I know a lot of people love Alamo Drafthouse, but my experiences with the one south of downtown Dallas were never great.

  • 😈MedicPig🐷BabySaver😈@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Just experienced my first Draft House in Boston. Loved it. Very good selection of beer, including a couple of top local breweries. Full liquor bar. And the popcorn, oh my, that popcorn. I had the most movie popcorn during the show than ever before… that tossed in clarified butter was heavenly.

    And a great location. It’s 50’ from a public transit stop. Nice.

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      5 months ago

      Your experience sounds much better than mine! The handful of times I went to the one in Dallas, the food wasn’t great and the entire building had an unpleasant smell to it.

      Working in a restaurant for years, the smell reminded me of old sanitizer that had been used much longer than it was intended.

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        5 months ago

        Man, that sounds terrible. I went to one in GA once and it was great. Hopefully the ones that are closing are the ones that suck.

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        5 months ago

        Ewww, I was very happy with it. As far as I’m concerned it’ll be my “go to” movie house. It’s also a 2 minute walk to one of the top breweries in New England, Trillium.

        Except for IMAX. The biggest of New England is less than an hour away in Providence.