Mesa Lanes - Costa Mesa, CA - Vintage Bowling Alley - Long Sleeve T-Shirt reidsville Pee-wee Herman rides a red

Pee-wee Herman rides a red retro rocket with tail fins

Santa Ana had a real one

Bold white serif capitals read "CALABASH BAR" beside it

and pickaxe catches a baseball beside yellow script reading "Baseball Club

Mesa Lanes - Costa Mesa, CA - Vintage Bowling Alley - Long Sleeve T-Shirt reidsville Pee-wee Herman rides a redMesa Lanes stood at 1703 Superior in Costa Mesa, a gathering place where league bowlers and cocktail lounge regulars shared the same roof. Equipped with AMF lanes, it carried the mid century tradition of bowling as community ritual. Places like this, built through the 1950s and 1960s, gave Southern California neighborhoods a place to belong. Part of our Retro Bowling collection, featuring the defunct alleys of yesteryear. The Details: Maroon text