Bars & Clubs - Aug. 21, 2009
On the town in Milwaukee: Less than a year and counting
We've rolled into the final year of smoky bars and cigarettes over beers. At least indoors that is. The impending city wide and statewide smoking ban goes into effect July 5, 2010 and so with less than a year left, Milwaukeeans have a limited time to embrace and enjoy their tobacco filled evenings.
Tags: landmark lanes, smoking ban, smokers, non-smoking, bay view bowl, leff's, rookies, denny's george webb's

Sports - May 11, 2009
Go bowling for a great cause
It's not like you should need an excuse to go bowling on a Saturday afternoon in Milwaukee, but here's one, anyway: If you can put together a team and participate in "Ape's Bowling 'Cause We Care-A-Thon" this weekend at Bay View Bowl, you'll be helping out to raise money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
Tags: bowling, Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, bay view bowl

Bars & Clubs - May 1, 2009
On the town in Milwaukee: Do you join in on "Sunday funday?"
Where Sunday was previously reserved for recovery and respite in time for work Monday morning, someone coined the "Sunday funday" slogan, effectively adding another night of late night social drinking to the weekend.
Tags: sunday funday, bay view bowl, drinking sunday, soho 7, mcbob's, palomino, meze cafe, taylor's

Sports - Oct. 30, 2008
Rich bowled a 300
Exactly one year ago on Saturday, I wrote a blog titled, "Rich bowled a 298." Last night, Rich Babcock managed to avoid leaving two pins in the 10th frame, as he did last year, and improved to his first perfect game.
Tags: rich babcock, bowling, 300, bay view bowl

Sports - Sept. 24, 2008
The OnMilwaukee.com bowling team is a man down!
The OnMilwaukee.com bowling team sustained a devastating blow this month: our anchor was lost for the season with a shoulder injury. Now our last-place team is a man down, and we need a replacement. Fast.
Tags: bowling, bay view bowl

Sports - Aug. 25, 2008
Bowling center guide
Brew City has long been associated with the noble sport of kegling (aka bowling). Here's the big list, updated for fall.
Tags: bowling, bay view bowl, all star lanes, classic lanes, landmark, usbc, holler house, polish falcons

Bars & Clubs - April 10, 2008
Featured bartender: Mike Shaffer of Bay View Bowl
Mike Shaffer would prefer you just call him Bay View Mike. After all, Shaffer is a life-long resident of the neighborhood, and he’s worked at many, many bars in his 35 years.
Tags: mike shaffer, bay view bowl, featured bartender

Dining - March 30, 2008
A tale from Jalisco at bar time
It's rare that I go out for Mexican food at 2 a.m., but that’s exactly what happened last night.
Tags: Jalisco, Bay View Bowl, Glo Bowl, burrito, avocado

Bars & Clubs - Feb. 24, 2008
Tap, bottle or can: 14 beer drinkers weigh in
It's the age-old question among beer drinkers: what's your favorite way to drink it? We took the question to Bay View Bowl during league night last Wednesday night.
Tags: tap, bottle, can, beer, bay view bowl

Sports - Jan. 17, 2008
In search of the equipment edge
After years of sucky bowling, I shook things up this week. And the results were tremendous.
Tags: bowling, bay view bowl, no mercy, wrist support

Sports - Nov. 1, 2007
Rich bowled a 298
There's a guy that I bowl with on Wednesdays who did something spectacular last night. In addition to shooting a 760 series, which in the ranks of amateur bowlers, is incredibly good, Rich Babcock took a perfect game into the final roll of the 10th frame.
Tags: rich babcock, bowling, bay view bowl

Sports - Sept. 20, 2007
Falling back into bowling
Back in 2001, a group of friends and I decided to put our money where our mouths were and learn how to bowl for real. We figured that if we were going to call ourselves true blue Milwaukeeans, we needed to become more than casual, sloppy bowlers using house balls and rented shoes. We knew it was silly and ridiculous, and we didn't care.
Tags: bowling, bay view bowl, kingpin's

Sports - Nov. 6, 2002
Bay View Bowl earns high marks for revitalizing KK, sport
BVB, as the regulars call it, is part of a renaissance, both in the area and in the business of running a successful bowling alley. For a brother, sister and their spouses, who grew up in Bay View and around the sport, it seemed perfectly natural to pounce on the opportunity to buy the alley that was practically in their own backyard.
Tags: bowling, bay view bowl, kinnickinnic, bay view