Lucky Strike Social Coming to Westfield Montgomery Mall

Upscale bowling alley plans to open in mid-summer in former movie theater space

By Aaron Kraut

Lucky Strike Social banner at Westfield Montgomery Aaron Kraut

A California-based chain of upscale bowling alleys is coming to Westfield Montgomery mall in Bethesda.

Lucky Strike Social will offer “bowling suites” and a gastropub in the first-floor mall space that once was home to the facility’s movie theater. A mall official said the sign announcing Lucky Strike Social went up Wednesday morning and the bowling alley is expected to open in mid-summer.

Blogger Robert Dyer first reported the news.

Lucky Strike has long had a location in Washington, D.C., offering “upscale party spaces, sophisticated menus” and professional event planners, according to its website. It’s unclear if Lucky Strike Social marks a new concept for the chain.

Representatives for the company couldn’t be reached Thursday.

The former movie theater space is located down a set of escalators from the mall’s Dining Terrace.

The movie theater that was there, The Movies at Montgomery Mall, closed in May 2014. ArcLight Cinemas opened in October 2014 in a newly built space that is part of the mall’s $90 million expansion and renovation.