As with Less Than Jake Wiki, the text of Wikipedia is available under the GNU Free Documentation License. The list of authors can be seen in the page history. Fireside’s a worn-in bowling alley in Logan Square that’s been around since the 1940s. The original article was at The Fireside Bowl.
![the fireside bowl chicago the fireside bowl chicago](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/9cMsf2lHYVM/hqdefault.jpg)
The bowling scenes from the 2006 film The Break Up, featuring Vince Vaughan and Jennifer Aniston, were filmed at the Fireside. Maple? / Somehow the singer showed the Fireside exactly how I feel." Super rare live performance by Kim Deals side project THE AMPS, shot at the Fireside Bowl in Chicago, IL on October 31, 1995. The song appears on the Alkaline Trio's self-titled album, and includes the line "Remember last April when we saw U.S. In 2000, The Fireside earned a mention in the song "Goodbye Forever" by Chicago-based band, the Alkaline Trio. It restated as a bowling alley without ever closing in the fall of 2004. 32.00 This is the second edition of this one color screen print of the Fireside Bowl, Chicago’s iconic bowling alley and concert venue. In the Summer of 2004 renovations were made to update things such as automatic scoring, new lanes and equipment and upgrades to the building and its amenities. Grab your limited edition screen print of the Fireside Bowl before it is too late Cart 0.
![the fireside bowl chicago the fireside bowl chicago](https://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/0f/9f/75/4b/the-all-weather-patio.jpg)
Then in 2003 the City of Chicago dropped the eminent domain suit and it was decided by the owners and family, with talks to the alderman concerning it continued status that if Fireside was to continue over the long term it needed to get back to its roots of bowling. As time went on and the neighborhood changed neighbors became increasingly more vocal about the live music acts. For the next several years the cloud of eminent domain hung over Fireside, but it continued to host shows promoted by Brian Peterson and Dave Eaves. Gradually, more and more shows were held there until 1999 when the City of Chicago wanted to expand the nearby Haas Park. The neighborhood was getting rough and business slowed so Fireside began to host shows on a part time basis in 1994. As the neighborhood changed and Fireside fell into disrepair Lapinski handed the establishment to his son Jim. From 1971 until 1990 Lapinski operated it as a thriving bowling alley. Rich and Alec also known as "Mac" operated it together until 1971 when Rich bought out Mac. The Fireside was owned and operated by Hank Sophie until 1966 when Rich Lapinski and Alec McGuire bought the bowling alley from an ailing Hank Sophie. The Fireside was expanded by four lanes bringing the total to 16 lanes. In 1956 it was expanded and AMF automatic pinspotters were installed and the remodeled. Extinction - Live show at The Fireside Bowl in Chicago, IL on December 14th, 1997. In the summer of 1941 renovations began and the owner Hank Sophie converted it into a bowling alley, cashing-in on the bowling craze that began in mid-20th century America.It started as a twelve lane pin boy bowling alley and thrived throughout the 40s and 50s.
![the fireside bowl chicago the fireside bowl chicago](http://photos.wikimapia.org/p/00/04/38/47/26_full.jpg)
![the fireside bowl chicago the fireside bowl chicago](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ZQMxpIFqAFQ/maxresdefault.jpg)
The building was an ice factory in its early days. John Benetti, a talent buyer for House Call Entertainment, who booked the current summer series and grew up attending and working shows at Fireside during its heyday, said it was both a reunion and a reinvention of the space, which has a quintessentially midcentury look after its 2004 renovation.The Fireside Bowl (or the Fireside) is a bowling alley and music venue established in the 1940s, located at 2648 W Fullerton Ave in Chicago, Illinois. It was an intergenerational mix of musicians, some of whom had played at the old Fireside and some of whom were playing there for the first time, but recalled their old days as patrons ripping tiles off the ceiling during particularly rowdy shows. On the bill were The Hundredaires, Days Off and The Blind Staggers. Those who remember the old days and those who had heard the lore came out to see the new Fireside last week. Even Fall Out Boy, with a dreadlocked Pete Wentz, rocked so hard the walls would drip with condensation. Most famously, the Alkaline Trio, Shellac, Tortoise, Sleater-Kinney, Ted Leo, the Dismemberment Plan and Los Crudos, a seminal hard-core punk band that defined Spanish-speaking punk music in Chicago and beyond, all played there. “Everybody during the ’90s that did any touring at all, that was remotely independent or underground, played the Fireside,” said Martin Sorrondeguy, lead singer of Los Crudos, a Latino punk group from Pilsen and a Fireside regular.