With 10 real wood lanes and hot thin-crust pizza, Wilmette Bowling Center is an excellent place to come for fun and good food. It is a great venue for children's and adult parties and lanes are charged by both the hour and the lane. Bowling shoes are available for rental and the bowling center offers league bowling from fall through spring.
Strike Time is a small pro shop located inside the Lisle Lanes bowling alley. It offers a variety of balls, bags, shoes and accessories. Strike Time has been in business since 1990 and is the place to have expert fitting and drilling of a bowling ball.
Right inside of Brunswick Bowl on Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago's Bowlers Shop provides professional experience with former PBA champ Rich Blake in charge of fixing and selling bowling items. After you pick your new bowling ball, Blake and staff will drill the holes to fit your fingers. While you're waiting, you can wander through the shop to look at all the bowling memorabilia.
Located inside the River Rand Bowling center since 2003, The Bowlers ER offers everything a bowler needs to step up (or at least maintain) their game. The selection of bowling balls, bags and accessories is varied and surprisingly vast given the relatively small size of the actual store. The knowledgeable and friendly staff offer repairs as well as lessons, despite the fact that the business operates independently of the alley it shares space with.
St Charles Bowl has 7 big screen televisions and a lounge area and bar in addition to their bowling alley. They were also voted Best Bowling Center in Kane County by area residents. St. Charles Bowl has a snack bar available with many different options and offers a party package for birthdays or gatherings.
Simmons Pro Shop is a no-frills store that specializes in sporting goods and bowling knowledge, instruction, advice and equipment. The store is known for its thorough and professional service.
Brunswick Zone offers a wide range of bowling equipment, including shoes, bowling balls, ball bags and more. While many of the items at the store can be customized, Bowlers Universe specializes in handmade bowling balls for a custom fit. Customers can take lessons by appointment from store manager Mark London. London averages 230 per bowling season and has experience teaching beginners and PBA champions alike.
