Tasty Street Food Cinema Ahead

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Now in its eighth season, Street Food Cinema offers the largest outdoor movie series in LA, with over 50 films this year, and will be finishing up its 2019 season October 26th.

In short, there’s no time like the present to enjoy a long summer season at one of the many iconic settings where Street Food Cinema hosts its film events. With venues ranging from Will Rogers State Historic Park in the Pacific Palisades to Beverly Hills’ Pan Pacific Park, the L.A. Arboretum in Arcadia, and on to Manhattan Beach, Pasadena, Culver City, DTLA, Glendale, and Eagle Rock, late summer and fall should be ideal times to take in an outdoor flick no matter where you reside in the Southland.

 

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Founded in 2012 by the husband and wife team of Heather Hope Allison and Steve Allison, cineaphiles love the top-notch tech production that includes high-definition DLP projection on a 50′ screen with QSC speakers and subs.Attendees enjoy food trucks, live music, interactive games and of course a wide range of film choices every Saturday night.  

The Allison team, operating under their company name of Til Productions, have recently expanded to Phoenix and San Diego, and hope to continue expanding their new-concept of “dinner and a movie” to other cities, soon.

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The food trucks on offer are just as eclectic as the films and locations, including everything from cutting edge Chinese to donuts worthy of the designation “lush.” You’ll find choices such as Cousins Maine Lobster, Pinch of Flavor, and The Fat Queso; there’s excellent Kettle Corn, too.

Dine while musical artists perform before the film, including hot local acts like Katie Welch and So Many Wizards scheduled for the current season.

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This Saturday, we’ll be getting our inner space geek on with a screening at the Downtown Historic Park on the edge of Chinatown. The grassy setting offers a sparkling spread of city lights as a backdrop to a big-screen presentation of the Star Wars series classic, Episode V, The Empire Strikes Back. Also on the bill, the guitar-pop sound of The Flusters. The band played at Coachella in 2016.

Elsewhere in LA this weekend, Monsters Inc. will screen in Griffith Park along with a musical performance from The Eiffels.

On Sunday the 11th, Breakfast at Tiffany’s will add sparkle to the Heritage Square Museum grounds in Santa Monica.

Whether your cinematic tastes run more Fight Club or more toward a double feature of Toy Story 2 and 3, or the pulsing score of Bohemian Rhapsody, it’s time to take a taste of the eclectic Street Food Cinema.

Find the full schedule here. And stay tuned for our on-site review.

  • Genie Davis; photos provided by Street Food Cinema

Street Food Cinema Serves Up Tasty Film Line-Up

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Street Food Cinema is offering a full line-up of summer fun, focusing – of course – on an eclectic batch of great outdoor movies. While film is the focus, these events are not only about what’s up on the giant outdoor screen.

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The season includes well-curated food trucks, lively audience games, live music, and even talks from film stars and directors. The full 27 week season runs at eleven different locations with over 50 film events projected on a crisp, 50-foot screen.

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The event was founded in 2012 by husband and wife team Steve Allison and Heather Hope-Allison, who’ve dedicated themselves to projecting classics, cult favorites, and cutting edge cinematic treats as well as offering a venue for emerging musical artists in a variety of musical genres.

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Food favorites are also well-selected, and viewers will notice LA-area favorites like Cousins Maine Lobster and Churro Stix in the gustatory mix. The Allison’s offer not just a movie screening but a complete al fresco evening out, which makes watching a movie outdoors an event.

This season opened appropriately enough with La La Land – shown to the venue’s largest crowd to date – over 5,000 film fans. Street Food Cinema offers screening events in LA, San Diego, and Phoenix, but you’ll want the local run down, with screenings, games, live music, and food trucks held at a variety of iconic Los Angeles locations including Beverly Hills, Manhattan Beach, the Pacific Palisades, the Los Angeles State Historic Park near Chinatown, Griffith Park, and Glendale.

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Coming up this weekend is The Big Lebowski in DTLA at the LA State Historic Park,  an event we’ll be reviewing. Not into the Dude? Then how about Dirty Dancing, screening in Victory Park just up the 110 freeway in Pasadena.

The 25th Anniversary of Mrs. Doubtfire screens June 16th at Griffith Park, next to the Autry; The Greatest Showman, a Hugh Jackman-starrer rapidly becoming a cult classic will be at Will Rogers State Historic Park in Pacific Palisades on the same date.

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Finish out June with Goonies taking over Glendale’s Central Park June 23rd, or Back to the Future zooming into King Gillette Ranch in Malibu on the same date, or the Oscar-winning I Tonya at Poinsettia Recreation Park in West Hollywood. Just in time for Independence Day, Top Gun offers a soaring good time in Culver City’s Veteran’s Memorial Park June 30th; the all-American comedy of The Sandlot, in its 25th anniversary presentation is at Victory Park in Pasadena on the 30th as well.

The season runs into the fall, with other highlights such as Grease on July 21st, Casablanca on August 25th, Twilight and the original cult classic Halloween on October 13th. And don’t miss Street Food Cinema’s first double-feature pajama party – a September 15th pairing of The Craft and Teen Witch. 

Cinema fans, welcome to your summer feast.

  • Genie Davis; photos provided by Street Food Cinema