

Ideally, Santillan said, the alley will help bring back some of that traffic, including older residents who might participate in bowling leagues and tournaments. Her mother, she said, remembers when the shopping center had the area’s only supermarket and it was a beehive of activity. Santillan, who runs the restaurant with her mother Lucy Santillan, said her mother took over the restaurant a little more than a year ago, but she worked as a waitress in the same spot before that for more than 20 years.

space, Anahi Santillan said the bowling alley should generate a lot of traffic and bring new customers into the shopping center. Over at Casa de Lucy Mexican restaurant, an eatery just north of the old Stater Bros. The closest bowling alley for Temecula residents is Cal Brunswick Bowl, which is up the freeway on California Oaks Road in Murrieta.Īlthough it’s not a long drive, Hudig said he believes there are local residents who don’t want to trek north who would patronize a Temecula alley. “I think it will do real well,” Hudig said. They said they’ve thought for years that the spot would be ideal for a bowling alley. “I’m going to have to get my ball out of retirement,” said Andrew Hudig, a Temecula resident since 1988 who was hanging out with friends at the nearby ET’s Lounge. That activity excited the owners of businesses in the shopping center and the patrons of those establishments. On Monday afternoon, workers were busy unloading pallets of wood that will be used during construction. Washington said that sort of use should be a good fit for the city because it will provide a new recreation opportunity for residents. “That will be a key piece, right in there,” he said.
