Did you bowl at Don Carter’s or Cloverleaf? Here’s what Miami landmarks looked like
Saturday morning youth leagues. A hot dog and a beer. A Friday night date. The thunder of the roll and the clack of the pins.
Bowling in Miami is now an endangered species.
A few old-style alleys still exist, but most of them are gone, along with the peeling paint, greasy snack bars and sweaty rental shoes. In their place: a few boutique bowling alleys with better food, neon lights and lots of sports on TV.
Let’s take look at the bowling alleys of yore through the photo archives of the Miami Herald:
Jossie Lynn Martinez of Miami, 1971 Miss Tournament of the Americas, looks out from a “forest” of pins while inviting bowlers to the ninth annual Tournament of the Americas at Cloverleaf Lanes in North Miami-Dade. Miami Herald File Ibra Nauritz shows her excitement after hitting a strike at Cloverleaf Lanes in near North Miami Beach. Nauritz was bowling with the super seniors league in 1993. David Bergman/Miami Herald File In 1979, Congress Bowl in North Miami. It was demolished for a development. Alan Freund/Miami Herald File
