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     A few months ago my son was invited to his “BEST FRIEND”  (at the time) Marco’s 6th birthday party.  The party was held at a place called Strike which is located at 1350 Union Turnpike in New Hyde PArk, Queens,  New York.   

     With much anticipation we counted down the days to the party.  We bought the HAPPY BIRTHDAY 6 year old card, signed and sealed it and the present was purchased, wrapped and ready to go.  If only the big day would come!!!  Ryan just couldn’t wait.  It was the second birthday party he had been invited to this year.  The first was AJ’s which was at a bowling alley on Woodhaven blvd. (which recently closed down).  Ryan had a wonderful time at AJ’s and thus was super excited to be going to Marco’s as well.   The big day finally arrived and off we went.  I actually drove right passed it because it is such a small building and sort of set back a little bit.  My navigation system said:  “You have arrived” and I said:  “Where?”  We had to make a U-Turn and head back.  When I saw the building I thought–How can they fit a bowling alley in there?  It was that small!   I parked the car as Ryan screamed “Mommy Mommy We’re here.  Park Park PARK!  We walked through the doors and found stairs that we took which brought us down to this “SUPER AWESOME” (as Ryan labeled it) place.  It was a bit dark but what would one expect when going down below street level.  The place was HUGE.  WHO KNEW?  We met up with Ryan’s friend Marco and the rest of the kids who were anxiously awaiting their shoe rental.   While I put on Ryan’s shoes his eyes scanned the entire place and he rattled off all of the places he wanted to go prior to leaving.  It was at the moment that I realizes I was in for one long, but fun day. 

     The party was very well run.  We had two girls assigned to our three lanes who made sure the kids were set up and that the games were running smoothly.  The food was great–there was sort of a mini buffet set up for the parents and children. There was a young lady serving the children and drinks were pre-poured so they could help themselves.  After eating, the kids bowled some more, and then it was cake time.  After the two hours of bowling were up, the kids were given goodie bags (from Marco and his parents) and a Strike Credit Card which could be used in the Strike Arcade. We went around playing games for about another hour and Ryan (king of the Tickets that he is) racked up over three hundred tickets playing the games.  We redeemed Ryan’s tickets for some cool kid prizes and called it a day.  Ryan and I both had a great time; he got to spend time with his classmates, and I got to sit down and chat with the other moms.  We also got to enjoy some mommy and son time which meant the world to me.  On a scale of 1-10 icecream cones I give this place 10 ice cream cones.  Ryan gives it 110 ice cream cones.   

P.S. Strike also has late night bowling and happy hour for the not so little ones.

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