07/13/09

This is a great spot for burgers

by Me100

Great ol' standby for some good burgers and a lot of fun.

• Pros: Food
• Cons: Parking

04/29/07

Great pool room with super high ceilings, large windows, and funky old chandeliers.

by innachka2000

We had to come here because our usual pool joint was booked and what a pleasant surprise. The tables are well maintained. The cues are good enough. The pool room is AMAZING with super high ceilings, large windows that open up for a great breeze on a warm night, and funky old chandeliers. Lots of people but not crowned and the price was right on the money. We will definitely start coming here more often.

• Pros: Fantastic space for shooting pool
• Cons: None that I noticed

11/01/06

Great retro feel

by bbirkholz

Have a few beers and shoot pool on a full size table not a coin operated mini table.

After than bowl on the same alley your dad did (if he went to Lane)

This crazed bowling paradise also has great bar food and microbrews.

by Contributor

The Scene
Originally a Schlitz house built in 1922, Southport Lanes is a bar and grill with four bowling alleys (where pin boys still do the setting) and a billiard room with six sleek, regulation-size tables. Original stained-glass windows grace the main bar and its high-backed wood booths and tables. On weekends, the crowds of preppy singles in their 20s and early 30s extend out the door, several layers of people crowding the bar shouting for another drink, or having a hollered conversation over the too-loud music.

The Draw
A jukebox is stocked with Dave Matthews Band, the Grateful Dead and whatever else the kids are listening to these days. The full bar can handle mainstream cocktails, but draft and bottled beer are most popular. Straightforward American food is served in huge portions--including cheddar fries and delicious turkey and chicken Caesar sandwiches.

04/01/03

If you're not a regular, don't apply

by Miriam

This is a cool bowling alley in the hood...But if you aren't a regular or a pretty young girl or kind of hot guy you can forget about anyone paying attention to you.

• Pros: nastolgic
• Cons: staff has an attitude

11/13/02

clicky

by ratpita

This neighborhood place spins what should be friendly into neighborhoody & stay out if you ain't from here.

The lanes are O.K., the shoes look like they are as old as the business and they are proud of it.

The weekends are impossible if you are from the neighborhood because they are overrun.

Food takes forever. Sometimes the staff is friendly, sometimes they don't care, just pay them.

• Pros: neighborhoody, cool look
• Cons: expenisive, staff is indifferent, no parking

08/28/02

Awesome Private Party!!

by ctbyrne

Best Private Party my company has ever had.

Excellent Food, Drinks, Staff! It could not get any better.

• Pros: Beer Selection, Unique, Pin Setters!!

07/29/02

I agree...best bar food!

by itascakae

Yes---tasty bar food, nice size portions and good beer selection. Fun neighborhood establishments are hard to find, but Southport Lanes rocks! I like the billards also now that I'm into that. Can be crowded at times, but that's the mark of a good place, don't ya think???

07/23/02

Great Place!

by Whats_my_name

I have recently visited Southport Lanes for my first time. What a great place! I bowled like a rock-star, had an awesome burger and tried 3 beers I have never had before. I will definitely be back!

• Pros: Inexpensive, Good food, So much to do!