Pockets Billiard Club

Pockets Billiard Club is the basement pool hall at 981 Bennington Street in East Boston, near Orient Heights. Phone (617) 569-3350. Facebook and Instagram are @pocketsbilliardclub. Owner Lisa DiPrizio has described a family-run room with 14 pool tables, arcade games, and a bar, tables about $10 an hour, and an old-school underground hall you do not size up from the sidewalk. Directory hours disagree, so call before you go. There is no cover in the usual listings; tables are first come, first served. This is a Bennington Street billiard club, not a restaurant with a dinner menu. Come to shoot pool and have a drink. If you wanted a dining room, this is the wrong listing.