The Fireside Bowl

In 1956, Fireside was expanded by four lanes bringing the total to 16, and both AMF's Magic Triangles and 82-30 automatic pinspotters were installed at the same time.

The neighborhood was getting rough and business slowed so Fireside began to showcase live music on a part-time basis in 1994.

For the next several years the cloud of eminent domain hung over Fireside, but it continued to host shows promoted by Brian Peterson and Dave Eaves.

In the Summer of 2004 renovations were made to update things such as automatic scoring, new lanes and equipment and upgrades to the building and its amenities.

[1] Several external scenes from the 1992 film Rapid Fire, featuring Brandon Lee and Powers Boothe prominently show the Fireside.

[4] Fireside can be seen in an episode of Fox TV show The Chicago Code entitled "Hog Butcher", which aired on Feb 14, 2011.

Fireside plays host to a scene in NBC's Chicago Fire in the episode entitled "Headlong Toward Disaster", which aired on February 15, 2015.