Algoma Pizza Bowl

Algoma is a hidden gem of a town, and if you’re anywhere nearby, the Algoma Pizza Bowl is a must-​visit. It has tons of character, games, and good food. The bar pizza is as good as it gets in the midwest, and of course the prices coming from Chicago are a welcome treat. The bowling is a vintage experience all its own, and with multiple areas for dining, drinking, bowling, and gaming, you could easily spend an entire winter day happily holed up in here. I have.

Love their pizza and their bartenders are friendly but last time it took over an hour to get onion rings and a pizza when it was not even busy. Also, the onion rings and pizza came out at the same time after requesting the onion rings out first. The chili and Hawaiian pizzas are great.

Had a great time bowling — a blast from the past — and the pizza was excellent afterwards. Would definitely go back again

I brought my wife here on a Wednesday evening for a snack. The place was virtually empty. One other person at the bar and a couple others who were just talking with the bartender. We ordered the Nachos Grande to share. We received our order in a reasonable amount of time. The cook brought them out to us. The nachos were served on a dinner platter. They were the red, white, and blue colored chips. The Nachos Grande was made with seasoned ground beef, fresh chopped onions, green peppers, black olives, and tomatoes. It was topped with nacho cheese, sour cream, and shredded cheddar cheese. The jalapeños were served on the side as we requested.
There was plenty for 2 people to share as a snack or appetizer. They were good, but a little salsa would have been nice. The price was decent at about $ 8.00. This is not a bad place to com for an evening snack.

When in town i go here… like almost live in here. I would have to say the pizza is the real deal. This is the kind of dump I grew up in. It’s perfect just a dream. I mean you could really do worse. Algoma in general is a lil slice of heaven. The town’s dead so maybe that description is truer than i meant. Back to the bowl, go here and have fun and listen to the guys talk about other guys in town.

What an excellent find. We summer in Algoma and this place is just superb. The pizza is excellent and the atmosphere is fun. Often on the weekends they have a DJ. The staff is friendly which makes for a great time. Highly recommended!

We had them deliver and it took longer than they told us first of all– and we had ordered a pizza and 2 munchie baskets. Neither one of the munchie baskets were the same. I ended up with like 10 shrimp while the other one had hardly any. I had 1 chicken tender and the other one had three. Plus, the crust on the pizza was burnt and disgusting. Not impressed at all.

Pizza is very good. A little surprising considering the whereabouts. We eat quite a bit of pizza in the chicagoland area, so we know just a little bit about good pizza. The cheese they use is excellent. Its thin crust, so if you are looking for a deep dish, keep on looking. The bowling lanes are awesome. It’s a total throw back. Six lanes with manual scoring. Take a step back in time. You will thoroughly enjoy this place. Wait staff/​bartenders make you feel welcome with their friendliness.

I often wonder if the residents of Algoma realize what a gem of a place they have in the Algoma Pizza Bowl. The pizza is outstanding, superior to any that I’ve had in the Midwest outside of Chicago, and as good as many Chicago establishments. I can’t emphasize enough how genuine of a compliment that is. When I take people here for the first time they are consistently blown away by the quality of these pies. Then there is the bar portion of Pizza Bowl, which by itself is a good place to tie one on. They don’t have an extraordinary amount of beers, but they always have some good ones on tap, like a New Glarus brew or something similar. People play familiar stuff on the jukebox, and it’s fun to order pitchers and sing along to some AC/​DC. Then there is the bowling: Six lanes, manual scoring, smoking everywhere, pink and yellow neon shoes; it’s the jam (to quote my friend Spencer H.). So there’s your night all laid out for you.
But whoa! you might say. CJ, seriously. Pizza, bowling, and beer all in one night may be undoubtedly fun, but must cost a fortune. Nope. Not here. I was just at APB with eight people, we ate, drank, and bowled, all for a grand total of $ 107! (¹⁰⁷⁄₈ = 13.375 *.20= 2.675. 13.375+2.675 = $ 16.42 per person)
Ok, you say, fine. So you ate a modest amount of food, each had two beers, and bowled one game, whoop –fucking-​eee.
Wrong again, friend. That price included two pizzas (one large, one medium), two games of bowling, and five pitchers of beer. Also we weren’t just drinking Miller Lite, these were pitchers of Blue Moon for $ 7 each.
One more thing. Make sure you order Sauerkraut on your pizza. It sounds repulsive but it loses much of it’s pungency while baking, and ends up being surprisingly delicious. Love you Pizza Bowl. Love you hard. Hopefully everyone in Algoma treats you with the reverence and respect you deserve.