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How many of us have done "dinner and a movie," or worse, "dinner AT the movie" with godawful chicken fingers, nachos, or said "that popcorn was my dinner." I propose a place that you could take your date. You could have a good dinner, a glass of wine, and then go see your movie, and maybe go dancing afterwards, all in the same building. I'm not talking about a "dinner theater," where you eat while watching the movie, an experience I feel detracts from the movie, the meal and the company. I'm talking about a place where you need to be dressed up to go. A place with a good movie screen/sound system, and a restaurant where you can actually hold a conversation. After the movie, you could go to the club, have a drink, maybe some dancing, relaxing, etc.
RedHeadKevin, May 10 2010
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Cool idea, though it might have a few issues. Most movie theaters have hundreds of seats, but restaurants are seldom that large. You could have a small theater, but then its ticket sales would be limited. It might be better to have multiple different restaurants. Not everyone wants a black tie dinner anyway.
However, if you want a posh evening, you could have a theater with fewer seats. You could remove every other row of seats so it wouldn't be as crowded. If it was designed specifically for dates, you could remove every third chair, so the seats would be in pairs. That way, you don't have to sit right next to a stranger. You could even remove the armrest between the paired seats, so it would be like a room full of love seats. Then, you could cuddle with your date.
That's the kind of thing I was talking about Dwayne, a smaller, or fewer-seated "luxury" theater, but still with the latest picture and sound. The whole idea was to make "going to the movies" an EVENT again. Back in the day, people wore ties to go to the movies. It was special, and important, and impressive. I'm not saying I want everyone in tuxes, but in better than "jeans and a t-shirt"
Hello , back where I'm from and during the time meaning my generation , we use to have a choice of three levels on seating ... of course with different price tickets ,orchestra the cheapest then balcony med pay and the lodge highest price ... so , your restaurant theater be arrange this way to make more profitable ?
This is a little like the AMC "fork and screen" concept that's being tested near KC. Nice restaurant, push a button for servers during the show, then a bar after the movie. Not cheap though.
http://www.amcentertainment.com/domestic/studio30/pdf/pressrelease_studio30.pdf
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKMdOubY8Tc
I'll be interested to see if it makes it.
It exists. Theater in a mall location with a food court. Best if the theater has multiple screens for showing different movies, and if the food court has one or two "gourmet" shops (or real restaurants located close by).
The problem is making the place "upscale," which I think is the direction you're looking for; just make it expensive enough to keep out the litterers and the vandals and the deadbeats.