New Downtown pool club opens its doors
March 17, 2006 by Foodie
March 10, 2006 The Carom Club opened its doors to the public. The Club will features professional style pool tables as well a upscale food menu. The club will be serving lunch and dinner in a 100% non-smoking apnosphere. That’s right no smoking is allowed in the Carom Club. The club is owed by a Ramona Biddle a billiard professional for the last 12 years. The club is a breath of fresh air for the downtown area.
Carom Club
Third and Central NW
Popularity: 21% [?]
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This pool hall is so nice that Albuturkey dosn’t deserve such a nice place! Too bad they are going to price themselves right out of town. Holy Crapola!….I pay less at the Amsterdam pool club in N.Y.C.!! They have high prices and a dress code to discourage “unwanteds” from entering, which I applaud. But a great “doorman” can get that job done, thus lower ALL the prices and….whalla…more participation. It’s a win-win for everybody!
Mona..please lower the prices……this isn’t …Fanta Se.
Albuquerque definitely deserves a nice pool hall. It needs more places like this to attract more attention and tourism. Yeah its a little expensive because the wage level is not up to par here yet, but that will come in time. Other than that its a nice place if you can afford it.
Rsmith, I haven’t had a chance to stop in on the Carom Club, how is the food?
I have been in a few business meetings there and the food was about 40 dollars for appetizers. It was an assortment of cheeses, buffalo wings, and foods like that (finger foods). Nothing spectacular, but the atmosphere was great, and a corner booth with a view is worth the money.
Expensive yes. But don’t believe that this place cannot survive in ABQ, its the opposite…they have no competition in their area. First, the location is close to the convention center and Century movie theatre…easy business. The place itself doesnt appeal to the rich of the rich, which have their own pool tables, but rather the upper middle class here whose salary average can afford the higher prices for this establishment.
Every time I have been here it has had a good customer flow. And who needs a New York style bouncer here either. Those that come here are marketed by the higher prices and if they want to keep the lower income, or lower class out, the menu will do that for them.
This place will thrive and if you go inside for a while, you can see why.