Hellfire Burger to goat cheese pizza: Alamo Drafthouse Cinema menu offers variety
There's movie theater popcorn and then there's Alamo Drafthouse Cinema popcorn.
Picking the film will be the easy part. Movie-goers will then have to choose from the traditional Bottomless Popcorn ($9.95, with real butter and free refills); Truffle Herb Parmesan Popcorn ($11.95); and Churro Popcorn ($11.95, "tossed with custom blend of cinnamon, sugar, maple & vanilla").
The new theater at Mercato in North Naples opens April 29, in the same location as Silverspot, which opened in 2009 ― one year after the outdoor shopping and entertainment center opened.
With so many food and drink choices, if Billy Joel tried to include them all in a song, it would be longer than his 4½-minute 1989 hit "We Didn't Start the Fire."
What else to know about the movie house.
More than Goobers and Gummi Bears
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema serves candy including M&M's and Sour Patch Kids, but it's the extensive menu for food and drinks that makes it stand out more than most other movie house companies.
There are 11 starters, including the three popcorn options but also healthier choices like vegan cauliflower bites and avocado toast; seven sandwiches, from the Hellfire Burger to the Beyond Meat Vegan Burger; four salads; three entrees, including fish & chips; seven pizzas choices, including Brussels Sprout, Bacon & Goat Cheese; five flavors of shakes; and four kids only options, like mini-corn dogs.
And the drink options are about as robust, with 24 beers on draft; 11 "bottles and cans" choices for beers, White Claw and more; nine red wines, such as a $120 bottle of Benton Lane Pinot Noir from Oregon; six white wines; five rose and sparkling; and a dozen signature cocktails, like the Habanero Margarita, Alamo Old Fashioned and Bourbon Peach Smash.
There's more: 17 whiskeys, including a couple 10-year bourbons; nine agaves; five gins; seven rums; five vodkas; two Brandies; three "boozy shakes"; and one non-alcoholic drink (Seedlip Grove 42).
Adding to food items nice option
For the burgers, you can add food like a fried egg, avocado and queso. Other options include beef for the chips and queso.
And for two of the salads, adding grilled or fried chicken is another $5.95.
What else to know about new Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in Naples
It's the first one in Florida. There are more than 40 locations in about a dozen states
Alamo Drafthouse is known for its "No Talking/No Texting" policy, ensuring guests can watch films free from annoying distractions. How does it work? Violators will get one warning and then will be ejected from the theater without a refund if they break the rules again.
Alamo Drafthouse founders Tim and Karrie League in 1997 created the company with the idea of creating what they want in a theater when they visit.
The theater holds special events. Last summer, the Austin location held a "Barbie" movie party to "eventize" movie screenings, as customers wore costumes, along with workers.
There's a HappyLand Movie Miniature Golf inside the lobby.
The Mercato venue will have 11 auditoriums that have been updated with 650 luxury recliner seats and 4K digital projection.
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For more about food and drinks, visit drafthouse.com/southwest-florida/food-and-drink
Dave Osborn is the regional features editor of the Naples Daily News and News-Press who enjoys your basic theater popcorn. Follow him on Instagram and Threads @lacrossewriter and on X (formerly Twitter) @NDN_dosborn.
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