Tonight we travel to Eureka, Illinois to a bar called, The Bowling Alley. This will be our first stop in Eureka and I’m excited to check it out.

So away we go to The Bowling Alley in Eureka, Illinois!

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Bar Number 224: The Bowling Alley, Monday, September 28, 2026

Here we are at The Bowling Alley bar in Eureka, Illinois. Let’s go inside and see what’s happening in there on this Monday evening.

Here’s the bar in here and I see some open seats down there at the end of it. Let’s go snag one and get settled in for the evening.

Betsy was the pretty and friendly bartender on duty and here she is serving me up an ice-cold can of Budweiser. She told me that her parents originally moved to Eureka from a suburb in Chicago and opened this place up as a bowling alley in 1993.

She said that the bowling alley shut down when Covid blew into town in 2020, but the bar remained open and is a popular spot in Eureka. Betsy’s sister and her husband now run the bar.

There’s the back of the bar, some of the beer and seltzer selections are on display at the end of the bar along with a Happy Hour sign.

Betsy introduced me to her pretty mom, Loretta, who was seated at the bar.

As I mentioned before, she and her husband opened up this place back in 1993. Wonderful to meet her!

Here’s a full shot of the nice, wooden bar in here.

Deer heads are mounted on the ceiling overhead and Betsy told me that all of them have been donated to the bar by customers. Oh deer!

There’s a special “Cabo Corner” in here where customers can enjoy shots of Cabo Wabo Tequlia!

There’s a gaming area up in the front of the room opposite the bar if you feel lucky. Well, do ya punk?

There’s a nice room opposite the bar with tables and chairs and tonight is Euchre night, so there’s several card games happening over there. There’s another room in the back with two communal tables.