The Bubble Room Supper Club with jungle theme is set up for dinner with a dance floor and an elevated stage for live bands. The swimming pool is along the side with “air lock” doors to steam room, exercise room and locker rooms. For more than 25 years an entertainment center known as the Imperial Lanes was located at 10 Lyman St.
just off of East Street in Pittsfield. Many baby boomers remember the place for reasons other than bowling. It was also home to a popular supper club, eatery and cocktail lounge called the Bubble Room.
The founders of the Imperial Lanes were Al Bianchi and Lou Pia, each had been an owner of smaller successful bowling alleys. A third partner was a young lawyer and entrepreneur named Martin Pullano Jr., who became president and spokesman of the new venture.
Their mutual goal was to merge their businesses to create a mega entertainment center in one location. Pittsfield’s Bubble Room was said to be one of the first, if not the first, supper club in the country in a tent-like structure that was inflated by air pumped by three compressors. The colorful structure at the Imperial Lanes on Lyman and East streets was made of plastic-covered nylon.
The Imperial Lanes building, was 30,000 square feet and the largest and most modern single-story bowling operation in Massachusetts when it opened on Jan. 1, 1962. The design included 40 bowling lanes, state of the art equipment, a 206-seat restaurant and cocktail lounge (named the Copper Pin) and also a snack.
