Spring Break
Kingpins offers bowl and dine accomodations
ABBY PECK
Issue date: 2/8/07 Section: Out & About
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Shrimp creole over rice, homemade gumbo, crawfish etouffee - picturing Mardi Gras and the French Quarter?
Think more along the lines of 10 pins, eight lanes and a disco ball at Kingpins Bowl and Brew.
KINGPINS
Health Score: 100 immediate, 97 emerging
More Information:
(706) KINGPINS or
www.kingpinsbowlandbrew.com
Verdict: It's more than just bowling - they have great gumbo.The venue now offers authentic Cajun cuisine along with the typical bowling alley fare.
This retro, eight-lane bowling alley has more to offer customers than just a beer and fries, such as jambalaya and chicken and sausage gumbo.
Originally having only a "high end" snack bar, owner Ed Connolly decided to make a change for 2007.
"We changed the menu because there was a need for it," Connolly said. "We didn't want people to leave if they got hungry."
Along with muffalattas and dirty rice, Kingpins provides hot dogs, hamburgers, wings, Italian subs and vegetarian choices.
"We didn't want to pigeonhole the menu," Connolly said.
"And our hot dogs are Hebrew National with all of our bread made from Big City Bread," Chef David "Doc" Pingleton said.
"It's not just the same old hot-dog," Connolly said.
The wings are the most popular item, but the popcorn crawfish is starting to do well.
"We are going to start to do seasonal dishes because we want to keep the menu lively," said Pingleton, who has been a cook since age 8.
The kitchen stays open until 2 a.m. Monday through Saturday and midnight Sunday but becomes a limited menu of fried food and Italian subs after 10 p.m.
Prices range from $2.95 for a cup of homemade gumbo to $16.95 for an entire muffalatta, which could be shared. Most items, however, are between $4 and $9.
A full bar and the Spare Room Lounge set this bowling alley apart from typical neighborhood lanes.
Think more along the lines of 10 pins, eight lanes and a disco ball at Kingpins Bowl and Brew.
KINGPINS
BOWL & BREW
Health Score: 100 immediate, 97 emerging
More Information:
(706) KINGPINS or
www.kingpinsbowlandbrew.com
Verdict: It's more than just bowling - they have great gumbo.
This retro, eight-lane bowling alley has more to offer customers than just a beer and fries, such as jambalaya and chicken and sausage gumbo.
Originally having only a "high end" snack bar, owner Ed Connolly decided to make a change for 2007.
"We changed the menu because there was a need for it," Connolly said. "We didn't want people to leave if they got hungry."
Along with muffalattas and dirty rice, Kingpins provides hot dogs, hamburgers, wings, Italian subs and vegetarian choices.
"We didn't want to pigeonhole the menu," Connolly said.
"And our hot dogs are Hebrew National with all of our bread made from Big City Bread," Chef David "Doc" Pingleton said.
"It's not just the same old hot-dog," Connolly said.
The wings are the most popular item, but the popcorn crawfish is starting to do well.
"We are going to start to do seasonal dishes because we want to keep the menu lively," said Pingleton, who has been a cook since age 8.
The kitchen stays open until 2 a.m. Monday through Saturday and midnight Sunday but becomes a limited menu of fried food and Italian subs after 10 p.m.
Prices range from $2.95 for a cup of homemade gumbo to $16.95 for an entire muffalatta, which could be shared. Most items, however, are between $4 and $9.
A full bar and the Spare Room Lounge set this bowling alley apart from typical neighborhood lanes.
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