A new trip to the movies

Some friends of ours (thanks Mark and Kim) took Tricia and I, along with another couple to the movies last night. We went to a place that some of you may be familiar with, but I wasn't: Hollywood Boulevard in Woodridge, IL.

The novelty of this place is that its a full service restaurant inside a movie theater. Prior to and during the movie, a server comes out takes drink orders, appetizers (called "the previews) and the like, comes back with your drinks and takes your meal order...yadayadayada...just like in a typical sit-down restaurant.

Now we had a place like this in New Orleans when I was in college, but it was just a low-rent kinda place where you sat on couches and a server kept you supplied with stadium-type food (hotdogs, nachos, etc) and pitchers of your beverage of choice.

This was much nicer! Great food... Great atmosphere... Nice big (regular theater size) screen... and awesome reclining leather chairs to sit in. The theater shows first run films (we saw Baby Mama) and tickets are only 8 bucks and the food isn't too overpriced (Tricia and I had two entrees, a great appetizer and softdrinks for about $35).

We'll go back. If you like movies and food, you should check it out.