You've heard of dinner and a movie. How about together, in a theater?
Movie Tavern, a Texas company, won approval last week for a liquor license for its first East Coast location, in the Providence Town Center at Routes 422 and 29 near Collegeville. In June, says marketing director Traci Hoey, movies will play on eight screens (each with 100 to 200 tabletop-equipped seats), and waiters will take orders from patrons. Menu will be comparable to Chili's, though Hoey says grub leans toward non-messy items that can be safely eaten in the dark.
Also combining food and fun is a craft-beer bar coming to Fishtown, near the SugarHouse Casino. A team from Brooklyn, N.Y., has started construction of Barcade, whose shtick is a lineup of 1980s arcade games such as Ms. Pac-Man and Donkey Kong. Pete Langway says he and his partners were sold on the building, at 1114 Frankford Ave., just south of Girard Avenue, because it has a certain je ne sais Williamsburg: It appears to have been an old carriage house with a warehouse out back, Langway says, adding that they hope to open in three to four months. It will be the third location, after one about to open in Jersey City, N.J.