We hope that everyone who found this post is ready to dive deep into the best pool halls and billiards shops in Boston. Whether you are trying to find good places to play pool in your area, want to buy some new cues, or want to learn out about billiards leagues and tournaments around town there will be plenty of useful info right here.
There is no more natural way for us to get this going than by listing the best pool halls in Boston along with bars with good tables because they are probably what most of you are after. It won’t matter if you just want to play a game with some friends or take your action more seriously they are the epicenter of the scene.
We will also be filling you in on local billiards shops and other stores to buy pool tables and cues near you. There might even be info on billiard table movers, felt repairing, and other services.
As we wrap this up you can expect there to be a map for the area to help you figure out which spot to visit, and all of our posts on where to play pool in the Northeast are available at that link.
Best Pool Halls In Boston
The best billiards halls in Boston to play pool would be:
- Pockets Billiard Club at 981 Bennington St
- 8090 Billiard Hall at 25 Edinboro St, 3rd Floor
- Kings Dining & Entertainment at 50 Dalton St
- Lucky Strike Fenway at 145 Ipswich St
- Croke Park at 268 W Broadway
- State Park at One Kendall Square Building 300 Lower Level, Cambridge
- Cambridge Queen’s Head at 45 Quincy St, Cambridge
- Roger’s Pub at 25 Babson College Drive, Wellesley
Pockets Billiard Club is an old-school pool hall in your area with plenty of tables where they host leagues throughout the year for both beginners and advanced players and they are open from 7pm to 2am every day.
8090 Billiard Hall is a Chinese-style billiards hall with many tables that hosts local pool tournaments throughout the year and they are available from 11am to 12am every day.
Kings Dining & Entertainment offers bowling, billiards, shuffleboard, air hockey, skeeball, Pop-A-Shot, comfort bites, cocktails, and soda fountain treats.
Lucky Strike Fenway is a vintage-modern bowling alley with 16 lanes, a lounge, pool tables, dancing, and regular DJ’s. Croke Park is a self-described dive bar with pool tables near you and graffiti-covered walls that serves domestic beer and they are usually open from 9:30am to 2am most days but they open at 10am on Saturday and Sundays they open at 12pm.
State Park is open from 4pm to 2am Tuesday through Saturday and they have a pool table, shuffleboard, pinball, American fare, creative cocktails, and a large selection of beers served in a fun atmosphere.
The Cambridge Queen’s Head is a student-run pub with pool tables, shuffleboard, music, and beer. Roger’s Pub has pool tables as well as delicious food and drinks.
Local Billiards Pro Shops
You will be able to buy pool tables, cues, and other supplies at any of these stores and some can probably help with billiard table moving and felt repairs as well:
- Boston Billiard Emporium at 343 Medford St, Somerville
- Seasonal Specialty Stores at 1278 Worcester St, Natick
- Compleat Gamester Inc at 54 Knox Trail, Acton
- Pools & Cues & Spas at 760 Southbridge St, Auburn
- All Pro Billiards at 30 Saw Mill Pond Rd, Fitchburg
Boston Billiard Emporium sells high-quality new, used, and antique pool tables near you along with 20 different brands of two-piece cue sticks and billiard accessories. They are usually open from 12pm to 4pm but on Saturday they are available at 9am and they are closed on Sunday.
Seasonal Specialty Stores sell billiard tables and accessories, darts, dartboards, and accessories among other things.
Compleat Gamester sells pool and billiard tables, accessories, fusion dining pool tables, darts, cabinets, and accessories. They also provide services like moving or felt replacements for all types of local pool tables and they are open from 10:30am to 6pm Monday through Saturday.
Pools & Cues & Spas is a low-key retailer that sells billiard tables as well as a large selection of cues, cases, all the tools, supplies, and accessories for billiards and pool tables and they usually open from 10am to 7pm but on Saturday they close at 5pm and on Sunday they are closed.
All Pro Billiards sells used pool tables in your area and provides service like moving and refelting from 8am to 7pm Monday through Saturday.
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For now that is all we have to share but check back in the future because we plan to update this post often. After thinking about all of those local pool halls, bars with good tables, and billiards pro shops you are probably ready to go play somewhere in your area.
Feel free to use the comments to let us know if we got anything incorrect or to share any tips or tricks you might have on the scene near you. Now go have fun visiting the best pool halls and billiards pro shops in Boston.
