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Jillian's was founded in 1985 as a billiards club located near Fenway Park in Boston by Stephen Foster. The club was named after Foster's wife, Jillian. The couple later founded the chain Lucky Strike Lanes. Within several years, the owners opened another branch in Seattle . By the early 1990s, it had become a competitor of Dave & Buster's ...
Combat Zone, Boston. Coordinates: 42.3515°N 71.0628°W. The State Theatre, 1967. by Nick DeWolf. " Combat Zone " was the name given in the 1960s to the adult entertainment district in downtown Boston, Massachusetts. Centered on Washington Street between Boylston Street and Kneeland Street, the area was once the site of many strip clubs, peep ...
Coordinates: 42°21′48.6″N 71°6′5.9″W. TTs. T.T. the Bear's Place (often referred to as T.T. the Bear's or, simply, TT's) was a live music venue in Central Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts that operated from 1973 until July 25, 2015.
One of the largest arcade bars on the list, Draftcade has over 75 vintage arcade games, plus Skee-ball, consoles, board games, and giant Jenga. There are an impressive 60 beer taps, a cocktail ...
The classic eatertainment option is the bowling alley, of course, with AMF Lanes (231 Riverside Ave.) featuring 40 lanes of fun for the whole family and a video game arcade for when your thumb ...
The Playland Café was in a part of town that became known in the 1960s as the Combat Zone. The bar was popular with drag queens. [9] Writing in 2007, Boston Globe reporter Robert Sullivan recalled it as "a Combat Zone bar known for its sketchy clientele, banged-up piano, and year-round Christmas lights." [10]
Cheers Beacon Hill is a bar/restaurant located on Beacon Street in the Beacon Hill neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, across from the Boston Public Garden.Founded in 1969 as the Bull & Finch Pub, the bar is best remembered internationally as the exterior of the bar seen in the NBC sitcom Cheers, which ran between 1982 and 1993. [1]
Funspot is an arcade which features one of the largest collections of early-1970s to late-2000s games in the world. It is located in the village of Weirs Beach in Laconia, New Hampshire, United States. Founded in 1952 by Bob Lawton, [ 1] Funspot includes over 600 video games (both retro and modern), pinball machines, and ticket redemption ...