Worst Pool Room/Pool Bar you have ever been in? WHY??

[Oddball]

Fat Cat used to be Tekk Billiards back in the 80s. It was one of the premier rooms in NYC.

Looks like they kept the same tables and cloths, too.

 

[crawfish]

Turkey Quarter, NC. There was a bartable with duct tape and holes in the felt. Cards levelled out the table legs. The floors were old hardwood that you could see the ground underneath. Oh yeah, NO air conditioning and a tin roof. I've sat in saunas that weren't that hot. At one time, it looked like a general store? Funny what you'll deal with for action, isn't it?

 

[Hierovision]

Stonehouse Lounge in Virginia Beach is the worst I've ever been to. 2 seven foot coin-op tables with stains on the felt and everything else. Horrible music playing at all times. Loud obnoxious drunk people bumping into you and being as distracting as possible. Overall the worst atmosphere for pool I've ever experienced. Of course it's on the local APA's list of locations as well.

 

[Jude Rosenstock]

Looks like they kept the same tables and cloths, too.

Yeah, they have done little with improving the equipment and of course, the standards for "upscale" have also changed. When Chelsea Billiards opened, Tekk was pretty much done. Soho Billiards and Amsterdam soon opened thereafter and "upscale" was redefined.

 

[Ant812]

A friend of mine talked me into subbing on his bar league team a couple of times over one season.

The first bar we went to wasn't all that bad as far as the table conditions but the whole bar had a rough wooden floor.

After hitting a shot at the table I stood up and put my cue at arm's rest with the butt of the cue on the floor. All of a sudden, pooooof, no cue!
It just disappeared out of my hand.

Totally shocked, I started looking around and finally spotted a knothole in the floor just big enough for a cue to fit through.

After a tough time convincing the bartender that my cue was in his basement, he finally let me go down and retrieve it.

The bar must have been very old because the basement was filled with antique beer signs all covered with a thick blanket of dust and dirt. I don't think the guy had a clue what a fortune he had in his basement.



Stones

this wasnt in NJ, was it?

 

[ironman]

Giz And Hum's in San Angelo, TX. The place is dirty and attracts nothing but trailer trash. The service is absolutely horrible as if they want to go into forclosure. I saw the bartender spill a 1/4 full mug of beer on one of the tables and didn't bother cleaning it up! Amazing. Just every aspect of the place is crap. the other alternative we have is fast eddie's which I think is too fancy to be a pool hall. We need something in the middle!

John

Not to mention the owner has done so much for pool that calcuttas are being shut down all over Texas. An absolute jerk.

 

[tsollman]

My vote goes to Dave's Goodtime Billiards in Peoria. I don't think any of the 9 footers will play without there being a rolloff somewhere. The barboxes are all new and play like they have thick shag on them. Lot of competition there, though its the only pool hall in Town. City this size and 1 pool hall is Sick.