Changing times for Philly’s billiards scene

from phillyvoice.com FEBRUARY 17, 2015

Stephen Abbonizio was 13 when he first played pool.

He lingered in the back and watched, scene by scene — ball-tap by ball-tap — as his father shot stick with a bar-side pal at Bumpers Bar. Quickly, he realized something that would later be essential to his adult life: This was exciting.…