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Hannah and Eric Reinhard purchased the former Greylock Bowl and Mingo's in August 2024.

North Adams Pub, Bowling Alley Have New Names, New Owners

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NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The owners of Water Street Grill in Williamstown have expanded east by opening The Greatest of All Time (The GOAT) Sports Bar and Grill, now open seven days a week in the former Mingo's.
 
Eric and Hannah Reinhard, motivated by the new name, want to make the much-loved sports bar and bowling alley, now dubbed "Kingpins Bowling and Golf," the greatest it can be. 
 
"The GOAT is the greatest of all time. It's like an homage to the great athletes in every sport," Eric said. "Our logo is to be great, motivate yourself. It is a sports bar theme, but it is also a family place."
 
The Reinhards are steeped in the restaurant business in Berkshire County. Eric was an owner of the Freight Yard Pub from 1992 to 2000, opened Water Street Grill in 1996 and, before that, ran hotels, restaurants and a consulting company in New York, Massachusetts and the state of Florida. Hannah has more than 20 years of restaurant management experience. 
 
They purchased the entire property, including Greylock Bowl & Golf, in August from Osmin and Monica Alvarez, who've owned it since 2012. 
 
Eric said they were motivated after hearing the property was for sale.
 
The Reinhards stressed that they wanted to continue with the Alverez family's goal of ensuring the property continued as a bowling alley and family fun center for families to enjoy for years to come.
 
"We try hard to keep our kids off their phones and experience more," Eric said.
 
"In the winter, there isn't a whole lot for the kids to do. We are in the need for downtime activity choices without driving over an hour away," Hannah added.
 
Eric added that it was also an establishment his family liked to frequent and a place where he saw opportunity.
 
"We have children, and we asked ourselves if we could pull this off. We knew this was good for the community. We love coming here, the kids love coming here and we thought we could bring it up to like a Dave & Busters level," Eric said. "A one-stop family fun place where you can eat, play games, have a party. One or all of the above."
 
Through the fall, the two have been busy making the space their own with the installation of the XL Arcade, which has 40 new arcade games for kids and adults, and other improvements throughout the building including a ramp to the event space. 
 
Eric said 20 of the lanes are new but six still housed old machinery that constantly was on the fritz. So, they removed those six lanes and installed the arcade and dual party room for kids. 
 
There will also be arcade games throughout the back wall of the bowling alley.
 
Removing the lanes also allowed them to increase the size of the function room, renamed the Arena MVP Event Space. The function room now has a full-service bar.
 
The Reinhards purchased new seating and high tops throughout the bowling alley and have introduced full service beyond the restaurant. 
 
Gary Fuls Jr. is leasing the bowling portion of the business and will run the day-to-day. There will be bowling seven nights a week with leagues. 
 
"Basically, the concept is, when you're bowling, you don't have to go into the restaurant to get food or drinks. We have a waitress that's coming down, and it's full service. It's really a night out," Hannah said.
 
The Reinhards also made architectural improvements throughout the 30,000-square-foot building and have made the building handicapped accessible.    
 
As for the GOAT, they modernized the kitchen and plan to revamp the decor with photos of some of history's greatest athletes. 
 
"It's all fresh. Everything is in-house," Eric said. "We installed new kitchen equipment."
 
Eric said 100 percent of the staff have been retained with Morgan Leveque as general manager.
 
"We talked with them throughout the process and they are all 100 percent on board and are excited about the changes. We built that trust, and it just keeps getting better," he said. "The people we are hiring are not taking anyone's jobs away, we are adding jobs."
 
Hannah added the staff has been a huge asset throughout the transition.
 
Eric added that he and Hannah are part of the day-to-day operations.
 
"We are laid back," he said. "It is just us. Often I will be in the back making food while Hannah is bringing it out for a banquet. I am fixing things while she is running to Water Street working at another party."
 
"But we love it. At the end of the day we enjoy coming here," Hannah added. 
 
Eric thanked the Alvarez family for such a smooth transition.
 
"Ozzie and Monica have been extremely helpful," he said. "They've turned us on to the people that know how to fix this or that."
 
He also thanked Mayor Jennifer Macksey, city staff and state Rep. John Barrett III, who were resources along the way.
 
Kingpins Bowling & Golf and the GOAT Sports Bar & Grill are located at 41 Roberts Drive. Restaurant hours are 11:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. seven days a week; bowling closed for leagues on Wednesday and Thursday; open 5 to 10 Monday, Tuesday and Friday; Saturday noon to 10, and Sunday noon to 5.  
 

Disclosure: Osmin Alvarez is the publisher of iBerkshires.com.


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North Adams, Partners Celebrate $17.3M in Federal Money Toward Bike Path

By Tammy DanielsiBerkshires Staff

U.S. Rep. Richard Neal, wearing an MCLA scarf, announces the funding for the project design and planning at City Hall on Friday morning. 
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — It's been 26 years since the concept of a Connecticut to Vermont bike trail was first proposed — and 130 since a proposal was put forward for a path between North Adams and Williamstown. 
 
Those dreams took another step forward on Friday with the announcement of $17.3 million in federal funding for the "Adventure to Ashuwillticook Trail," a 9.3-section from the Mohican Path at Williamstown's Spruces to Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art and to connect to the Ashuwillticook Rail Trail.
 
"This is a major success because it connects Williamstown and Adams and North Adams," said U.S. Rep. Richard Neal, who was instrumental in obtaining the funding as chairman of Ways and Means Committee. "It's a big deal, and we're going to hear from experts, but I want to thank the Berkshire Regional Planning Commission. Great work on this. I can be helpful to you, for sure, as Eddie and Elizabeth were [U.S. Sens. Markey and Warren], but I can't be helpful to you unless you have a good product, and you had a good product."
 
Marge Cohan, president of the Berkshire Bike Path Council, likened it to the golden spike that connected the transcontinental railroad. 
 
The grant award is the result of a collaborative effort involving Berkshire Funding Focus, a government funding initiative of the BRPC, along with Adams, North Adams and Williamstown, Mass MoCA and the Tourists resort through which the bike path will run. BRPC is the lead agent and will coordinate the partnership and manage the grant award over the course of the four-year process.
 
Neal was joined at City Hall by Mayor Jennifer Macksey, state Sen. Paul Mark, state Rep. John Barrett III, BRPC Executive Director Tom Matuszko, Mass MoCA Director Kristy Edmunds and Benjamin Svenson and Eric Kerns, of the Tourists resort. 
 
Macksey explained why spending $17 million on bike path planning was important, in the same way she had to her 93-year-old mother. 
 
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