Best of Boston

Best Bowling Alley

2005 Best Bowling Alley

Boston Bowl

Dorchester
Forty-four lanes. Metal bumpers. Affordable prices. A kingpin's dream—and now a bowling reality. The pro shop (yes, this bowling alley has a pro shop) stocks [...] read more»
2004 Best Bowling Alley

Lanes & Games

Cambridge
Bowling is enjoying an indubitable renaissance as of late, with funky alleys attracting a quasi-hipster bar crowd. But as much as we enjoy our fancy [...] read more»
2003 Best Bowling Alley

Kings

Boston
Bowling alleys don't traditionally offer Veuve Clicquot. But then, Kings is not your traditional bowling alley. It's part lounge, part pool hall, and all fun. [...] read more»
2002 Best Bowling Alley

Lanes & Games

Cambridge
This is the closest Bostonians can come to a classic bowling alley experience, aside from watching The Big Lebowski. At Lanes & Games, all the [...] read more»
2001 Best Bowling Alley

Milky Way Lounge & Lanes

Jamaica Plain
Homer Simpson's bowling alley it's not. First, the food is actually good: pizza from Bella Luna, not greasy hot dogs that spin around and around [...] read more»
1999 Best Bowling Alley

The Milky Way Lounge & Lanes

Jamaica Plain
Forget "cosmic bowling"—whatever that is. Instead, check out the Milky Way Lounge & Lanes in Jamaica Plain, where in addition to candlepin bowling, hot local [...] read more»
1992 Best Bowling Alley, Suburban

The Fairway Sports World

Natick
This place doesn't mess around. It's big and clean and uncluttered by such bowling alley side dishes as video games, coffee shops, and bars. read more»
1975 Best Bowling Alley

Boston Bowl

Dorchester
Fifty glistening lanes which resound with pin thunder twenty-four hours a day. Donny Graham, the sports editor of the Washington Post has been known to [...] read more»