San Gennaro Pool

This time every year, there are two pool tables on Mulberry Street, just below Spring, set up for the San Gennaro festival. You could call it "carnival pool." The rules are simple: three balls are set up on the foot spot in a triangle, the player must break the balls and then call all shots afterward. Each game costs three dollars, and a miss is a loss. I've seen lots of people play over the past few years. Personally, I think three dollars is a lot to commit to that type of game, no matter the reward (stuffed animals). Still, I asked a couple of the workers if I could get four dollars back if I won, but nobody would agree to that.