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.
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10 comments:

  1. Ken from Ken's KitchenAugust 11, 2011 at 3:08 PM

    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!!!

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  2. AnonymousAugust 11, 2011 at 3:22 PM

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

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  3. Crazy EddieAugust 11, 2011 at 4:13 PM

    “a bocce ball court” ?

    All I can say is “Forget about it!”

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

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  4. AnonymousAugust 11, 2011 at 4:20 PM

    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.

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  5. JeremyAugust 11, 2011 at 8:43 PM

    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...

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  6. AnonymousAugust 11, 2011 at 11:47 PM

    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.

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  7. RCAugust 11, 2011 at 11:58 PM

    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

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  8. AnonymousAugust 12, 2011 at 3:49 AM

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

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  9. AnonymousAugust 12, 2011 at 10:44 AM

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

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  10. JeremyAugust 12, 2011 at 2:59 PM

    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.

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