Movie & Dinner is the first venue of its kind for the company, and one the Jacobsons plan to replicate in other cities. The father-son duo own and operate CineGenesis, a Kansas City, Missouri, based cinema consulting firm. We characterize ourselves as a restaurant first, with auditoriums,' says co-owner Spencer Jacobson, who opened Movie & Dinner with his father, Larry Jacobson, after being approached by Northern Quest about adding a theater to its resort amenities. 'You hear a lot in the industry of expanded concessions, and we're realizing how important the food element is.
The new restaurant-cinema hybrid serves food not only in its attached dining room and bar, but also straight to cinema-goers' cushy auditorium recliners. Movie & Dinner, the newly opened eight-screen theater at Northern Quest Resort & Casino in Airway Heights, eliminates some of the stressful decision making that can arise when planning a classic dinner-and-a-movie date night: To eat before or after? Where? What if the restaurant is really busy - will we make our showtime?
At the Inland Northwest's newest cinema complex, hungry filmgoers don't have to rely solely on popcorn, soda or sugary concessions to sate their appetites through a two-and-a-half-hour blockbuster.
