![]() ![]() Houston’s newest drive-in theater, MovieNight MovieNight Houston/Facebook MovieNight Houston Concessions and alcoholic drinks are provided by nearby bar The New Potato. Current screenings include In The Heights and A Quiet Place 2.įood includes a selection of food trucks on Saturdays. It’s a partnership between outdoor movie company Blue Moon Cinema and Showboat Drive In in Hockley, Texas. Moonstruck bills itself as Houston’s first and only permanent drive in movie theater, and is part of the brand-new East River development east of Downtown on the Northern banks of Buffalo Bayou. The food situation: Food trucks on rotation, beer and wine and concessions provided by The New Potato. What’s on the screen: Hotly anticipated new releases, with new schedules released every Monday Ticketing at Showboat comes in two forms - individual and carload, depending on the screening. Food is ordered through the FanFare app for pick-up at the concession stand. The two screens are 40x80 feet each.įood-wise, expect state fair-style concessions, with lots of options, including jalapeño poppers, cheesy fries, funnel cakes, candy and of course popcorn. Movies here are mostly new releases, including Cruella and Fast and Furious 9, plus family-friendly screening s. Though it was founded in 2006, Showboat evokes the looming midcentury drive-ins that once dotted nearly every cow town in Texas. The food situation: Plenty of movie theater fare, candy, sodas and popcornįor a more traditional drive-in experience, head just outside of Tomball to Hockely, Texas, and the Showboat Drive In. What’s on the screen: Mostly new releases, two screenings a night Showboat Drive In/Facebook Showboat Drive In Showboat Drive In just outside of Houston. ![]() If you’ve binged everything on your Netflix to-watch list and your sick of looking at the inside of your house, here are five drive-in theater options in and around Houston. (Eater Austin has more tips to enhance your drive-in experience.) (Radio apps will not work.)įor the most part, movie tickets at drive-ins are charged by the carload - which usually means how many seat belts the car has (no cramming anyone into the trunk to sneak them in.) Secondly, rules vary by theater - some require you to turn off your car, some do not allow outside food or drink, and others will let movie-watchers “tailgate.” Mainly, be sure to check each theater’s rules and FAQs before heading out for movie night. Make sure your car has FM radio, or bring a portable one. Second, most drive-ins require that you tune into a latent FM station in order to hear the audio. First of all, screenings can be highly dependent on weather, with rain and wind sometimes leading to cancellations. There’s a few things to know before heading to one of the theaters below. Many of the theaters that opened in 2020 have remained open, and some seasonal outdoor theaters are just firing up their summer schedules. With traditional movie houses closed for much of the year and quarantined Americans looking for any way to get safely out of the house, these relics of yesteryear suddenly made a comeback, with new technology, mostly better food, and a new importance in the collective movie-going experience. At one time in houston texas they had 23 drive-in listings in the local paper.In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, 2020 became known as the Year of the Drive In Theater. What fond memories as a kid going to the drive-in theater. By the end of the second feature my brother and I where fast asleep. In the 1960s globe was the wal mart of its heyday. The shopping center said they where open until nine at night and that was advertisment for the store. the sign was five foot in the air and at the top of the neon sign would shine in red letters GLOBE. For years the loews sharpstown tried to get accross the street- Globe shopping city to turn off there big red neon sign because it disturbed the movie patrons. With the chicken my dad carried a thermos jug of hot coffee to drink. My dad turned the car around where the back end of the dodge faced the movie screen and we put the tailgate down. We did not like the snake bar food so before the film my parents pick up a bucket of kentucky fried chicken-the colonels best for a in car picnic. My parents took me and my brother in a 1964 dodge station wagon to see the thiller charade with cary grant. ![]()
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