

Future plans including expanding the restaurant's menu and catering services. They’re also installing a laser-light show that includes what Margaret Grago described as “Mom-approved” music videos on new flat screens. She said the Gragos have kept the pricing the same for now and are in the process of making cosmetic changes to the business. That’s why it’s family owned,” Margaret Grago said.

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Most of the family bowls James Grago III is a member of the Professional Bowlers Association while Margaret used to teach a youth league. When the previous owner, Steven Herbert, said he’d be interested in selling the business right away, the Gragos got the ball rolling again on the dream they left behind in New York.
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The whole family followed Jenna, including the Gragos’ sons, James III and Joseph, who had been running the pro shop at Ten Pin before the purchase. A couple of years ago, the Gragos had planned to build a bowling alley and skating rink in New York but shelved that possibility when their daughter, Jenna, moved to North Carolina to attend Campbell University. Margaret and her husband, James Grago Jr., moved to the Wilmington area from Rome, New York, near Syracuse, last May, she said. “We are a bowling family,” Margaret Grago said Tuesday. The Gragos did not disclose the financial details concerning the purchase of the business.īilled as a family entertainment complex, Ten Pin Alley and Break Time include 24 bowling lanes, 29 pool tables, two bars and a full-service restaurant in a 37,000-square-foot portion of what used to be Marketplace Mall, next to New Hanover County government offices. College Road, according to a New Hanover County deed.

23, paying $2.1 million for the property at 127 S. The Gragos bought Ten Pin Alley and Break Time Billiards from the Herbert family on Nov. Michele Meek, PhD.Ownership of a Wilmington bowling alley has rolled from one family to another. The Pepperoni Grill: New York Pizza in Pawtucket, Rhode Island Search Search afterschool apple picking autumn brunch casual restaurants chinese chocolate dance Diner downcity farmers' markets holiday season ice cream/frozen yogurt indoor activities late night living in RI markets nature outdoor activities pizza rainy day activities RI brands summer theater winter Categories Plus, the drink menu features some great beers on tap, and the food menu is notches above any bowling alley that I’ve been to: my favorite was the spinach and artichoke dip with parmesan crusted toasts.Īnd if you miss brunch, they’re open for lunch and dinner with bowling too.Īll Rhode Less Traveled posts are unsolicited and funded entirely by the authors. Here, there is no automatic pin-resetting there’s actually a person who sets up your pins after each turn. The half dozen lanes feature duckpin bowling, but it’s even more offbeat than that. Last year, the market expanded into another hall of Hope Artiste Village to allow for the growing demand for both more vendors and shoppers, which made it a much more pleasant (and less crowded) shopping experience.Īnd now, you can take a break from the market with ‘Brunch and Bowl’ at Breaktime Bowl & Bar right upstairs in the Hope Artiste Village. The Wintertime Farmers’ Market remains one of my favorite things about Providence (even though it’s actually in Pawtucket).
