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Small Business Commission embraces Mission bowling alley proposal

By: Joshua Sabatini 08/10/11 6:38 PM
An 8,000-sqaure foot Mission warehouse could soon be a thriving bowling alley and restaurant judging by the warm reception from the Small Business Commission Monday.The commissioner recommended approval of legislation that would permit the sale of alcohol in the bowling alley. Read More

San Francisco Small Business Commission to weigh in on Mission’s alcohol-serving bowling alley

By: Joshua Sabatini 08/08/11 1:02 PM
A proposal to allow a proposed bowling alley in the Mission to serve alcohol comes under review Monday by the Small Business Commission.Backing by the commission would help the business plan win approval by the Board of Supervisors when it reconvenes from its legislative recess. Read More

New Mission district bowling alley pins hopes on San Francisco supervisors

By: Dan Schreiber 06/27/11 4:00 AM
Bowling alone
Bowling and boozing — two inherently related activities — are the subject of city legislation designed to clear the way for a proposed new six-lane alley and bar-restaurant in the Mission district. Supervisors Jane Kim and Scott Wiener want to tweak the planning code to make way for the new locally owned business, which wouldn’t otherwise be allowed because past problems with the area’s drinking culture prompted restrictions on new liquor licenses. Read More

Bowling ace committed to helping kids in community

By: David Liepman 05/22/11 5:00 AM
Resting on a shelf in the Serra Bowl general manager’s office sits a discolored bowling pin. It was 40 years ago — May 29, 1971 — that the pin was collected by Mike Leong at Downtown Bowl. The 15-year-old junior league bowler had just completed a 299 game at the now defunct Tenderloin district alley, with this 3-pin the only thing separating the boy from a perfect game. Read More

Reyes develops bowling into professional passion

By: David Liepman 02/25/11 8:04 PM
In June of 1999, his rookie season on the PBA Tour, Tony Reyes was bowling in Lakewood in Southern California and having his first national television experience. Read More

Personal Best: Police reach out to community through bowling

By: David Liepman 05/30/10 12:00 AM
Mike Koozmin/Special to The Examiner
Shawn Jackson recalls the moment that he decided to be a cop. He was on shift as a hospital emergency room worker. “I remember hearing a lady say, ‘If only the police had come a little sooner,’” Jackson said. At Saturday’s Kops and Kids Family Day at Serra Bowl, the 15-year veteran of the San Francisco Police Department will be combining his two passions: community police work and bowling. Read More

Personal Best: Attorney living up to family bowling legacy

By: Staff report 02/14/10 2:00 AM
Courtesy of Lisa J. Tolda/Lisajphotos@gmail.
Scott Norton stands alone on the Professional Bowlers Tour for a couple of reasons: He is the only practicing attorney, and he has never seen “The Big Lebowski.” Asked how he could have missed perhaps the most famous bowling-themed movie of all-time, Norton laughed, “I know, I’m a bad bowler because I’ve never seen ‘Lebowski.’” Norton, who turns 28 this month, is anything but a bad bowler. Read More
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