Best place to don your two-tone shirts and shoes

As retro as retro gets, Back Bay bowling alley Kings (and its adjacent lounge, the deVille) lets you wallow in unearned nostalgia. What, you've never actually had a Singapore Sling in the vinyl-cushioned bar of an airport hotel filled with traveling salesmen? Well, you'll get the gist of the experience here. And the words "Daddy-O" and "swell" have yet to cross your lips? Kings is just the place to sound them out. That said, the 10-pin lanes themselves are outfitted for a digital generation, what with black lights and a computerized scorekeeping system. So slip into that shirt with your name on the front pocket and BILL'S BAIL BONDS on the back, and come on down for some neo-'50s-style fun.

Kings, 10 Scotia Street, Boston, (617) 266-2251.