Strike & Spare Executive

I love going to this bowling alley. Me and my friends have been frequenting this spot for years anytime we have a group event to celebrate and want to bowl. I don’t want to diss Vernon Lanes… that place is super cool too.
What makes Executive so nice is the newer, smaller side at the end of the building. It is usually never too crowded and they have a full bar, full food menu, juke box that is loaded with pretty good tunes, pool tables, air hockey and some other arcade games. The employees are always friendly and helpful too! I wish I knew one of the girl’s names who works there. She has been there for as long as I can remember and I always enjoy seeing her when I go there. The place is always so clean and well kept. You can always find whatever size bowling ball you need too… which is always a plus. :)
Everything about this place is worth your time to go check it out. Remember your $ 1 bills for the juke box!

Planned a corporate event here and they did and awesome job. The planning was easy. Love the cosmic bowling. We had a blast there! the staff there was super with us. Anything we needed we got. Thanks to the staff.

I was here for Lebowski Fest and it sucked. if you’re going to host an event, how about having some security staff hired? As we approached the bowling alley, there was a haze of cigarette smoke visible around the entrance. It’s great that the establishment is non smoking, but why let the smokers crowd the entrance so that everyone else has to shoulder their way through and get emphysema in the process? Maybe some security staff could keep the entrance clear and also keep the smokers a reasonable distance from the door? Maybe?
To top it off, an idiot woman in a size 6 XL Maude Lebowski costume (I didn’t know they made them that large, but apparently they do) hit me in the face with her lit cigarette. She was drunk, careening around and cackling like an idiot. I tried to give her a wide berth but she spun towards me, whipped out her arms to emphasize her cackling laugh and hit my cheek. Luckily I saw it coming at the last second and turned my face away from her, otherwise it could easily have hit my eye.
She mumbled some lame apology and the super fabulous dork she was with mumbled «Sorry. Drinkin’» and shrugged his shoulders. Nice manners. Both of you.
Then some scrawny runt who looked like he was taking a break from cooking meth stood in my way and told me that the idiot cackling girl hadn’t really hit my face with her cigarette, that there really wasn’t a burn mark on my face and that «everything is cool». Okay, thank you mister ambassador, sir.
The restrooms were disgusting, the soap dispensers were not only empty, they were broken. The bar area was filthy. The restaurant side of the bar reeked like old grease.
Can’t think of a single good thing to say about this place.

The Vernon Club will always have a special place in my heart, but for some awesome cosmic bowling, a full bar, and really reasonable prices, you absolutely can’t go wrong with Strike & Spare! I love the new addition!

Nice cosmic bowling party! Pizza wasn’t too good! They cater to the young bowlers! They have ramps. bumpers, and Light bowling Balls!

This place is the best for the Annual Lebowski Fest. The staff are beyond nice and helpful. So if you go tip your servers well!!! They will take care of you. But I really think they would anyway. I’ve only been here for The Fest and can’t believe how the staff take care of so many people at once. You will have to wait for food from the grill which if fine. Grab a beer, White Russian, or what have you and Abide.

So I’ve ventured from Chicago down to Louisville twice for Lebowski Fest. I attended the 9^th and 10^th annual and will continue to return for as long as they host them. This place is truly amazing. It’s HUGE and I’m really basing a lot of this on the utterly AMAZING little restaurant they have there. I had THE most delicious grilled cheese sandwich there at the 9^th annual Lebowski Fest that I have EVER had in my life. I was truly distraught this past year when I wanted to order one and the appropriate side of the grill was BROKEN! Blasphemy! In the weeks and days leading up to the fest, I was also counting down the moments until I would be savoring their grilled cheese on my tastebuds. It was just beyond tragedy when the woman behind the counter delivered the devastating blow. And holy crap, I think they had diet Dr. Pepper in the fountain machine as well!
I just really dig this place and look forward to every summer when I am fortunate enough to roll there.
It’s like the perfect place for LF too because they have a HUGEASS parking lot and that awesome grassy field at the far side of the lot to accommodate the movie/​garden parties.

Good bowling. Great beer specials. Even better events.
The Dude abides.

They do an awesome job with the Lebowski Fest. Every event was organized, on-​time and enjoyable. The staff does a great job handling a rather large sized crowd. Nice lanes, bar and game room. Typical beer selection for a bowling alley. They make this event fun and enjoyable.

Here for my first and the 10^th annual Lebowski Fest and it was great! The facility is clean, smoke free, and fully functioning. No broken down lane 17 and beer stained carpet in this place. The staff were all really friendly, courteous, accommodating, and patient. The white russians were rolling out as fast as the bowling balls were sailing down the lanes. Lebowski Fest not only took over the inside of the Strike & Spare, but the parking lot and the lawn beyond. Friday night the parking lot and lawn were heavily littered with beer cans, bottles, plastic cups, trash, etc. By the beginning of each day all areas were clean and well groomed. My hat goes off to the Strike & Spare staff as well as the Lebowski Fest staff. Wonderful event and looking forward to many more.

This is the bowling alley that hosted the 2007 Big Lebowskifest. They did a really good job of being organized, and of accommodating all of the people that were there. Both days of the ‘fest, the bowling alley bar was making White Russians for the attendees. They were a bit pricey, but you have to expect that. Good bowling alley too. Lots to do besides just bowl. Nice game room, and a great big lounge bar that is oh so cozy and retro feeling. I can’t think of much more good to say because when a place gets things right you rarely notice all of the good things they do for you. I definitely can’t think of anything bad to say about this place.
THE KEETH