Brooklyn Bowl Stories

Chicago's Brooklyn Bowl Gets New Neighbor, Potential Open Date

We have been anxiously following the story of the new West Loop outpost of Peter Shapiro's Brooklyn Bowl since rumblings began about four years ago.Last summer, construction began on the multi-purpose establishment.  Today, we have some new information about what to expect at the location, and (even more exciting) when.Crain's Chicago Business...

West Loop's Brooklyn Bowl To Begin Construction

Brooklyn Bowl, the music venue and bowling alley coming to Fulton Market, has been in the works for over two years now. Now, it appears that construction of the building will finally begin.Within the last month, the city issued a permit to begin wrecking and removing a section of the facility at 832-856 W....

Brooklyn Bowl Makes Inroads For A Chicago West Loop Location

We've been hearing about the a potential Brooklyn Bowl location in Chicago for almost 2 years now, but chicagoarchitecture.org is reporting some developments that make it look more and more likely.It may be time for Chicago area music fans to get excited. If you've been to Peter Shapiro's outposts in Brooklyn, London, Vegas, or...

Chicago's Top Phish-loving Chef, Frankenstein Desconstructed, The Amazing Clickable Infographic,More

Not sure if it was the intent of the piece, but after reading about Chef Ryan Poli's huge love of Phish and inspiration he gets from music, I'll be visiting his Chicago restaurant soon.After having a picture of Phish covering on our front page for the last couple of months, I just had to...