{"id":12906,"date":"2014-11-24T09:12:00","date_gmt":"2014-11-24T15:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/?p=12906"},"modified":"2014-11-24T09:12:00","modified_gmt":"2014-11-24T15:12:00","slug":"classic-cinemas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/?p=12906","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Suburban Theater Chain  &#8211;  Classic Cinemas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What am I doing reviewing a chain of movie theaters? \u00a0 Just letting you know how impressed I was \u00a0with this operation. \u00a0For first run movies, value pricing, clean facilities, enthusiastic employees, reasonable concessions, this family owned chain of theaters in suburban Chicago is just the ticket for your night out. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.classiccinemas.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Classic Cinemas<\/a>\u00a013 theaters are strategically located across Chicagoland, and the company has been around since starting with one theater in 1978.<\/p>\n<p>A first run movie will cost your $5 all day Tuesday,any day matinees, if you&#8217;re a kid or over 60. \u00a0 Most other times it&#8217;s just a couple bucks more. \u00a0Here&#8217;s the rub. \u00a0Ready? Wait for it. \u00a0Free refills on popcorn and soda. \u00a0Wow.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been out to a movie in other cities and the evening has cost me over $50, each. \u00a0Today, first run movie, soda, corn, \u00a0less than $20. \u00a0The movie? \u00a0Bill Murray in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt2170593\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">St. Vincent<\/a>. \u00a0Superb.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12910\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12910\" style=\"width: 407px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/theater-map.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12910\" src=\"http:\/\/burgersdogspizza.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/theater-map.jpg\" alt=\"Classic Cinemas Review\" width=\"407\" height=\"565\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12910\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Theater Locations<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.classiccinemas.com\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What am I doing reviewing a chain of movie theaters? \u00a0 Just letting you know how impressed I was \u00a0with this operation. \u00a0For first run movies, value pricing, clean facilities, enthusiastic employees, reasonable concessions, this family owned chain of theaters in suburban Chicago is just the ticket for your night out. \u00a0Classic Cinemas\u00a013 theaters are&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/?p=12906\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Chicago Suburban Theater Chain  &#8211;  Classic Cinemas<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16,34,35],"tags":[82,315],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12906"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12906"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12906\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.peterstromquist.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}