In its ninth decade, the modest Ran-Ham Bowling Center in St. Paul's Highland Park neighborhood faces the announced end to its existence, the St. Paul Pioneer Press reports. Fans of the place are protesting the threatened non-renewal of Ran-Ham's lease, while the landlord isn't saying what might take its place.
"So, the Highland Park landmark--set in a basement at Randolph and Hamline avenues, its entrance sandwiched between the Nook tavern and Kopplin's coffeehouse--might have already scored its last frame.
"And while there's no crime in not renewing a lease, it doesn't mean fans of the Ran-Ham have to be happy about it.
"'It would be a real shame for it to disappear,' said Tim Jennen.
"Jennen, marketing manager at the Grand Avenue art supply store Wet Paint, said the store has had holiday parties at the bowling alley for 17 years.
"'I often liken it to Mickey's or the Dari-ette, that's one of those local places that really says something about St. Paul,' he said.
'It's a treasure.'"
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