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.
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.
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.
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