NORTHBROOK, IL – (April 29, 2007) – Pinstripes, Inc., a distinctive bowling/bocce/bistro concept, will open its 45,000 square foot indoor/outdoor entertainment and dining facility at 1150 Willow Road, Northbrook, IL on April 29.

The company plans to redefine the entertainment and dining experience by offering communities and surrounding businesses an opportunity to have “sophisticated fun” in a facility that will incorporate eighteen bowling lanes, six indoor/outdoor bocce courts, an Italian/American bistro and wine cellar, event space/party rooms accommodating 20-600, and a year-round outdoor patio and fireplace. Its flagship location is in the newly developed Willow-Festival lifestyle shopping center at the intersection of Willow and Waukegan roads.

“We look forward to introducing a ‘winning combination’ of sophisticated fun to a wide spectrum of consumers,” says Dale Schwartz, Founder/CEO. “The entire facility will be full-service, allowing guests to enjoy exceptional cuisine and wines amongst the ‘fun’ atmosphere of bowling and bocce. Pinstripes will go ‘back to the future’ and offer people an alternative way to connect with each other and have fun.”

In anticipation of its opening, Pinstripes assembled a passionate and talented management team with significant restaurant and event/banquet experience, including: Chris Soukup, general manager; Mark Grimes, executive chef; and Sandie Montgomery, event director. This seasoned team will apply their respective skills to Pinstripes’ novel hybrid concept, and are joined by more than 150 talented team members who have been hired and trained over the last several months.

“We have been working together on the Pinstripes concept for over two-years. Our vision is to integrate the games of bowling and bocce with exceptional cuisine, maintaining a strict adherence to high quality service throughout the venue,” says Schwartz.

Pinstripes will accentuate the duality of bocce and bowling by featuring Italian/American cuisine, Italian and American wines, and gelato and ice cream. In addition, the company has combined the standard open-play of bowling/bocce/dining with a substantial focus on private events, and to date, more than 100 private events have been pre-booked by its event sales team.

Pinstripes will be open seven days a week for lunch and dinner, and will accept reservations for select bowling/bocce and bistro tables. Hours are 11:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. Sunday –Thursday, and 11:00 a.m. to midnight, Friday and Saturday.

The entire non-smoking facility can accommodate more than 600 people, and it features a wood-burning pizza oven, outside wood fireplace and comfortable leather chairs/couches throughout the bowling/bocce area.

In celebration of its opening, Pinstripes sponsored a Grand Opening Community Art Contest, and much of the artwork featured in the venue is by local artists. Moreover, Pinstripes is donating a scholarship to the International Center of Deafness and the Arts in honor of the opening. With its flagship location in Northbrook, Pinstripes has enjoyed the support of the local communities, and the Village of Northbrook, in particular, was extraordinarily helpful during the development and construction process.

“We welcome Pinstripes to the Village of Northbrook, and we are excited to share this very special and unique community venue with others around us,” says Gene Marks, Village President of Northbrook.

For information, please contact Sandie Montgomery at 847-480-2323 or by email at sandie@pinstripes.com.