Hard Times Bellflower

[jjohnson]

I've been thinking of making the trip to the old Hard Times building in Bellflower just to see what, if anything, is going on there.
If anyone can shed some light and save me the trip I'd appreciate it.
I've also been wondering if the first owner I knew of was either Kenny or Kinney. Driving me crazy wondering.
Well, I found this old webpage with lots of information about Hard Times Bellflower.
Like the founder was Chuck Markulis.
And the second owner was Ken Thomason: Kenny! Yay!

Here's the old but still great and never to be forgotten link from 2018:

Celebrating 30 Years of ‘Hard Times Billiards, Monthly Tournaments’, this December! – POVPOOL

 

[maha]

back in the 60,s and 70's when all the best players hung out in bellflower billiards it was the place to go to learn who not to play when you ran into them in the bars or a room. and never play yourself as most were all knockers.
same as congress in miami.

 

[CocoboloCowboy]

BellFlower California was always a pit, no place to go on purpose.

 

[rexus31]

Saved you a trip. The whole block was slated to be razed a while back. Honestly, I was surprised to still see it there on Google Maps. Curious what happened to the development plans.

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