The neon mid-century roadside sign, cracked with peeling paint ... At Cove Bowling, there is a concession stand for the usual bowling alley food fare, like hot dogs, burgers, fries, onion rings ...

Candy bars are sold alongside religious books and items, one of many giveaways to the alley’s Catholic identity. First you notice the flashing, old-timey neon sign showing a bowling ball ...

SEE ALSO: Sign up for our free Book Pages newsletter ... where her parents would seek out the local bowling alley. “They said, if we can find the bowling alley, we’ve found everything ...

On the 16th Street Mall, a neon sign shaped like a bowling ... He called the bowling industry “almost a monopoly,” but the alley is surviving. Because of its independent ownership, it can ...