Bowling is a model for interpersonal relationships—the ball is your scream and the pins are other people's opinions. Make a striking statement with today's Groupon: for $20, you get $50 worth of bowling, games, and classic fare at Bird Bowl.

Clattering pins echo across Bird Bowl’s 60 well-oiled lanes, underscoring postgame meals at the sprawling facility’s on-site restaurant and two bars. During competitive bowling bouts ($25+/hour), players lace up multicolored kicks before rolling weighty orbs toward pins beneath the kaleidoscopic grandeur of ocean-themed wall murals. Like text messaging, automatic scoring renders pencils and pens obsolete, ensuring wrists stay loose enough to toggle joysticks and sling air-hockey pucks in the on-site game room.

Alternatively, 16 newly resurfaced billiards tables dotted with laser-shrunken bowling balls set the stage for nine ball hustles in a billiards room ($9.99+/hour), where chalk dust settles in the glow of six HDTVs tuned to the latest in local sports. Pairing a quartet of specialty pizzas ($16.49 each) with breakfast fare ($0.99–$4.99) and desserts ($0.99–$4.49), Bird Bowl’s eatery crushes postgame appetites as patrons sip domestic and import suds from bottle, pitcher, or hollowed-out bowling pin.