Improved Quarterly Earnings at Bowl America

 Bowl America Incorporated tonight reported that its second quarter earnings
 improved to $.23 per share from $.22* in the like quarter last year.  Sales
 and pretax profits also improved as the business did not appear to be
 affected significantly by the current recessionary climate.

 Customer discretionary spending as reflected by non-league traffic actually
 increased during the quarter.  The balance of the year should benefit from
 increased tournament play and better pricing.

 Bowl America tomorrow will pay a quarterly cash dividend of $.115 per share,
 a 10% increase over last year's payment.  The Company previously announced
 that it expected this to be the thirtieth consecutive year of increased
 dividends.

 Bowl America operates twenty bowling centers in Maryland, Virginia and
 Florida and its Class A Common Stock trades on the American Stock Exchange
 with the symbol BWLA.  The Company's SEC Form 10-Q is available at
 www.sec.gov on the Edgar system.

 *Restated for 5% stock dividend paid July 26, 2001.