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Thursday * August31
Guide to local pool
Calling the sh<Dt
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Part two of two
Newest hall takes shot to gain students' busine
By Amy Protas
The Baitalion
T he 18 “Aggie Maroon” pool
tables at The Penthouse
Billiards and Bar usually
grab visitors’ attention. If that
doesn’t do it, the size of the
pool hall probably will.
The Penthouse Billiards and
Bar, which opened in January, is
the newest pool hall to come to
the Bryan-College Station area.
Rick Parker, a junior finance
major, said the main appeal of
The Penthouse is that it’s
aimed toward students.
“I enjoy playing pool here be
cause 1 feel like there is more of
a college atmosphere,” Parker
said. “For instance, the hall has
Student Appreciation Night. I
don’t feel like I can get some
thing like that in Houston.”
If pool is not what patrons
are after, however, there are
other activities that can be en
joyed in the expansive hall.
Dan Greenwood, a senior con
struction science major and
Penthouse employee, said play
ing darts is a popular option.
The bar sponsors dart teams
and holds some tournaments
during the summer.
“Since so many people go
home during this time, we hold
most of the dart and pool tour
naments during the fall,”
Greenwood said.
In addition to darts and
Stew Milne, Tin
pool, The Penthouse
video games, foosball,
board, a big-screen teli
and a jukebox that plays3
and contemporary rock
occasional mix of country
Greenwood said The
house also offers a spoi
atmosphere.
“We show games on tl
Greenwood said. “In thefa
are going to be showingtk
See Penthouse,
Sidepockets offers relaxed, casual atmosphe
By Rachel Barry
The Bat t alion
W hat started as a class
project has turned into
an 11,000-square foot
pool hall know as Sidepockets.
Owner Arthur Arranaga was
working on a project for a busi-
nes^financial planning class at
Blinn when he decided to open
the pool hall.
“We had to go through the
whole process of getting the
lease and opening the place,
and it turned into this,” Ar
ranaga said.
Sidepockets offers an atmos
phere that attracts families, col
lege students and even players
as young as 4-years old.
Stew Milne, The Bateau
Sidepockets' atmosphere attracts a
family and business crowd.
“As long as they can reach the
table and their parents are with
them,we don’t care if they play,”
Arranaga said.
Senior animal science major
Jerry Johnson said the atmos
phere is what attracts him to
Sidepockets.
“It’s somewhere yotj
kick back,” Johnsonsaii
don’t have to dressiij
cause it’s casual.”
All of Sidepockets’2
tables are arrangedtoa
modate parties or
groups of players, buttli
foot tables are setaparti;
room by a rail and plat!®
“Usually the peoplei
are really good playonli
,N Arranaga said. “Peopleli
watch them.”
Not all of Sidepod
customers are playkif
competition.
Sophomore Genetics anil
chemistry major Stephen!
gen said, “You don’thaveio;
to beat, you play to play."
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Yesterday's preserves past with antique atmosf
By Amy Uptmor
The Bati align
pj e ” she said. “The
pool business is a peo-
A s its name implies. Yester
day’s is a billiards hall
dedicated to preserving
the past. Its antique pool tables
and personal atmosphere help
keep the hall is filled with regu
lar customers.
Nelda Miles and her hus
band, Jerry, opened the estab
lishment in 1979.
“Our atmosphere is a lot like
‘Cheers-,’ a comfortable place
where it feels like everybody re
ally does know your name,”
Miles said.
Miles said the comfortable
atmosphere can be attributed
to their personal and business
philosophy.
“We’ve always made sure to
have a nice place for nice peo
ple business, so that
helps us accomplish
such a philosophy.”
Yesterday’s per
sonal touch is exem
plified by the antique
mailboxes that domi
nate the center of the
room. The mailboxes
can be rented by pa
trons to store their
pool cues, darts and
even coffee cups.
“The really regu
lars store their coffee
cups in them,” Miles
said.
Yesterday’s offers 15 pool ta
bles, several of which date back
to the early 1900s. Miles said
she and her husband are con
stantly looking for antique pool
tables to refurbish and use.
Stew Milne, TheBW
Yesterday's historic atmosphere attradsJ
regular crowd.
“The old tables are more’
built and sturdy,” she said
makes a difference.”
Jeff Rogers, a senior elecl
engineering major and ad'
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