The red bowling-pin neon, Fireside Bowl marquee, and striped Fullerton Avenue storefront — Photo: Cosmo1976. Public domain · Source

The Fireside Bowl brick facade, painted name, and glass-block entrance on Fullerton Avenue — Photo: David Wilson. CC BY 2.0 · Source

The Fireside Bowl bowling-pin sign, cream panels, and beer-neon window from the sidewalk — Photo: David Wilson. CC BY 2.0 · Source

Pabst, Miller Lite, and Schlitz neon in a red-framed Fireside Bowl storefront window — Photo: David Wilson. CC BY 2.0 · Source

Logan Square · Chicago, IL

Fireside Bowl

A 1941 Logan Square bowling alley with a trophy-lined dive bar off the lobby and a bowling-pin sign you can see from the street.

Bowling Historic Cheap beer Pool

City: Chicago, IL
Neighborhood: Logan Square
Address: 2646 W. Fullerton Avenue
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Website: firesidebowl.com
Why it is listed: Publicly documented as a dive. Source

Hours, a real floor plan, and a map pin will live here once we have them. We do not invent closing times.

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