Holiday Bowl by Erin J. Aubry For slightly longer than I ve been alive, the coffee shop and bowling alley has stood just south of Exposition Boulevard as a friendly gateway to Crenshaw proper, to its confounding but exhilarating mix of Spanish villas, soul-food haunts, African art shops and furious street vending that on any given day will net you anything from bean pies to vanilla incense. Eat your grits and eat your heart out. And there s more to eat than generally meets up on a standard coffee-shop menu, believe me. Gunn is 65 and recently retired, but she promptly came out of retirement to continue working at Holiday. We have a lot of regulars, a lot of steadies.
People come here to feel good.
Kim likes to point out that, not only was his establishment not damaged during the 92 riots, but people came in and bowled that night, April 29. It s a meeting place for the whole community. If you want to meet a friend, you sit here long enough, they ll come through. Inc. All rights reserved. Counter Intelligence Juanito s Tamales.