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The last thing you want on a date is to look like you’re trying too hard. Bowling is the great equalizer: It proves you’re no snob, and no one expects you to be very good. Sure, a single game is $14.50 per person (with shoe rental) at Port Authority’s Leisure Time Bowl, but you can’t put a price on having carte blanche to quote the Dude for an entire evening. Postbowl, roll yourself to nearby Lansdowne Road. This Irish sports pub has all the fixins, from rugby jerseys on the wall to $7.50-per-dozen “Scruffy Duffy” wings—holdovers from the owner’s last bar of the same name. Rest your $4 draft special on the ice rail that runs the length of the bar and changes colors depending on what team’s playing on the TVs above. Resist the urge to lick that giant chunk of ice; you’ve seen A Christmas Story, right?