The three holes on a bowling ball represent the three phases of bowling: windup, release, and genuflection. Send a ball properly on its way with today's Groupon: for $20, you get two games of bowling (up to a $5.45 value/person a game) and shoe rental for up to four (a $2.80 value/person) at Palasad (up to a $61.92 total value). This Groupon is valid at the locations on Adelaide Street North and Pine Valley Boulevard. Groupon users who redeem by October 1 get 25% off up to $25 worth of classic fare and drinks at the restaurant, excluding alcohol.

Palasad draws players and diners into a retro, rock-’n’-roll-themed bowling alley outfitted with a sophisticated bar and restaurant. Up to four players battle 10-pin hordes for lane domination in two games of bowling, each combatant armed with chain-mail gauntlets and shod in rental shoes. Video screens keep score while a powerful sound system maintains ideal victory-dance decibels above the Adelaide Street location's 10 vintage lanes, dressed in dark panelling and brass return mechanisms. The Pine Valley Boulevard location, meanwhile, entices ball-hefting quartets with 20 regulation lanes lit by black lights, laser-light gutters, and 10 projection screens glowing with music videos and live footage of cross-stitching grandmothers.

Staff members dish up complete bar and restaurant service at both locations. Sink incisors into menu offerings including salads, sandwiches, and pastas, as well as wood-oven-fired barbecue and pizzas dressed in made-from-scratch tomato sauce. Players can also compare sphere-punishing techniques in games of billiards or try their hand at virtual-reality sock darning in the arcade.

Palasad also offers occasional discounts on games. Be sure to plan ahead to get the best value from your Groupon.