# Name of a Bowling Alley/Bar in Merced, California, in 1986 **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 1, 2013, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-a-bowling-alley-bar-in-merced-california-in-1986/670063 "2013-10-01T01:57:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![A\_Man\_A\_Plan\_A\_Canal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/839c29/32.png) [@A\_Man\_A\_Plan\_A\_Canal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Man_A_Plan_A_Canal)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2013, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-a-bowling-alley-bar-in-merced-california-in-1986/670063/1 "2013-10-01T01:57:36Z")
Hello, Straightdopers. I’m writing a story for which I need the name of a bowling alley-slash-bar in Merced, California, which existed and which I used to frequent occassionally in 1986. It was a large building, one side had the bowling alley and the other side was a sort of club. Anyone remember that place and its name? Thanks!..AMAPAC ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2013, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-a-bowling-alley-bar-in-merced-california-in-1986/670063/2 "2013-10-01T02:53:21Z")
Are you certain it was in Merced proper? If not, could it be the [Bellevue Bowl](http://bellevuebowl.com/default.asp), up the road a bit in Atwater? [Google street view](https://www.google.com/maps/preview#!q=785+Bellevue+Rd.+Atwater%2C+CA+95301&data=!1m8!1m3!1d3!2d-120.601467!3d37.360996!2m2!1f70.92!2f90!4f75!2m4!1e1!2m2!1siTk7PfE-i5xSwKpT3X5Lng!2e0!4m12!2m11!1m10!1s0x80916b6db4465ad5%3A0xdc72caa20f3a42f3!3m8!1m3!1d199667!2d-121.4429125!3d38.5615405!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1&fid=5) ---
**Author:** ![Isilder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/cc9497/32.png) [@Isilder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isilder)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2013, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-a-bowling-alley-bar-in-merced-california-in-1986/670063/3 "2013-10-01T11:39:51Z")
> [@A\_Man\_A\_Plan\_A\_Canal](#): > > Hello, Straightdopers. I’m writing a story for which I need the name of a bowling alley-slash-bar in Merced, California, which existed and which I used to frequent occassionally in 1986. It was a large building, one side had the bowling alley and the other side was a sort of club. Anyone remember that place and its name? Thanks!..AMAPAC Could be it be Merced Recreational Bowling ? 17 Street in downtown Merced in the middle of the block across from the Merced Theatre. [http://www.mercedsunstar.com/2013/06/21/3074604/bowling-pins-last-forever.html](http://www.mercedsunstar.com/2013/06/21/3074604/bowling-pins-last-forever.html) Edit Actually, sounds like the Century, as per one of the founders obituary , the 2nd half was a club… > **[Edward Staiger Obituary (1926 - 2013) - Merced, CA - Merced Sun Star](https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/mercedsunstar/name/edward-staiger-obituary?id=11357623&fhid=8742)** > > View Edward Staiger's obituary, send flowers and sign the guestbook.