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One of the classic scenes in Pulp Fiction has John Travolta talking about all the cool things Europe has that aren't available in America. One of those was being able to order a beer in a movie theatre.
The Reading Cinema (formerly Pacific Theatres) tried this at their Gaslamp Quarter location. Advertisements popped up in small local periodicals, for what they were calling "Cinema 21".
It lasted one day -- Saturday, May 16th.
They had planned for it to go all summer, on each Saturday night. If all went well, they'd get their own liquor license and continue year round; possibly on additional days, too.
An anonymous source told me, "From what I understand, we were going to wait to see how it worked before applying for expensive permits."
I saw that Duncan mentioned this in one of his columns a few weeks back. And there have been stories about this other places.
I was bummed for two reasons. One...I got invited to a party someone was throwing there. That got cancelled when the beer serving stopped.
The other reason is, although I'm not a beer drinking (or much of any kind of alcohol, really) it seems people should be allowed to have alcohol without it being so difficult.
Someone that works at House of Blues told me how hard it was for them to have "all ages" shows, because of the worry about under age drinking (now at those shows, under 21 is restricted to staying upstairs).
I remember when I was 15, talking my friend into driving to the Wiltern Theatre in L.A. to see Steppenwolf and The Guess Who. They were coming here a few days later (and the now defunct Bacchanal on Clairemont Mesa Boulevard). But knowing I couldn't get in there, we made the two hour drive.
I guess the argument can be made that you should be able to go two hours during a movie, without a brew. But couldn't you make that argument for the candy, too?
I have a friend that hates how loud it is when someone is trying to open Red Vines directly behind them.
Oh well. Maybe a time will come when adults can act like adults, and be treated like adults. And if someone gets out of line, worry about dealing with that one individual, and not making rules/laws that affect society.
One of the classic scenes in Pulp Fiction has John Travolta talking about all the cool things Europe has that aren't available in America. One of those was being able to order a beer in a movie theatre.
The Reading Cinema (formerly Pacific Theatres) tried this at their Gaslamp Quarter location. Advertisements popped up in small local periodicals, for what they were calling "Cinema 21".
It lasted one day -- Saturday, May 16th.
They had planned for it to go all summer, on each Saturday night. If all went well, they'd get their own liquor license and continue year round; possibly on additional days, too.
An anonymous source told me, "From what I understand, we were going to wait to see how it worked before applying for expensive permits."
I saw that Duncan mentioned this in one of his columns a few weeks back. And there have been stories about this other places.
I was bummed for two reasons. One...I got invited to a party someone was throwing there. That got cancelled when the beer serving stopped.
The other reason is, although I'm not a beer drinking (or much of any kind of alcohol, really) it seems people should be allowed to have alcohol without it being so difficult.
Someone that works at House of Blues told me how hard it was for them to have "all ages" shows, because of the worry about under age drinking (now at those shows, under 21 is restricted to staying upstairs).
I remember when I was 15, talking my friend into driving to the Wiltern Theatre in L.A. to see Steppenwolf and The Guess Who. They were coming here a few days later (and the now defunct Bacchanal on Clairemont Mesa Boulevard). But knowing I couldn't get in there, we made the two hour drive.
I guess the argument can be made that you should be able to go two hours during a movie, without a brew. But couldn't you make that argument for the candy, too?
I have a friend that hates how loud it is when someone is trying to open Red Vines directly behind them.
Oh well. Maybe a time will come when adults can act like adults, and be treated like adults. And if someone gets out of line, worry about dealing with that one individual, and not making rules/laws that affect society.