![]() ![]() It’s a person trying to make some money by filling a need. It’s not locally sourced except that the source is quite possibly the dude handing you the baggie of tamales when you’re four or five sheets to the wind. It’s not from a cool food truck with an agile social media presence. The tamale guy tamale is not a cool thing. I never went to a Fireside show either - I stay the course on being an out-of-touch nerd.īut it’s not OK to have never bought a Ziploc baggie of tamales some dude made in his kitchen and carted around in a cooler to various bars. It’s forgivable to miss bands, old punk venues or any number of other time-sensitive cultural norms. ![]() I had to tell a different coworker a few weeks earlier that Fireside Bowl used to host punk shows. My bowling team coworkers are nice, if young. It was media league night at Fireside Bowl and our little cadre of courthouse reporters had clustered a table as we lost badly and repeatedly to a local news blog that rhymes with schmee-schmen-schmay-schminfo. My coworkers at the paper looked around incredulously at each other. But somehow it managed to shock me that none of my coworkers had ever bought a tamale off a tamale guy. The Cubs won the World Series and, electorally, orange is the new black, so I should be through the looking glass on surprises this month. “Tamale!” I yelled, walking up from the ATM. He turned to the others clustered around the table. Marc from the office got a strange, quirked look on his face. How could they not? Since it’s priced as low as $23/hour for a lane, what’s not to like? So you might see groups of Lyndalers there from time to time.“Tamale!” he yelled, lifting the small red cooler to demonstrate his wares. Many of our folks enjoy themselves there regularly. It’s also mentioned in the 2000 song “Goodbye Forever,” by Chicago-based Alkaline Trio.įor those of us here at Lyndale Place, we like having such an historic piece of Chicago only two blocks away. The bowling scenes from the 2006 film “The Break Up,” featuring Vince Vaughn and Jennifer Aniston were filmed at the Fireside, as well as several external scenes from the 1992 film “Rapid Fire” featuring Brandon Lee and Powers Boothe. Maybe you’ve seen the Fireside Bowl featured in pop culture. Our residents know all about the music and fun Yippee! And they once again started hosting musical performances in 2010. But that was settled in 2003, and Fireside decided to get back to its roots of bowling. That’s when the cloud of eminent domain was hung over Fireside with the proposed expansion of Haas Park. Music performances were the norm at Fireside from the 1970s up until 1999. Fireside has also been a popular music venue, especially back when bowling’s popularity started to decline. The magic of mechanics! Then, in the summer of 2004, further renovations were made to the Fireside to update features such as automatic scoring, even more new lanes, new equipment, and significant upgrades to the building and its amenities, all while staying open to the public.īut it hasn’t always been about bowling at the Fireside. In the mid-50s, it was expanded and AMF automatic pinspotters were installed and four more lanes were installed. ![]() *shivers* In 1941, it was converted into a twelve-lane pin-boy bowling alley that thrived throughout the 1940s and 50s. Go figure!Īnd guess what? Back in the old days, the Fireside Bowl was actually an ice factory. Imagine! For several decades, residents in Logan Square have been going to The Fireside Bowl – and not just for bowling, but for hot music, too. ![]() Used to be, people would go bowling for an inexpensive afternoon or evening’s entertainment. Hey! You! Look what’s happening near Lyndale Place. ![]()
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