These days, many of us are wrapped up in technology as a means of communication. We’ve got the smart phones, the laptops, the tablets and social media to reach out and touch someone. Which is all great, but sometimes don’t you just want to go back in time? To a place where a night out bowling, roller rink disco, or pumping quarters into the pinball machine were all a part of a well-balanced teenage experience. Well, here are some spots across Michigan that are sure to provide you with just that.
- Cherry Bowl Drive-In Theatre, Honor
https://www.facebook.com/Cherry-Bowl-Drive-In-167862440289/timeline/ Pull up and catch a flick at this old timey drive in, sonny.
- Clique Bowling Lanes, Grand Rapids
Libbie B./Yelp Here you can play 75 cent games and knock back some $2 buds like they “used to” back in the day.
- Klassic Arcade, Gobles
https://www.facebook.com/KlassicArcade Remember Ms. Pacman and Joust from the 80’s? Here you can relive your heyday as a spiky haired youth only worried about slices of ‘za and more quarters.
- Lipka’s Old Fashion Soda Fountain, Montague
Gregory B./Yelp Michigan’s oldest operating soda fountain is what you’re going to find here.
- Northland Roller Rink, Detroit
Matt M/Flickr Ah so many memories of skating the nights away as a young kid in this Detroit skate staple.
- Quarter Cafe & Retrocade, Ludington
https://www.facebook.com/QuarterCafe Frogger is calling to you and just about every other game you played as a kid, please your inner child and check it out.
- Roller Fox Skating Center, Ravenna
https://www.facebook.com/roller.fox When’s the last time you went to a roller rink? C’mon.
- The Ford-Wyoming Drive In Theatre, Dearborn
https://www.facebook.com/FordWyomingDriveIn Now you’re on the trolley, step back in time here and check out a movie on the real big screen.
- The Garden Bowl, Detroit
https://www.facebook.com/GardenBowlDetroit This is “one of the country’s oldest active bowling centers” according to CNN, so defintely stop in for a game or two.
- The Paris Restaurant & Soda Shop, Niles
https://www.facebook.com/TheParisNiles “I’ll have one malted please.” They serve it up old fashioned here complete with food served in tin lunch boxes at this kitschy spot.
Really takes you back, right? Where are your favorite places to sit back and reminisce? Tell us in the comments below!
https://www.facebook.com/Cherry-Bowl-Drive-In-167862440289/timeline/
Pull up and catch a flick at this old timey drive in, sonny.
Libbie B./Yelp
Here you can play 75 cent games and knock back some $2 buds like they “used to” back in the day.
https://www.facebook.com/KlassicArcade
Remember Ms. Pacman and Joust from the 80’s? Here you can relive your heyday as a spiky haired youth only worried about slices of ‘za and more quarters.
Gregory B./Yelp
Michigan’s oldest operating soda fountain is what you’re going to find here.
Matt M/Flickr
Ah so many memories of skating the nights away as a young kid in this Detroit skate staple.
https://www.facebook.com/QuarterCafe
Frogger is calling to you and just about every other game you played as a kid, please your inner child and check it out.
https://www.facebook.com/roller.fox
When’s the last time you went to a roller rink? C’mon.
https://www.facebook.com/FordWyomingDriveIn
Now you’re on the trolley, step back in time here and check out a movie on the real big screen.
https://www.facebook.com/GardenBowlDetroit
This is “one of the country’s oldest active bowling centers” according to CNN, so defintely stop in for a game or two.
https://www.facebook.com/TheParisNiles
“I’ll have one malted please.” They serve it up old fashioned here complete with food served in tin lunch boxes at this kitschy spot.
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