Where was the Real Ames Pool Hall?

Rating: 9/10 (29 October 2018)

I used to play pool with Bobby Fischer, the chess champion. We played in a pool hall that resembled the Ames Pool Hall in the movie. However, as I recall, the pool hall we played was on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, not on 42nd Street where the pool hall in the movie was said to be. I played Bobby Fischer about even in both pool and ping pong. However, I was definitely better than Bobby at bowling, as my average was about 140, not great but better than his.