Pool Hall Culture – This Is What Makes For A Top Pool Hall
How The Game Room Was Rated The Top Pool Hall Robert Byrne has published more books on the pool hall culture than any other author. In 1993 he wrote a feature for Billiards Digest entitled “My Dream Room”, in which he listed twenty-three features that he would have in his ideal pool hall, the penultimate billiard center. I re-joined forces with a frequent collaborator recently, top pool teacher Donny Lutz and we have always found Byrne’s list very well thought out and of potential value to any room operator, so we put it into practice. The original list included: 1) Stuff on the walls; artwork, posters, announcements, memorabilia, snapshots, clippings, tournament results. 2) A comfortable place to sit and talk, spread a newspaper, or play a game of chess or checkers. 3) Plenty of places for players to sit. 4) A good place to spectate. 5) Semi-private tables. 6) No salt-lick talc cones! 7) Carpeting. 8) Straight house cues wit
