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posted by on July 7 at 15:41 PM
Columbia City
The Columbia City Cinema—a decently sized, single screen, independently owned theater in southeast Seattle—has applied for a beer and wine license and will begin serving a variety of craft brews in the fall.
Columbia City Cinema (CCC) will become the third Seattle theater—along with The Big Picture and Central Cinema—to serve booze, which still leaves us behind Portland, which has 7, I think.
CCC started selling beer earlier this year but due to a bizarre paperwork mix-up, patrons were allowed to drink in the lobby but couldn’t take drinks into the theater.
Full disclosure, CCC is owned by my great uncle, Paul Doyle . However, this post was prompted by Erica C. Barnett, who sent me an excited text message about CCC’s liquor application, earlier today.
Doyle, who operated the Grand Illusion before Wigglyworld bought it back in the 90’s, says CCC will be serving beer for late night movies and special events but it won’t be available when the theater is running family films. “We aren’t selling it during Ratatouille,” he said.
That's not fair! Sure, Ratatouille is great and adults can enjoy it, but why can't parents have booze when their kids drag them off to Pokemon 17: Pikachu's Revenge? They'll be able to endure the movie much more easily.
And those seven Portland area cinema-pubs (eight, if you include McMenamin's Edgefield in Troutdale) all allow adult beverages even when the kiddies are in-tow.
Of course Portland also allows strip clubs to sell liquor as well, and you know, the rampaging hordes of drunken gymnophiliacs and cinemaphiles have yet to burn any of the surrounding neighborhoods to the ground or anything.
Just sayin', Mayor, City Council & State Liquor Board...
As long as they patrol within 50 feet of their establishment to make sure...
What are we supposed to patrol for again?
wait, doesnt that big fucker downtown sell overpriced, flat beer?
@4 Indeed it does, but you have to remain within the playpen they've got set up for you. You can't take it into the theater.
Yay! That's awesome news. I love CCC -- I always make a point to go to movies there on opening nights, because they almost never sell out and their popcorn is the best. It makes for a much more pleasant experience than dealing with the crowds downtown or on the hill.
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