The games played on the 22 waxed lanes are still scored by hand. No fancy computerized boards here--it's all manual. On any given night, you'll find serious metalheads, local teens and coiffed gals bearing...
citysearch.com - expert review - 11/28/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
WOW! I haven't been on a bowling in a long ass time, but i had a fantastico time @ All Star Lanes. We went on a double date with our friend and her hubby who's never bowled before.
yelp.com - user review - 06/28/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Funnest fun! Music plus bowling is a key to this girl's heart. Thinking about throwing a party here sometime SOON. Check it out, you might just fall in love...
yelp.com - user review - 06/24/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
"Only one thing endures and that is character." --Horace Greeley This place has it in spades. Bowling AND karaoke. Fat Tire tall boys. I must be in heaven.
yelp.com - user review - 06/18/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This place is fun. It's nondescript, it's in Eagle Rock and everyone that frequents the establishment as a regular is straight off the set of Fargo. I loved that they had an 80s station blasting music…
yelp.com - user review - 05/20/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
So kids..when was the last time you bought a 24oz bottle of Fat Tire, for $6 at a bowling alley? $2 dollar shoe rentals and $5 games (per person) translates into an exchange of $18 for a few hours of…
yelp.com - user review - 05/19/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
"Let's sing karaoke!" "Where?"
yelp.com - user review - 05/02/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Pros: Drinks are relatively cheap
yelp.com - user review - 04/29/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I keep ending up here when I dont ever really expect to. Random evenings, friends birthdays when I thought we were going to end up somewhere else. It's like a black hole. The bowling alley is beat up.…
yelp.com - user review - 04/23/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I dig it. A good place to take the kids AND bowl AND quote Big Lebowski. Just make sure everyone is wearing socks because it adds up. And it's always a thrill to hear Michael Jackson's "Thriller"…
yelp.com - user review - 04/21/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I had been to a few bowling alleys in my days. This one at Eagle Rock takes the cake for vintage alleys. The big plus coming here is the huge stage for karaoke and an awesome karaoke system. What's…
yelp.com - user review - 04/06/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I remember the days of being a teenager and anxiously coming here for a random bad punk show, but mostly puking up cheap malt liquor in the park lot (sorry All Star Lanes). Aside from being a…
yelp.com - user review - 03/24/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Where else can you bowl and belt out some 2Pac like a Banshee? We thought were going bowling after the drinks & karaoke, but we stayed in the bar the whole time; we almost forgot we were IN a bowling…
yelp.com - user review - 03/22/2008
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My friends and I went to All Star Lanes last Thursday or some bowling and beer. The first thing that STRIKES you when you walk in, is how empty the place is. There were literally only 3 lanes being used when...
citysearch.com - user review - 02/26/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Stop telling people about this place. Stop telling people about how awesome Eagle Rock is because you can actually get an hour of parking on one quarter, the streets are wide and un-congested, and…
yelp.com - user review - 02/08/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Let me start off by saying that I just moved to Los Angeles from Cleveland, OH 3 weeks ago. Other than unpacking and moving into the new house, and now mostly job hunting (which is awful by the way),…
yelp.com - user review - 02/01/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
(Note: I have yet to actually BOWL at this establishment) Taco night concluded at All Star Lanes. I've not been a fan of All Star Lanes in the past, but really, it only takes one great night to…
yelp.com - user review - 01/22/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I decided to pull my original review because it was dated and people wouldn't be able to see the recent fun I had, because I wrote it back in August. August of 07, yuh huh huh huh. - The arcades are…
yelp.com - user review - 01/21/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
ok... ok... I am totally biased here. let me tell you why.
yelp.com - user review - 01/03/2008
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Is this the oldest bowling alley in California??? The bowling didn't look appealing and Roman said it was kinda expensive so we passed on that. So straight to the bar we go.
yelp.com - user review - 12/10/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Been here three times... and I must say only the Karaoke keeps this place alive. The bowling is pricey ($16/lane or something) and looks like if you throw too hard everything will fall apart. The pool…
yelp.com - user review - 12/04/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I don't know anything about bowling, but I do know a thing or two about karaoke and dive bars. This place is great for a group, especially if the people in that group like to sing...and drink.…
yelp.com - user review - 12/04/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Bowling here SUCKS I went here with an ex and they had to switch us lanes about 4 times because none of them worked right
yelp.com - user review - 11/22/2007
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worst managment ever. worst attitude. terrible service. toxic waste dump. cheap in all the wrong ways. bald owner. bald owner. he/she wears a wig. machines will mangle your ball.
citysearch.com - user review - 11/18/2007
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Let it be said: I am a craptastic bowler. I am Gutterball MacQueen. That being said, I look for other things to entertain me when I'm at a bowling alley, namely: good drinks, funky lighting, good…
yelp.com - user review - 11/10/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I had gone here for my fellow yelp friend Aimee's bday! She was turning umm...I don't think she wants me to disclose this. =) This place was easy to find, I did not bowl even though I brought my…
yelp.com - user review - 10/22/2007
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Cool place to hang out and have a good time and be melow (different from the usual club scene)....Everything is very reasonably priced and staff are friendly. It looks like they are still working on this venue...
citysearch.com - user review - 10/17/2007
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Cool place to hang out and have a good time and be mellow (different from the usual club scene)....E...
judysbook.com - user review - 10/16/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I found this place on Yelp after searching for something other than the typical AMF. My friends and I had an awesome time here! First of all, it was 11PM on a Friday night and we found parking as soon…
yelp.com - user review - 10/15/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I seriously didn't think I would enjoy myself here, but, boy, I was wrong. After stuffing my pie hole at Barrio Fiesta across the street, we decided to come over here and work off the zillions of…
yelp.com - user review - 09/25/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I had a lot of fun here watching a bunch of friends go bowling and end up drunk, one of them throwing themselves down the lane as she took a 1/2 of a frame over for a friend. *aww* you know who you…
yelp.com - user review - 09/25/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Dingy, worn out, crappy psuedo-cosmic bowling, and a HELLUVA GOOD time. You know why? It may be a total DIVE of a bowling alley...but their bar had a surprising HUGE selection of great beer! I was…
yelp.com - user review - 09/24/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
There was a write-up about this place in the Times a few weeks ago. I can only say that must be the reason why this place was blowin' up on a Friday night. Or, Oxy kids just dig it. I hung out in…
yelp.com - user review - 09/24/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
We went to this alley after dining at Barrio Fiesta across the street. Being a music lover, I was thrilled to be able to engage in some of my favorite past time activities such as singing and dancing…
yelp.com - user review - 09/24/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
this place is dope. dat's right, i said it, dope. its a real honkey tonk karaoke bar and bowling alley, with a mixed crowd of hipsters and guys who would be better off gay. something you would find in…
yelp.com - user review - 09/22/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Aaw... My dad used to bowl here with his friends in his bell bottoms, permed hair and tight t-shirts when he was still skinny, young, smoked and drank... and then I was born... haha...
yelp.com - user review - 09/03/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Oh my god, we're going to Eagle Rock? I better get my passport. To ease my transition Eastwards, I stopped in Mid-Wilshire to have a BBQ and dine al fresco with my friend Liz and her roomie before we…
yelp.com - user review - 09/02/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Was given the lane next to Sandra Oh, Katherine Heigl, and some of their Grey's Anatomy friends one night and was so glad they had changed shoes and were out of there by the time I started my first…
yelp.com - user review - 08/22/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Eagle Rock Bowling and Drinking Club every Sunday night!! This is one of my favorite places to play. It genuinely feels like we're playing in a friend's basement while everyone is drinking and playing…
yelp.com - user review - 08/17/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I popped my Karaoke cherry here AND felt ok with myself in the morning. Five stars right there. I can't thank my dearest fellow yelpers enough for creating the safe zone in which to howl. I only have…
yelp.com - user review - 07/14/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Ah... my first Unofficial Yelp gathering with a bunch of Yelper's that I've never met in person. I'll admit I was a lil nervous, but what the hey. I was meeting up with my best bud James P (who I…
yelp.com - user review - 07/13/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
If my life was charted out on a timeline, my first time at All Star would be denoted as 0 Y.E., as in Year Zero of the Yelp Era. Everything before then would be B.Y.E. (Before the Yelp Era) and while…
yelp.com - user review - 07/13/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
OK, Yelpers, here's the low down: All Star Lanes should not be taken as a serious bowling alley. Just because it says "Bowling" does not mean that you will be participating in Lebowski-style times. I…
yelp.com - user review - 06/29/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
ehhh...
yelp.com - user review - 06/27/2007
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1.0 of 5 stars.
This place is terrible! What a Dump! Have any of you people on Yelp ever been to a real Bowling alley? OMFG! If I based my nightlife on Yelp I might be there now. It is supposedly re-modeled but it…
yelp.com - user review - 06/26/2007
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1.0 of 5 stars.
Probably single hand-idly the worst experience of human nature known to man. Eagle Rock Lanes aka all star lanes is possibly the worst bowling alley in LA. This place used to be sweet. But not anymore.…
yelp.com - user review - 06/23/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
go on sunday night for the bands and karaoke and the crowd. 5 bucks gets you in. come early if you want to bowl, bands start at nine, there is karaoke in between bands (if people sign up) and…
yelp.com - user review - 06/22/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
someone once said to me, "there is always more going on with you than you lead on". well, this was about 10 years ago and somehow, it seems i haven't changed all that much since. it's been over two…
yelp.com - user review - 06/02/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
. Karaoke Cheap Booze
yelp.com - user review - 04/20/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
LA weather 'strikes' again. it was WINDYYY TODAY!!!!! get it? 'strikes' at a bowling alley? Hardy har har!!!!
yelp.com - user review - 04/13/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
All Star Lanes, All Star Lanes, this is my happy song about All Star Lanes! Doodi doodoo, yiimpiddy yip yip!! Laaa lalaa laaa la! So I arrived for bowling a few weeks ago..it was hella bright in…
yelp.com - user review - 04/13/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder they say. I say it's a fine line between "shabby" and "care warn". And I think the people you're there with will swing you from one side of the line or the…
yelp.com - user review - 04/02/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
The bowling alley facilities here leave much to be desired. I don't bowl often enough to own a ball, and the house balls here are mostly chipped and dinged. I felt like I should take off my shoes and…
yelp.com - user review - 03/31/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Now, that was a fun night: good friends, bowling, laughs, karaoke, broken nail... oh wait...scratch that last one! Yes, this place is a dump. The bathrooms, lanes, decor need A LOT of work. The…
yelp.com - user review - 03/31/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Yeah, we showed up late so I missed the bowling festivities. Oh yeah, having that much fun for under $5 ($3 Miller Lite Bottle $1 Tip) is illegal in 27 states and the district of Columbia. Luckily,…
yelp.com - user review - 03/31/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
It's a shabby place. The felt on the (two) pool tables is worn and they still charge 10 bucks an hour. The doors on the ladies bathroom stalls don't lock and you have to stuff paper in them to make…
yelp.com - user review - 03/30/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
This place was so amazingly decorated I could only imagine how wonderful it was in its hayday when it was first built and actually taken care of! be aware of cracked floors, broken bathrooms, uneven…
yelp.com - user review - 03/30/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I went here the other night with a couple of the funnest ladies I know, and still I struggled to have a great time. However, let's not entirely blame that on this bowling venue, as it was partly due…
yelp.com - user review - 03/14/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
I can only vouch for karaoke since they renovated the bowling alley since the last time i played there. It's kind of divey, even after the renovations. it's bigger now, but not really nicer and they…
yelp.com - user review - 02/16/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
The only reason this place gets 4 stars is because I miss its dingy and dirty old look (I'm a girl who likes her dive bars dive-y), but I guess it's for the better of the place. That being said, the…
yelp.com - user review - 01/27/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
***Updated 03/30/07*** I had to. In my original review, I only gave it 3 stars because I hadn't done the karaoke. But I've done the karaoke and I loved the karaoke!! Yelpers ruled the little karaoke…
yelp.com - user review - 01/17/2007
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1.0 of 5 stars.
At first I was going to keep my commentary positive, but I decided I needed to expose some utter RIDICULOUSNESS happening in Eagle Rock that I had the misfortune to experience the other night. Fine, it…
yelp.com - user review - 01/03/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
The only reason that this place loses a star is for the fact that I live too far away from it to go have a hoot hollerin good time here and drive home safely after. But with the exception of that,…
yelp.com - user review - 12/26/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Three cheers for All Star Lanes, who served me booze when I was underage, who welcome colorful clientele straight out of the AA dropout club, who say "no!" to class and tact, who light their alleys…
yelp.com - user review - 12/13/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This was the place to bowl when I was in high school, but only because we couldn't drive anywhere else. It's where I played pool for the very first time. The pool tables are some of the worst I've…
yelp.com - user review - 10/23/2006
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A large group of friends and I went to All Star Lanes and spent more time asking for someone to help to fix problems with our lanes, than we did bowling. The staff was extrememly dismissive and rude. The place...
citysearch.com - user review - 08/16/2006
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People in LA assume that if something is filthy and poorly operated that it's "kitchy" or "classic". Worse yet, they refer to it as a slice of "Americana". Folks, sometimes a dump is just a dump. This place is...
citysearch.com - user review - 08/16/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
it is like my own personal karaoke womb. outside, the world is cold and gray. inside it is warm and filled with singing.
yelp.com - user review - 06/27/2006
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5.0 of 5 stars.
i don't care about bowling. it's all about the karaoke. this is my favorite place in the world. it really is.
yelp.com - user review - 06/26/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
All Star Lanes used to host a night called Bowl-a-rama. 10bucks all you could bowl and an array of cool Rockabilly bands. People would show of their primered customs and dress in their best raw denim…
yelp.com - user review - 06/12/2006
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The place has gone under a complete remodel. The Lanes are upgraded along with automatic scoring. The bar has been remodeled as well. The drinks are cheap (compare to rest of LA!) and atmosphere is great. I...
citysearch.com - user review - 02/17/2006
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Located in the heart of Eagle Rock on Eagle Rock Blvd, its one of the oldest places still standing. ...
judysbook.com - user review - 08/18/2005
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Although they recently refurbished the lanes and added automated scoring monitors (you used to have to score your own card), All-Star Lanes is still full of old-school character. It's a great spot for birthday...
citysearch.com - user review - 03/11/2005
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Went to All-Star on Friday night and had a blast. You won't find a cheaper place to bowl or cheaper beers in Los Angeles. Yes, you must score the game yourself, but it is worth it. My friends and I plan on...
citysearch.com - user review - 01/27/2003
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I've had to frequent this run down dive many times over the last 20 years. It was a dive 20 years ago, and it's still a dive. The staff is unfriendly with mountains of attitude. The restaurant has been through...
citysearch.com - user review - 12/03/2002
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I've been a regular at All Star Lanes for almost two years now. It's hard to find some "old fashioned" bowling anymore. It's all about automatic scoring and artificial lanes now, but if you want a blast from...
citysearch.com - user review - 08/17/2002
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When you come into this sub-par, below public standards bowling alley the employees give you a half hearted attitude. Like they're doing you a favor by letting you bowl there. One time me and my friend walked...
citysearch.com - user review - 07/31/2002
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My friends and I met here for happy hour bowling one night. We had a blast. The cocktail waitress was attentive and kept the drinks flowing. It seems to be a really popular place since it was totally packed...
citysearch.com - user review - 05/23/2002
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A friend of mine swears the All Star Lanes lie at the very heart of Americana. Sometimes I have to agree, like at their Friday night karaoke. It's fun to watch because most people really aren't the best...
citysearch.com - user review - 05/21/2002
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