Radio Social, NY

Radio Social opened in May 2017 and features 34 bowling lanes, social games such as shuffleboard, table tennis, and bocce, a full service restaurant, two bars, multiple lounge areas, and indoor/outdoor backyard gaming lawns.

In a comprehensive renovation, the bowling alley got a new look, complete with Scandinavian design furniture. With their sleek, elegant design, Form barstools seam the bar area of the newly opened Radio Social, while Form chairs offer seating to hungry bowlers in the restaurant area.

North American-based design firm Staach was approached with the opportunity to reinvent the established, twentieth-century bowling alley and turn it into a dynamic, twenty-first-century social club with a modern interior. 

“As a firm, our work is focused mainly in the restaurant industry," Seth Eshelman, founder of Staach, says. "But the dynamic nature of the Radio Social concept - bringing many entertainment and hospitality elements together, as well as the physical nature of the space - really pushed our team to resolve complex design problems in creative ways.” 


Bright and spacious restaurant area in the historical building.

The social club occupies more than 42,000 square feet of space in the historic Stromberg-Carlson radio and telephone manufacturing facility in the North Winton neighborhood of Rochester, NY. Its name, “Radio Social,” is a nod to the history of its facility, which produced radios during World War II.