EXHIBIT
20




For
      Immediate Release
            September
      25, 2009




BOWL AMERICA REPORTS FISCAL
YEAR EARNINGS





Bowl
America Incorporated today reported earnings per share for its fiscal year ended
June 28, 2009, declined to $.60 from $.69 in the prior year.  Fourth
quarter earnings per share were $.08, down from $.11 in the comparable quarter
last year.





Operating
revenues for the year improved as the Company’s Falls Church location was in
operation for the entire period, but was closed for the first three quarters of
the prior year while repairs were made to roof damage from an ice
storm.  Companywide expenses exceeded the prior year’s
expenses.  Last year also included a gain on investments not repeated
in fiscal 2009.  Management believes that its customers’ perception of
a continuing negative economic climate is resulting in curtailment of
discretionary recreation spending.





A more
detailed explanation of results is available in the Company’s S.E.C. Form 10-K
filing available through the website www.bowlamericainc.com.





Fiscal
2009 was the Company’s 37th year of
increased regular per share dividends.  Bowl America operates 19
bowling centers and its stock trades on the NYSE Amex with the symbol
BWLA.




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BOWL
AMERICA INCORPORATED


Results
of Operations





Thirteen
                      
                      
                      Thirteen
                      
                      
                      Thirty-nine
                      
                      
                      Thirty-nineWeeks
      Ended
                      
                      
                      Weeks
      Ended
                      
                      
                      Weeks
      Ended
                      
                      
                      Weeks
      Ended06/28/09
                      
                      
                      06/29/08
                      
                      
                      06/28/09
                      
                      
                      06/29/08Operating
      RevenuesBowling
      and other
                      
                      $
                      4,478,990
                      
                      
                      $
                      4,607,988
                      
                      
                      $
                      21,037,547
                      
                      
                      $
                      20,870,757Food,
      beverage and merchandise sales
                      
                      
                      1,868,522
                      
                      
                      
                      1,953,983
                      
                      
                      
                      8,674,571
                      
                      
                      
                      8,433,089Net
      (loss) gain on sale of assets
                      
                      
                      (1,375
                      )
                      
                      
                      45,368
                      
                      
                      
                      (1,375
                      )
                      
                      
                      45,3686,346,137
                      
                      
                      
                      6,607,339
                      
                      
                      
                      29,710,743
                      
                      
                      
                      29,349,214Operating
      expenses excludingdepreciation
      and amortization
                      
                      
                      5,609,232
                      
                      
                      
                      5,597,079
                      
                      
                      
                      23,969,461
                      
                      
                      
                      23,226,527Depreciation
      and amortization
                      
                      
                      356,206
                      
                      
                      
                      388,590
                      
                      
                      
                      1,726,854
                      
                      
                      
                      1,764,226Investment
      earnings
                      
                      
                      -
                      
                      
                      
                      -
                      
                      
                      
                      -
                      
                      
                      
                      267,237Interest
      and dividend income
                      
                      
                      181,041
                      
                      
                      
                      188,223
                      
                      
                      
                      679,287
                      
                      
                      
                      811,205Earnings
      before taxes
                      
                      
                      561,740
                      
                      
                      
                      809,893
                      
                      
                      
                      4,693,715
                      
                      
                      
                      5,436,903Net
      Earnings
                      
                      $
                      411,907
                      
                      
                      $
                      579,530
                      
                      
                      $
                      3,057,282
                      
                      
                      $
                      3,534,540Weighted
      average sharesoutstanding
                      
                      
                      5,132,505
                      
                      
                      
                      5,135,690
                      
                      
                      
                      5,133,375
                      
                      
                      
                      5,135,693EARNINGS
      PER SHARE
                      
                      
                      .08
                      
                      
                      
                      .11
                      
                      
                      
                      .60
                      
                      
                      
                      .69





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SUMMARY
OF FINANCIAL POSITION


Dollars
in Thousands





06/28/09
                      
                      
                      06/29/08ASSETSTotal
      current assets including cash andshort-term
      investment of $11,020 and $8,404
                      
                      $
                      12,410
                      
                      
                      $
                      11,558Property
      and investments
                      
                      
                      30,557
                      
                      
                      
                      32,499TOTAL
      ASSETS
                      
                      $
                      42,967
                      
                      
                      $
                      44,057LIABILITIES
      AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITYTotal
      current liabilities
                      
                      $
                      3,167
                      
                      
                      $
                      3,170Other
      liabilities
                      
                      
                      2,221
                      
                      
                      
                      2,672Stockholders'
      equity
                      
                      
                      37,579
                      
                      
                      
                      38,215TOTAL
      LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
                      
                      $
                      42,967
                      
                      
                      $
                      44,057