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Looking for a new piece of game room furniture? Need your pool table serviced? Then look no further than Pool Tables Plus at 14168 Poway Road in Poway.

Pool Tables Plus, owned by Doug and Dianne Smith, long-time Poway residents, has been serving Poway for over 20 years. In addition to selling pool tables, bar stools, pub tables, poker tables and other game room furniture, the business offers other vital services that many people might not be aware of: servicing pool tables, and preparing pool tables for moving.

Doug Smith himself has been in the pool table business for 42 years. “I grew up in Texas playing pool, and I had a friend in high school that worked for a billiard company, so I went to work for them.”

The Smiths moved to Poway in 1988, and opened their store soon after.

In the store itself, they sell several different brands of pool tables, including Connelly Billiards, World of Leisure, Porter and Sons, Fisher Pool Tables and The C.L. Bailey Co.

The Smiths also sell a wide variety of pool cues, including cues from Joss, McDermott, Lucasi, Players, Schon, Viking, Meucci, Predator, Eliminator and Cue Tec.

The store goes beyond pool tables and cues, also selling a variety of bars, bar stools, pub tables and game tables, as well as foosball, air hockey and ping pong tables. You can also find billiard lights to complete your game room at Pool Tables Plus.

But the Smiths do more than sell game room furniture. “A big part of our business is service,” said Doug Smith. “We do work for flooring and moving companies, taking apart and putting together pool tables.”

Many people are unaware that moving a pool table requires more than just removing the legs, whether it’s to move across town, or just to put in new flooring. There are multiple pieces that must be carefully taken apart and reassembled, a difficult process that Smith said he and his business often handle.

Smith said he also services many of the pool tables in Poway, both private and commercial. “We just re-felted seven pool tables at the bowling alley,” said Smith. “We also handle most of (the pool tables at) the bars in town.”

Pool Tables Plus can re-felt, re-rubber, install new pockets, assemble new tables, level old tables, move existing tables and disassemble and crate tables for moving.

“We have 40 years of experience,” said Smith. “The customer wants you to be punctual, and they want it done right the first time.”

Pool Tables Plus is open from noon to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. The store is closed on Mondays.

For more information, or to make an appointment for services, call 858-679-7119 or visit www.pooltablesplusinc.com.

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