Written by DeAnna Greenhaw on May 25, 2016. Source: Luxury movie theater coming to University Town Center | Some iPic seats are equipped with an in-theater service button that allows the moviegoer to place food and drink orders throughout show, which would be a first for the Sarasota-Manatee area.ĬineBistro has a last call for service before the movie starts. The chain also has theaters in Austin, Fairview and Houston, Texas Bolingbrook and South Barrington, Illinois Glendale, Wisconsin Los Angeles and Pasadena, California North Bethesda, Maryland Redmond, Washington and Scottsdale, Arizona. The Boca Raton-based iPic has a dozen theater/restaurants in the United States, including two in Florida: Boca Raton and North Miami Beach. The new theater will be the second of its kind in the Sarasota region, joining Cobb’s CineBistro at Westfield Southgate, which opened this year and which was expected to be the turning point for that struggling mall. CineBistro opened on the former site of Saks Fifth Avenue, which left Southgate for the Mall at University Town Center when it opened in 2014. The iPic theater was visible in a rendering that Benderson is displaying of that project at three-day International Council of Shopping Centers annual ReCon conference in Las Vegas. It’s a great way to have dinner and see a movie when you’re crunched for time.Mark Chait, executive director of leasing for Manatee County’s Benderson Development Co., confirmed Monday that iPic, a luxury dining and movie experience, is slated for an upcoming development on the east portion of the University Town Center area. If you haven’t been to iPic Theaters, give it a try on your next date night. The iPic Theaters are located in the new Village shopping center just across from the Allen In-N-Out Burger. Where’s Fairview, you ask? I didn’t know either, but it is just north of Allen on Highway 75. It is our new favorite date spot for sure! The one in our area is the iPic Theatres in The Village at Fairview. We get to relax in our big, reserved chairs, watch a movie and eat yummy food. The Wall Street Journal even says theaters like this are going to be the new way Americans want to see movies. Overall, the going to a movie at iPic is such a fun experience. I crave their barbecue chicken flatbread and Trey loves the sliders with truffle oil fries. So, instead of getting the food before you go in, you have a waiter that takes your order and serves you during the movie. It is just like flying First Class! Again, all seats are reserved so there is no rush to get to the movies early. Also with this option, you each get popcorn and in-theater service for the first 20 minutes of the movie. The Premium Plus tickets include plush, fully reclining chairs, and even a pillow and blanket! Seriously. Ipic Theaters is the ultimate entertainment destination a movie theater all about. There are only a handful of these seats located in the back of the theater. Our favorite option, though, is to upgrade for $5 more to the Premium Plus seats. Before the movie you can purchase the theater’s Chef prepared, grab & go food and drink and enjoy them during the movie. I don’t know about you, but we are never anywhere early these days! The Premium seats also have large, comfortable leather chairs. You pick your seats online, which is a must for when you have kids. The Premium seats are all reserved, so you don’t have to worry about getting there extra early for a good seat. If you are a member , then for just a $1.50 more per ticket than the closest AMC Theatre, you get a Premium seat. There are two sets of seats- Premium and Premium Plus. Think Studio Movie Grill but a little more upscale.
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