1st Place: Wagner’s Lanes
2nd Place: Bowl-Winkles
3rd Place: Action City

The animated neon sign nestled atop Wagner’s Lanes (2159 Brackett Ave.) has been a beacon to local bowlers for what feels like an age, the bowling ball slowly flashing towards a single pin, which, upon impact, tips over in a stop-motion extravaganza of blinky light. And despite its physical shrinkage over the past decade (remember when it had sixty-six “and a half” lanes?), you still love Wagner’s best when it comes to tossing balls. Picking up the spare in this frame is Bowl-Winkles (1616 N Clairemont Ave.), skidding into in second place. In what may an affront to many bowling purists, you voted the “mini-bowing” over at Action City into third place, which is basically 70 percent skeeball, 25 percent video game, and 5 percent honest-to-god bowling. – Mike Paulus

Chippewa Choice: Falls Bowl, 9 W Columbia St.