Anybody from Texas know this chain of cinemas? ....Alamo.

http://www.originalalamo.com/

Sounds like the coolest independent movie chain around.

Dinner served IN the theatre. Drinks. A real adult place.

Anybody here been to the theatres?

 

Until the Mexicans show up.

 

I've been to both the Houston and San Antonio locations...it is as good as it sounds. You basically write down your order on a supplied pad of paper, and the ushers crouch around with tiny flashlights to collect them before and throughout the movie. The food is better than average (pizza/sandwich-type fare) and it's great being able to enjoy a couple of beers while enjoying a movie. Plus, enough cannot be said about being able to watch a movie with a more mature crowd (no loud babies, inconsiderate teens, etc.)...

 

"I'd like 6,000 tickets for the 2:15 showing of 'Knocked-Up', por favor."

 

Never been to the Alamo, but there is the Studio Movie Grill in Plano, where you can get dinner and a movie — all at once. Very cool date place.

Great place to watch games on TV, too — they show them on a regulation-size cinema screen in the bar.

 

Oh, the Alamo Drafthouse.

We're big fans, JR.

 

Sorry, sold out.
You no alamo, beeyotch.

 

This basically nails it.

In Houston, there are now two or three other places competing by offering the same type of service.

The Alamo also gets you in your seats early by showing offbeat stuff before the previews -- old TV beer ads, old cartoons of Spiderman before a Spiderman movie, etc.

 

Is this new? Indianapolis, and many other cities I think, had one of these for years with Hollywood Bar & Filmworks.

As for the Alamo, my bike is in its basement.

 

The only drawback with the Alamo cinema is that only one person sneaks out of the theater alive.

 

Place called Chunky's in my neck of the woods that's based on the same idea. Been meaning to hit it up, but I haven't yet.

 

Sorry. Can't seem to remember them.