Post #392048 by Tipsy McStagger on Sun, Jul 6, 2008 9:22 PM

On 2008-07-06 16:02, Tikisgrl wrote:

Lyon's Bowl in Lyons Illinois, back of the card says visit our beautiful Hawaiian cocktail lounge. the front shows the bar with palm tree's in the middle.

okay- read this post and put on my urban archaeology hat and went looking.....here's what i found...

lyon's is next to the town where i live..it's located on route 66......there is only one bowling alley in lyon's and it's called the forest view bowl...we went there tonight and discovered that the building has been there since the 50's....it has all the ear marks of 50's googie architecture but 15 years ago, the corporation of amf bought the place.....we found out that the bar itself was much bigger than what it is now..and that the whole place went through a number of remodels......there was no sign of anything remotely tiki or hawaiian.....i need for you to post a pic of the postcard so i can compare it with what i have seen to confirm that this is the place....