reviewer - based almost entirely on the chili cheese fries. The Fries were good, but the chili was kinda heinous - like Hormel from a can. There might be some good stuff on the...
yelp.com - user review - 02/02/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Logan Y.

4.0 of 5 stars. I have always enjoyed bowling, but Dart Bowl has made me near obsessive. I have started attending the $1 Monday bowling nights and now I feel like I am going through withdrawal if I don't make it out...
yelp.com - user review - 02/01/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by Sarah C.

5.0 of 5 stars. Dart Bowl is within shouting distance of my couch, so I may be a bit partial, but I do think it's the best bowling alley in town. It's a little on the small side and feels "dive-ish" (a plus). It's...
yelp.com - user review - 01/15/2007
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Yelp.com Review - by John D.

5.0 of 5 stars. Dart Bowl is a bowling alley with decent service, clean lanes, and it isn't so big you feel like you're at an amusement park. Now that that is out of the way, let's move on to something more...
yelp.com - user review - 12/13/2006
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Yelp.com Review - by Michelle C.

4.0 of 5 stars. Given the fact that I bowl maybe 2-3 times a year at most, I'm hardly a connoisseur of bowling alleys. However, as someone who eats at restaurants maybe ten times a week, I do take note of where to...
yelp.com - user review - 12/10/2006
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Yelp.com Review - by Sarah M.

4.0 of 5 stars. The first thing you see as you enter Dart Bowl (off 2222/W. Koenig) is an eclectic glass-enclosed display of bowling paraphernalia from past and present generations of bowlers. The place has history...
yelp.com - user review - 10/28/2006
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Decent atmosphere, nice enough lanes. by Robert L. at InsiderPages

I feel there's a conspiracy with Austin Bowling lanes that they all charge $20/hour. Even still, Dart Bowl is a pretty nice bowling alley. There's a dedicated eating area and a small bar. One thing that irked...
citysearch.com - user review - 02/25/2006
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Dart Bowl by Jasper J. at InsiderPages

I like this bowling alley since it is not usually as crowded as some of the others in town. This bowling alley is a little smaller than some of the other in town and they do not have as many perks as some of...
citysearch.com - user review - 11/26/2005
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Hidden bowling alley has clean lanes by Charlene B. at InsiderPages

Dart Bowl is located back in a neighborhood off 2222 and Lamar Blvd. Because it is so well hidden, it never seems to be crowded and there is always plenty of parking. They have a restaurant inside that serves...
citysearch.com - user review - 11/03/2005
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nice bowling without the wait by Kristen H. at InsiderPages

Dart Bowl on Grover is a great family bowling location. The Dart Bowl Lounge is also known for it's truck-stop style food. They have really great enchiladas. They alley is very clean, and the snack bar is...
citysearch.com - user review - 11/03/2005
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Great place to bowl!

This is the only bowling alley in Austin that I choose to bowl at. The service is always excellent and helpful. The lanes are always just right, and the atmosphere is very laid-back and comfortable. I truly...
citysearch.com - user review - 09/10/2005
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Great Bowling times

Dart Bowl is located back in a neighborhood off 2222 and Lamar Blvd. Because it is so well hidden, it never seems to be crowded and there is always plenty of parking. They have a restaurant inside t...
judysbook.com - user review - 09/04/2005
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Fun place

Dart Bowl is located in north Austin, and it has a diverse crowd and friendly atmosphere. Bar area has big screen TV and shares seating with the cafe. The kitchen has tasty home cooking. Dart Bowl al...
judysbook.com - user review - 08/18/2005
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Bowl the night away

Best bowling alley in Austin, hands down. With lots of lanes, the option to use bumper rails to prevent those nasty gutter balls, and great prices drinks (even pitchers!) this is the best bowling all...
judysbook.com - user review - 08/14/2005
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I agree! Dart Bowl is the best!!

I have been there, we always have to have the. THe place is very clean and well kept. It is definetely a hidden jewel of Austin. We love to go on the weekends as a family and bowl because there is a...
judysbook.com - user review - 08/10/2005
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Family Bowling great food

Dart Bowl on Grover is a great family bowling location. The Dart Bowl Lounge is also known for it's truck-stop style food. They have really great enchiladas. They alley is very clean, and the snack...
judysbook.com - user review - 08/09/2005
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Strike!

Kudos to Dart Bowl! Their prices are reasonable (compared to the local competition), and the facility was clean and organized. From my initial phone call to the facility, to when we settled our bill, Dart...
citysearch.com - user review - 10/24/2002
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Good House for Kids

This is the place I bring my kids. Great food. Good Lane availability. Great house.
citysearch.com - user review - 08/22/2002
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