By Laura Medina
Brian Schultz, founder/owner and CEO of Studio Movie Grill, was going to the movies in a typical movie theater with typical, overpriced concessions of sub-par snacks and drinks. He thought there must be a better way to enjoy the communal experience and getting-out-of-the-house experience, breaking cabin fever.
He thought of tweaking and refining the movie-going experience. Keeping the prices the same but increase the quality and the service for the same price, making it worth one's time, energy, and price. Same price at better quality.
Brian dreamt then planned gourmet finger food that you can either snack at the bar, waiting for the movie or winding down after the movie. Better cocktails to relax while watching the movie, being served by well-mannered, ninja servers who swiftly take orders then stealthily deliver and take away orders.
Brian's Studio Movie Grill started and began the fine-dining, luxury movie theater that the movie and exhibition industry have to do to evolve and survive in the age of stay-at-home binge watching, streaming services. His chain breaks you out your self-enforced cabin fever. He wants his Studio Movie Grill with it's swanky bar/diner/movie theater to be a social community center in a nice, decent atmosphere. Where the party bar transformed into refined, sophisticated cocktail party where adults can discuss about the latest movies they just watched or going to watch, stimulated by good food, drinks, and movies.
He takes his time refining and deciding which next locations to expand. His fine-dining movie experience was such an hit, that others have followed in its wake but Brian's Studio Movie Grill was the first to start then define it
Brian describes himself as a boy from Agoura Hills, California, from an humble background and beginnings.
So, he was really excited to back come to his home state, to break ground as his latest expansion. Downtown Glendale, California as his flagship movie theater as event venue and community center. In the top third floor, in the second column, his made this the event venue for premieres and debuts of tv and movie screenings with a lush reception lobby lounge for private events, with its own bar, catering to the movies' and tv series' executives and stars, all within secured privacy. Brian knows this because Glendale is next door to Hollywood's celebrity-enclave Los Feliz and Silverlake neighborhoods. It takes an Agoura Hills boy to know Hollywood.
Studio Movie Grill ups the ante with it's finger food fare. They're deliciously fancy snack food that you want as lunch, linner/dunch, dinner or late-night fare. Their Coconut Chicken Fingers & Shrimp is a Chefs for Children charity meal, where Studio Movie Grill donates 5% of proceeds to local non-profits helping special needs kids, such as Children's Charity of Southern California. Cheers.
If your movie time is coming up soon, courteous attendees/servers can help you carry your:
Coconut Chicken Fingers & Shrimp, Cheese & Fruit (this scribe's favorite brie, dried mango slices, salted nuts, dark chocolate crunchy barks, & toasted naan bread slices), their own Watermelon Iced Tea, and yummy Aviation Peach Daisy cocktail, to your recliner.
Yes, you all heard right, your movie theater recliner, not seat. A recliner with a swivel tray and a cup holder, in addition to two additional cup holder.
Sure, all the other fine dining, luxury movie theaters have recliners with cup holders but do they have cup holders with temperate -controlled push buttons to further chill your iced drinks or keep warming up your hot drinks? Studio Movie Grill does.
That red button is the call button for the server. If you arrive just in time for the movie, don't panic. Just go to your recliner, where a full menu awaits your, hit the red service button. A ninja server deftly appears to take your order then stealthily appears with your order. The Downton Abbey of movie service.
These are the reclining buttons to recline and adjust the footrest and seat back for leaning back or up. It's the little details that make or break the whole picture. Yes, pun intended.
What's even more cool or cooler literally, your temperate -controlled cup holder have lights illuminating your drink in the dark? Studio Movie Grill does.
So, put your feet up, chill your drink, snack on your favorite snacks then enjoy the movies at Studio Movie Grill. Don't forget booking it for your friends' movie and tv show premieres. Don't worry, Studio Movie Grill can take care of the after-party.
Others follow, Studio Movie Grill leads.
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