Alamo Drafthouse... #1
Entertianment Weekly published a list of the top 10 movie theatres in the country. Our very own beloved drafthouse made the #1 cut! If you're not from Austin, just know this... most people's first experience at the Alamo makes them refuse to see a movie anywhere else....This is the place where we went to see Office Space and got to smash a printer beforehand. The place where we saw Napoleon Dynamite and got our glamor shots taken (by Deb of course) and ate tater tots...
Just recently we saw Charlie and the Chocolate Factory there and they offered a special menu consisting of
1: tomato soup, roast beef, blueberry pie
2: Youngs Chocolate stout float
3: A chocolate fountain in the lobby with fruit to dip in
They were also giving out free shots of moonshine in the lobby for the opening weekend of The Dukes of Hazard.
I think the Austinist summed it up nicely here:
Five-course Italian meal with your “Godfather” screening. A bottle of champagne while you watch an old Hepburn movie. Screenings you can not find anywhere else in the state. Mr. Sinus Theatre. Real melted butter on your popcorn. Buckets of beer. Cute waiters and waitresses. Old school video games in the lobby. Videoke. Dollar Monday nights. Rolling Roadshow. Midnight movies. Private parties. Buckets of beer. $2 Tuesday burger nights. Weird Wednesdays. Saturday Morning Film Club. Filmmaker Q&A's. The list is endless.
In case you can't tell, I really really really really love that place!!