![]() ![]() We may do it in the smaller theater, but that won't work here. I don't think we'll show a bunch of R-rated movies. Let's be honest We've invested in the fact there's a not a bar scene in Highland Park Village. And we'll be a date-night place, especially once Marquee opens. We'll do some art-house stuff, but we want the big box-office movies for sure. There are 60-, 70-year-old people who've been coming here since they were kids. "This theater belongs to the people who live around here, who've always made this their movie theater. "This isn't our movie theater," says Beam. But slowly, surely the moviegoers have returned - especially the long-timers who've been anxously awaiting the Village Theater's reopening. The location is on the east side of the street a few storefronts south of Avenue 57. Opened: It was listed in the 19 city directories with an address of 5630 Pasadena Ave. "And the concessions will change then too: They'll be making the pastries and cupcakes and desserts in-house," says Beam, "so it's super-fresh." (You'll be able to access the eatery from inside or outside the theater.) Beam says the theater hasn't been jam-packed since its opening December 18 after all, he says, that was a "soft opening," and only this week has the place taken on the look of a finished product. Highland Park (Los Angeles), CA 90042 map. And once the restaurant's open, Beam says, they'll cater gatherings in the small theaters. At which point the patio bar will also open. "Fingers crossed," says Beam, Top Chef Tre Wilcox's long-ago-announced Marquee Grill will open March 11 - that was the date set just today, matter of fact. ![]() And, as befitting so much spent on so few screens, it's all top-o-the-line tech. The biggest, which is the only 3D-capable auditorium at the moment, has 184 leather seats the smaller, 96. The other two theaters - which are presently screening Tron: Legacy 3D and Little Fockers - have been significantly upgraded. Right now, they're being use mostly for rentals, but they'll be used as overflow theaters when screenings in the other larger theaters sell out. The four auditoriums remain, though two are significantly smaller, as you can see from the photos above. And it has at present a long, wood-lined bar with another forthcoming by spring - the long-planned patio perched on the marquee that was torn out and replaced during the closure. Now it's shiny and warm - retro, but classy rather than kitschy. For those who've forgotten what a groovy, frayed vestige the 75-year-old mutiplex had become, the theater's website still has plenty of old photos. Beam, who was busy putting letters on the marquee, invited us inside to poke around following the reopening 11 days ago. Just make your way to Metropolis Mall Hiland Park, Eastern Metropolitan Bypass Chakgaria, Opp Peerless Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal 700020, India. ![]() It is the best place to check out all the latest movies in the city and includes top Safety Measures. Afterward, we came downstairs and ran into original Fearing's manager Justin Beam, one of the Twomey Concepts-uals behind the cinema, which shuttered in August '09 for a $5-million-dollar rehab. And, the theatre in which has become the hub for cinemagoers is INOX: Hiland Park. I took the boy to the Highland Park Village Barber Shop this morning, following a particularly cruel trick played on him yesterday at Superchops. ![]()
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