Spare Room

"Spare" room... get it? Dad jokes aside, 500 Pearl Street's onsite bowling alley is a thoroughly hipster-ed up affair with a retro-chic vibe: eight lanes furnished with midcentury-inspired seating and settees, an arcade with '80s- and '90s-era video machines, a bar where smart craft cocktails abound, and a dimly-lit, LED-imbued ambience more redolent of a chic nightclub than a bowling alley. You pay by the hour rather than per game, and there's one distinct downside that comes with that: regardless of how much time you pay for, the lights and scoring machines cut out after every hour and have to be turned back on manually, so time your games accordingly (or keep score on pencil and paper).

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Address

500 Pearl St.

Getting there

Metro Rail: Fountain Plaza

Hours

Mon-Thu 4PM-10PM, Fri 4PM-midnight, Sat noon-midnight, Sun noon-10PM

Price

Check website for detailed rate structure

Phone

+17168497280

Website

spareroombuffalo.com (opens in a new tab)