Apparently I am now a Michigander who loves huge swaths of Ohio and Ohio foods. That said, I wasn't…read moreborn in Michigan. My roots are shallow. I don't care about sports, and I never studied the great Toledo war. As far as I can tell, we got the UP so even if Ohio won, I figure we still came out ahead? Like I said, I never took a midwest social studies course. In all seriousness, I don't know what is more responsible for bringing me back to Westside Bowl over and over again. It's a pretty close tie between the Brier Hill Pizza and the pinball. Pinball and pizza are two of my favorite things. Plus I love peppers and frankly I'm a big old fan of the Basilicata region in Italy, which incidentally is reported to be the cultural underpinning of Brier Hill Pizza. But that's neither here nor there. I also am a big fan of interesting regional beers. Westside Bowl has those covered, but I'm usually stopping in on a roadtrip and now that I'm old, one beer makes me really really sleepy. So sadly, I usually just look with wistful eyes at the beer list. Fortunately I can console myself with pinball. There's a good selection of machines, and many of them play quite well. The staff has always been lovely. I appreciate the queer friendly signage visible from the very large parking lot. The stage for shows looks freaking awesome. And there is real honest to goodness bowling. Not this gussied up let's-put-big-ass-tv-screens-over-the-lanes-for-the-add-set bowling. I don't know who put all of these things together into one old building, but whoever they are, they should be awarded a Nobel prize. It's flipping genius. The locals of Youngstown are fortunate to have a place like this. I hope the appreciate it and understand just how lucky they are. If only the kitchen staff could work on making a dynamite sauerkraut ball, I woudln't be tempted to skip Youngstown for an occasional dalliance to Akron. And for that matter, perhaps they might consider dialing in a cold cheese pizza, to keep me from visits to the Ohio valley.

Westside Bowl on Mahoning ave in Youngstown is a great spot for the pizza, the appetizers, the…read moredraft beers and the interior of the joint itself. It's a full unreserved recommend highly and take Mom and Pop for lunch too! Seriously, Westside Bowl DOES have great pizza. They got a LOT of off street safe free parking. The people who work there are friendly AND fun to look at. (not being mean, I just like green hair and a smile ) There are regularly scheduled bands. Some of which do cost $20+ to see, but it's a good concert space downstairs with a good vibe. It's not like you're stuffed into "JJ's Cave" or something. Remember Nyanhinghi? Nitabinghi? That bar that had music up on Steel street? Same good vibe. And that's really the point I'm trying to make. The Westside Bowl is an exemplar (ha!) of what could happen when good, ON SITE management means to a venue. Hit this place up for some cool and mellow times, and enjoy your afternoon. Your night. Your health. This place will make you younger, I #### you not

The bar side is laid back and the bartenders are friendly and the drinks are not expensive at all…read more The bowling side is your average bowling spot but it has a funky smell that needs to be investigated. It probably could use the carpet shampooed more frequent or do away with carpeting altogether.

Worst bowling alley in Western PA and Eastern Ohio. They do not know how to oil lanes. The owner…read moreRich has no personality, hardly speaks to anyone. There are better alleys close by bring your leagues to other ones.

$50 to bowl 2 lanes for 1 hour seems a little expensive but whatever…read more Lanes are not oiled due to the owner being cheap he also has a bad attitude. The arcade is over priced and didnt registered one of the games we played but it charged my card which you have to pay a $1 for the card too. Avoid bowling here since the owner is super rude he doesny deserve your business!!

we have never experienced a more unprofessional bartender in our lives. Andrea was not only…read moreunprofessional, she also was extremely rude, snarky, and had a bad attitude towards us. We purchased 2 hours of bowling time and one whole hour of our time was wasted due to Andrea very blatantly ignoring us while we waited to order and receive our drinks. This was not a busy night either. She would wait until someone new would walk in then look at us and go right over to them after already waiting 15+ minutes for a BOTTLED drink. not even a mixed drink. She even took it further to question how many beers she has served us which was very very few. after i told her she only served me 2 beers in the matter of 2 hours she acted like i was someone else and then proceeded to not get my drink for another 5 minutes. She was disrespectful and highly ignorant towards our time and money.

The food at Splitz is great. It is affordable and the beer battered fries are amazing. I have been…read morecoming to Splitz for 14+ years. Now I bring my kids and they have super affordable kids meals of $5 and good proportions. During league night service can be a little delayed but that is expected with 100+ people in the establishment. Overall would recommend!

This place needs an upgrade…read more I used to come here all the time growing up, but since it's been plenty of years thought they would do some updating maybe every 20 years??? Not the case here. We bowled here last weekend and it was just a mess. The monitors above where you see and others can see how well or what your score was wasn't even turned on, neither of them. And then on our lane, every time you bowled the first time, the second time your ball would be stuck and you would have to use another persons ball to get yours back up on the rack. Then when it wasn't doing that, it keep reseting the pins full 10, instead of just the ones you didn't knock down. Looks and smells the same as all the other old bowling areas, but the munchkin had fun bowling, thats all the matters at the end of the day.

We went last night. My family and I to do the black light bowling. Was disappointed our lanes ran…read moregreat. But as to the music it was horrible.. Nothing but profanity. With the "F" word being used and the "B" word and the "N" thought it was suppose to be a family environment. Boy were we wrong. Won't be back with that type of music being played around our kids....

Came for a private function & bowled a few frames. I bowled a 74. I didn't think it was possible…read morefor an adult man to bowl a 74. Pretty pathetic. They do the disco bowl stuff (see vid) which I could do without but your children might enjoy. I'm sure you haven't bowled in a hot minute, so stop by and beat my high score. A cadaver could beat my high score.

Lanes break down often and balls get really scuffed and stuck. Nice family friendly feel but if you…read moretake bowling seriously, go elsewhere.

Good prices, great atmosphere. everyone was very nice and friendly. If you forget socks, they have…read moresome and only costs $2. The lanes were well maintained and the place with clean! We definitely will be back.

Enjoy bowling at the Boardman Lames. Staff is awesome and cost is reasonable. The have leagues and…read moreopen bowling.