Ultimately, I always get room for my stroke. Even when there is a lot of people, there’s a basement area to hold more people. Reasonable prices even with the changes depending on the day (Fri-Sun a bit more). Easy to get to: 2 blocks from subway and a block away from the bus. Pool, Ping Pong, and Pizza… the perfect date and all that’s missing is the beer. But then again, all pool hall bathrooms are creepy. The bathrooms are pretty creepy, and if you’ve been here you would know what I mean. They have a bunch of pictures near the entrance of famous people and the owner playing pool. I thought you had to be over 16 to enter this place. This place has too many teenyboppers hanging around, but I used to be one of those teenyboppers. The music is often the radio with Z 100 playing… puke. The price is reasonable on off peak hours. Once again, I have to show off my ping pong skills and again, I accept any challengers. I like the ping pong tables because you feel like you are in a cage. The tables are in great condition and the staff are tolerable. I have never played pool downstairs, it must be where the real players go to get hustled. The have a large room of pool tables upstairs and downstairs. So, I just go here to improve my game and I am a very excellent pool player. ![]() Unlucky for me, there wasn’t a great pick of the litter. After watching my beloved Paul Newman as Fast Eddie, I felt intrigued to meet a hot shot pool player. I didn’t even know this place is called Hall of Fame Billiards. I call this place Ovington because it’s on Ovington Ave. More smiles and pleasant chit chat and a great day of pool! She made it a point to say good bye at the door. I smoked my father-in-law, picked up the tab, and indeed ran into Jean again on the way out the door. I had to win now because I knew if I saw Jean again, I could not report a loss. After some pleasant chit chat with «Ms Balukas» my father in law and I played for one hour. I was admittedly nervous because its not often you can say you met someone who is the best in the world at what they do. Balukas was indeed behind the counter, working, early afternoon this Saturday, and greeted us warmly. ![]() ![]() Like Jim Brown she retired from competition at an early age and at still at her peak. I went in this date hoping to catch a glimpse of the most accomplished female billiard player of all time, the owner of HOF Billiards and legend of the sport, one Jean Balukas. HOF was always on the bucket list, but I never made the one hour trek out to this mecca of the sport. As a life long pool player from Rockville Centre, I grew up at the Cue Club on Maple Ave amidst the self proclaimed local legends of Nat Keisner, Bobby April, Billy the Greek, and Killer Snoop. Visited HOF Billiards with my father in law.
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