Mike Ditka's Willow Lounge - Willowbrook, IL - Vintage Bowling Alley - Unisex Sweatshirt honolulu holding an oversized combat knife

holding an oversized combat knife

white outline

Lanes like this one anchored Black communities in South LA for decades

a 32-lane house that never closed its doors

Mike Ditka's Willow Lounge - Willowbrook, IL - Vintage Bowling Alley - Unisex Sweatshirt honolulu holding an oversized combat knifeWillowbrook Lanes sat at Plainfield Road and Route 83 in Willowbrook, Illinois, a suburban bowling alley that became something more in the 1980s. Mike Ditka's Willow Lounge inside carried a mystique no ordinary lanes bar could match. Suburban gathering spots rarely had that kind of gravity. Part of our Retro Bowling collection, featuring the defunct alleys of yesteryear. The Details: Dark blue arched block text reads "MIKE DITKA'S" above a vintage