When guests arrive, they can head straight to their seats, where a server will check them in – no ticket stub ripper or scanner at the front door – and take their order from the “dark menu.” Theater and seat numbers are sent directly to moviegoers’ smartphones.

“Our thought was, let’s put a restaurant in the lobby,” he said, and give visitors reserved seating with good views of the screen, good food, the best pictures and a place to relax before and after the show.ĭesmet said seats can be reserved through the Movie and Dinner website. The result: weird looks from staff that said “Why are you still here?” “Personally, I’ve always loved movies,” Desmet said.ĭuring the early phases of Movie and Dinner’s project development, he said he began noticing that after going to movies he would stand in the lobby, chatting with friends about the film they just saw. The newly constructed building features a 120-seat restaurant a bar/lounge, which includes some of the recliner chairs visitors also enjoy inside the screening rooms and eight theaters ranging in size from 25 to more than 70 seats. It will open with its full-day schedule Friday. opening of the restaurant and two early screenings each of “A Star is Born” and “Venom” later in the evening. Movie and Dinner is having its soft debut today with a 5 p.m. “We want to bring people back,” said Desmet, general manager and chef for Movie and Dinner near Northern Quest Resort & Casino.

Mark Desmet is hoping to remind people why they first fell in love with the movies.

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