Spare Time Lounge

We have been here for your friends and families for more than 65 years. New memories are created every day! We want to host your next celebration and event. Our team is personable and strives every day to provide the best customer service. We want you to bring theparty, while we supply the rest. In 1954, a customer approached Joe Caparosa, Sr., founder of Family Bowlaway, Can you teach my son to bowl? Family Bowlaways history and involvement in the community began when Joe Caparosa, Sr., bought Penn Lanes, a 10-lane bowling alley that employed pin boys who reset every pin by hand. At that time, it was a small second-story bowling alley across from Penn Theater, a cinema on Main Street, Butler, Pennsylvania. More than sixty years ago at his first bowling alley, Caparosa taught one special needs child to bowl, creating the oldest Special Olympics bowling program in the country. Today, Family Bowlaway Fun Center hosts more than 120 special needs individuals most Friday afternoons. In 1956, the Caparosa family built a new bowling alley featuring 16 lanes named Bowlaway Lanes. The building still stands today but is now called Just What The Doctor Ordered, a health and medical supply store. My father was an entrepreneur and go-getter, Joe Caparosa, Jr., current co-owner said. He was always building new businesses and finding new ways to make Butler better. In 1963, Joe Caparosa, Sr., added a second location up the hill from the original Bowlaway Lanes, called Bowlaway Annex. This addition included 12 lanes, a pool table, and new state-of-the-art bowling machines. A few years later after obtaining a liquor license, a small bar and restaurant were added: the original 11th Frame. More lanes were added in 1970. In 1973, there was a fire that badly damaged the building. At that time, the decision was made to rebuild the bar, but the bowling center was eliminated. Out of the tragedy, the 11th Frame took over the space that the lanes had occupied and was transformed from a simpl