that's a nice room. Has some very old tables. However, they take care of them quite well. I use to practice there when I lived in Michigan
Oldest (still operating) pool rooms in U.S.
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that's a nice room. Has some very old tables. However, they take care of them quite well. I use to practice there when I lived in Michigan
I was there all day, every day, from 1970 to 1976. Gotta love the old Brunswick Anniversaries.
Kevin
Absolutely!
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I used to play at Raytown Rec!
And of course Maries Golden Cue and Tu Tiras (Your Shot) in Chicago-
both in the feature documentary on pool/billiards
"Raising the Hustler"
www.facebook.com/raisingthehustler
-CP
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I used to play at Raytown Rec!
And of course Maries Golden Cue and Tu Tiras (Your Shot) in Chicago-
both in the feature documentary on pool/billiards
"Raising the Hustler"
www.facebook.com/raisingthehustler
-CP
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The first time I ever went to Steinway was probably around 1995. That probably wasn't too far off from when they opened. For NYC, the truth is, there are so many rooms that are off the radar that have been around for a long time. My bet for oldest room in NYC would probably go to Jean Balukas' Hall of Fame Billiards in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn but I'm probably wrong.
I would recommend The Rack and Cue in Cullman, AL.
I almost forgot about this place --- walk in and you can see the late 1800s in it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booches
Founded in 1884, Booches is a restaurant and pool hall at 110 S. 9th Street in downtown Columbia, Missouri. Their cheeseburgers, which are served on wax paper, were named one of the top ten burgers in America by USA Today in 2000. In 2005, Jerry Shriver of USA Today included Booches's hamburger on the list of top 25 dishes from his "Down-home Dining" project.[1]
Booches has three full-sized pool tables, two snooker tables, and one billiard table (no pockets) for three cushion billiards play. Booches hosts yearly invitation-only Snooker and 3-cushion tournaments.
Booches is known for the saying "Closed on Sunday, see you in church," among other witticisms posted on their walls, including "Unattended children will be sold as slaves" and "No sniveling." Also adorning the walls are faux-original comic strips incorporating Booches's regulars, team photos of the Mizzou football teams in the early 1900s, and other old-time sports memorabilia.
During the mid to late 1970s, the then-owners of Booches's edited and published four issues of the Review la Booche, a literary journal featuring poetry, prose, sketches and photographs by contributors of such prominence as John Ciardi, William Stafford, Elton Glaser, Frank Stack and Richard Eberhart, along with local and regional contributors. The review was revived in 1990 for a fifth and final issue.
Booches received its name when its original owner, Paul Blucher Venable, was nicknamed "Booch" as a child by writer Eugene Field. The restaurant has gone through many owners in its time and was male-only until the 1970s. Today, it is a haven for University of Missouri and St. Louis Cardinals sports fans, and has a considerably more family-friendly atmosphere.
Handwritten gift certificates are sold at this restaurant
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booches
Founded in 1884, Booches is a restaurant and pool hall at 110 S. 9th Street in downtown Columbia, Missouri. Their cheeseburgers, which are served on wax paper, were named one of the top ten burgers in America by USA Today in 2000. In 2005, Jerry Shriver of USA Today included Booches's hamburger on the list of top 25 dishes from his "Down-home Dining" project.[1]
Booches has three full-sized pool tables, two snooker tables, and one billiard table (no pockets) for three cushion billiards play. Booches hosts yearly invitation-only Snooker and 3-cushion tournaments.
Booches is known for the saying "Closed on Sunday, see you in church," among other witticisms posted on their walls, including "Unattended children will be sold as slaves" and "No sniveling." Also adorning the walls are faux-original comic strips incorporating Booches's regulars, team photos of the Mizzou football teams in the early 1900s, and other old-time sports memorabilia.
During the mid to late 1970s, the then-owners of Booches's edited and published four issues of the Review la Booche, a literary journal featuring poetry, prose, sketches and photographs by contributors of such prominence as John Ciardi, William Stafford, Elton Glaser, Frank Stack and Richard Eberhart, along with local and regional contributors. The review was revived in 1990 for a fifth and final issue.
Booches received its name when its original owner, Paul Blucher Venable, was nicknamed "Booch" as a child by writer Eugene Field. The restaurant has gone through many owners in its time and was male-only until the 1970s. Today, it is a haven for University of Missouri and St. Louis Cardinals sports fans, and has a considerably more family-friendly atmosphere.
Handwritten gift certificates are sold at this restaurant
http://smithsbilliards.com/
They're no longer the oldest continuously run pool hall (they shut down for a little while and then started up again a few years ago), but it's still in the same old place, down a side street, up the stairs.
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I remember at one time, Baker's in Tampa was the oldest pool room, but it finally closed its doors. That's where I met Grady Mathews for the first time. He was driving an old Cadillac with points, and he had a baby pitbull puppy in the car with him. :grin:
According to this article, Baker's opened in 1942. I'll bet this pool room has lots of memories for folks. We played a ring game of 9-ball on a snooker table there. I remember it was cattycorner from a nice little corner bar, and you could see Tampa Stadium from the pool room. Oh, yeah. There was also a Western Union office nearby. :embarrassed2:
Here's the article ---> HERE
According to this article, Baker's opened in 1942. I'll bet this pool room has lots of memories for folks. We played a ring game of 9-ball on a snooker table there. I remember it was cattycorner from a nice little corner bar, and you could see Tampa Stadium from the pool room. Oh, yeah. There was also a Western Union office nearby. :embarrassed2:
Here's the article ---> HERE
Hanks in Wheatridge Colorado has been a pool room since the '60s and looks it.
Decent tables-good food-shabby looking-just how I like it.
Decent tables-good food-shabby looking-just how I like it.
The oldest in my area was opened in1941 by Reid Caswell
It had 8 old Brunswicks and 1 Barbox. It's up a narrow stairway, I can't imagine how they got the tables up there . Mosconi ran 150 and in an exhibition along with all the other greats. There are 1000s of permanent cig burns all around each table on the old wood floors. The history is deep. A young guy runs it now with a couple rag big tables and some valleys with 18" pockets
It had 8 old Brunswicks and 1 Barbox. It's up a narrow stairway, I can't imagine how they got the tables up there . Mosconi ran 150 and in an exhibition along with all the other greats. There are 1000s of permanent cig burns all around each table on the old wood floors. The history is deep. A young guy runs it now with a couple rag big tables and some valleys with 18" pockets
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Great stuff! Keep them coming! Petey, what's the name of the room?
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We have 2 kinda old room around here. One in Roanoke Va (Guys & Dolls) and one in Lynchburg VA (Friendly Cue Billiards). Both are about 30 years or so old. If some of you remember some years back they had a Pro One pocket tournament in Roanoke and all of the great players were there. Guys & Dolls really shows it age but did up date the some of tables from Kin Steel's to Diamonds. Lynchburg still has the KS but some diamond BB. Lynchburg in under new owner and is really nice. Still not much food and no alcohol. Good people hang out there.
A friend and I were talking about which was the oldest pool room in California. He thought it was Carpinteria Billiards (now called Carp and Linden Pub). I told him it would have to be older than Joe Jost in Long Beach. Been there since 1924.
http://www.joejosts.com/
Both rooms are really bars that happen to have pool tables. Lots of history in both of them though.
http://www.joejosts.com/
Both rooms are really bars that happen to have pool tables. Lots of history in both of them though.
The oldest room in San Diego is College Billiards. It's been continuously operating since 1962. My old acquintance, Max Olds, has been going there since they first opened and is still a regular customer.
