Thursday, August 11, 2011

Today's sign of the apocalypse: A mini golf-bocce ball-nightclub combo on University Place

The 16,000-square-foot Greenwich Village Country Club is coming this fall from the Bowlmor Lanes folks, Eater reports. Oh, and there's shuffleboard too. At University and 13th Street.

10 comments:

Ken from Ken's Kitchen said...

That is SOME imagineering, Bowlmor! Take bowling, America's premiere blue-collar pastime, and turn it into a "luxury experience" complete with 'celebrity chef and "semi- private banquette seating?!" Whoa...No one's EVER thought of doing THAT in NYC before! And you're gonna do the same thing to mini-golf? Stop it man, you're BLOWING MY MIND!

Oh, and "who doesn't love mini-golf?" I doesn't!!!

Anonymous said...

it should be ok, no apocalypse here. the clubhouse is located on the roof of the bowlmor bowling lanes building.

Crazy Eddie said...

“a bocce ball court” ?

All I can say is “Forget about it!”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zf0ZyoUn7Vk

Anonymous said...

Hey if it results in frat-hoes asking the question: "Guys, should we hit the bars on Ave B? or should we check out the new Bowlmor scene instead?"
then, this is great news.

Jeremy said...

Yea - this is awesome. Keep all of the B&T in one place all night. Less people in the EV, so I support it! And I'm mildly jealous...

Anonymous said...

i don't know why people are so afraid of a bocce ball court, if any of you are REAL residents of the east village and the lower east side, then you would know there is a FREE bocce ball court in a (unnamed) park here.

RC said...

btw, i found an old photo (photo looks like it was taken circa 1970s, 1980s) of "first park" on e houston and first ave having a bocce ball court. first park no longer has a bocce court (but there is another one located a few blocks away).

http://books.google.com/books?id=Epqr_te4DBsC&lpg=PA30&pg=PA31

Anonymous said...

Didn't they hear about the beating of the rock star?Dangerous hood man.

Anonymous said...

I can totally see boccee ball becoming the next ironic hipster pastime. You'll see.

Jeremy said...

Anon 10:44 - you must never have gone to Brooklyn. Bocce Ball is everywhere there. Union Hall and Floyd's just to name two locations.