Should Bowling Alleys Serve $13 Shakes?

Melody Lanes is two stops from Manhattan on the D or N.

There is also no stale cigarette stench, as no one has been able to smoke in bowling alleys in years.

Hey, if people are too afraid or too cool to travel to parts of Brooklyn that aren't trendy like Williamsburg, it's their loss.

from my house, it takes 15 minutes to get to the L train, then i'd have to take that to union square (depending on the time of day, this could take up to 45 minutes), then take the D or N down. that's not worth it to me. but then, neither is brooklyn bowl. i just don't go bowling.

what really bothers me is why would you build a bowling alley in a place with -no- recreation other than going to bars and seeing shows (mostly in bars) and make it 21+? (and have it be a bar and a show venue!) god forbid kids should have something to do in north brooklyn besides loiter and try to pass for 21.

Hill Country has a $15 milkshake. It has tequila in it. It is fantastic.

If it has whiskey in it, then it's not a milkshake, it's a cocktail.

Is this really not obvious to anyone else?

Let's revise then...13 Dollars is too much money to pay for a milkshake-based cocktail.

Milkshake cocktails at BLT Burger are $11. It's close, but it's also Manhattan and a restaurant.

this place is too expensive for me to hang out at, but the food is definitely tops and the sound system when they have bands is positively mindblowing.

Man, that meme died quickly, huh?

And my straw reaches acroooooooss the room, and starts to drink your milkshake... I... drink... your... milkshake

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No.

No?

It's not a milkshake, it's a frozen cocktail. $13, while pricey, is a lot more legitimate for an alcoholic beverage in New York.

It also costs $30-$50 per hour per lane. Its neat to look at, but definitely expensive.

Fred Flintstone does not like milkshakes?

no, he hates "being draped in leather couches and flat screen televisions"

I don't know -- depends on the size, how good it is, and how much booze it contains. I mean, a good virgin milkshake from an ice cream store is $5. Throw in some decent whiskey, and maybe it's not so outrageous -- at least by NYC drink price standards.

I like the place. Prices seem pretty normal to me. If higher pricing keeps all of the lowlife losers out(which Brooklyn has in droves), I'm all for it. As for the "economic climate", people are still spending loads of money. It's not a depression.

Years ago you feared for your life if you bowled in the Port Authority bowling alley... Fucking greedy pigs have ruined everything... Fuck them all and their stupid fucking milkshakes

Why would anyone go there and not to Melody Lanes or Maple Lanes? You can ALWAYS get a lane at either place. At Maple Lanes you can get two hours of bowling for 6 people for $50 TOTAL. And they have beer and cheap food.

Screw Brooklyn Bowl!

I love Melody Lanes! Since when are bowling alleys supposed to be classy joints? I want a place that stinks like stale cigarettes with buckets of beer, condom machine in the bathroom, and a shitty arcade. THAT is how bowling is done.

You sound like the exact type of person that higher prices are meant to keep away! Enjoy your stale cigarettes stench!

I can live with that.

Maybe rather than spend an hour taking the subway to south BK they'd rather spend that hour having a few drinks in the bar waiting for a lane?

I usually don't drink fucking milkshakes when I bowl, if you do you deserve to pay $13.

Excellent pricey-milkshake pop cultural reference pic.

The strings on the pins are enough to keep me away.

You know, no one is forcing you to buy a $13 Dollar milkshake...