The Cinema Public House premieres. Last night we at The Boozecan were invited to the latest debut in the Donnelly Group’s ever-expanding roster of establishments - Cinema Public House. This won’t be an in depth review as the establishment needs to, well, establish itself. The Good At first glance, it seems like a nice place. In typical Donnelly fashion, they’ve spared no expense in doing it up right - lots of dark wood, exposed brick, tiled floor, mix of booths and tables along with a pinball machine and a multi-cade arcade game (complete with Donkey Kong, Galaga, Frogger and Ms. Pac-Man) thrown in for good measure. It’s the kind of place that’s built and designed for the aging 80s kids - like us. To Donnelly’s credit, they picked another primo downtown location, right on the corner of Granville and Smithe, so the profits will probably be rolling in as fast as the patrons. As far as drinks go, we’ll reserve judgment until we can really give them a try, but $9 for 2oz cocktails isn’t bad and they’ve got some pretty good food & drink specials (Tuesdays $11 burger and beer, Wednesday $5 1lb wings). Another plus is the live DJ aspect to the pub atmosphere. Again they seem to be catering to us aging 80’s kids as Thursday through Saturday they’re spinning some (of what we think) are great genres for tunes. No dance floor so no dance floor pressure. Just sit with a pint and soak up what the DJ is throwin’ down. Thursdays - So It Goes with DJ Tyler QuarlesBrit, New Wave 80s and Indie Dance Pop$5 cover / starts at 10:00pm Fridays - Hot Chocolate with DJ Relly RelsParty, Funk, Disco & Old School Hip Hop$7.40 doubles / $7.65 Vodka Redbull / $4.15 Domestic Sleeves$10 cover / 9:00pm-2:00am Saturdays - Cinema Saturdays with DJs Dana D, Kieth Talent & Christian FloresBrit & Indie Rock/Indie Dance & Pub Classics$7.40 doubles / $7.65 Vodka Redbull / $3.90 Domestic Sleeves $10 cover / 9:00pm-3:00am The Bad Well, this is a bit of both to be honest. They’ve got a very respectable selection of draft beers on tap; however, the imports (Strongbow, Guinness, London Pride, Stella - plus others by the can) are going to tap your wallet pretty hard at almost $8 a pint once you add tax. The Ugly Three words, guys - TOO MANY TVs. Seriously, we counted 20 to be exact (and this isn’t a large place by any means). You can’t look in any one direction without seeing at least one of these ugly-ass hunks of plastic. All that effort into a nice interior seems all for naught if you plaster it with TVs. The Word All-in-all, it’s a good one, but time will tell. And we’ll be back soon to give it a proper Boozecan test drive, so stay tuned.

The Cinema Public House premieres.

Last night we at The Boozecan were invited to the latest debut in the Donnelly Group’s ever-expanding roster of establishments - Cinema Public House. This won’t be an in depth review as the establishment needs to, well, establish itself.

The Good

At first glance, it seems like a nice place. In typical Donnelly fashion, they’ve spared no expense in doing it up right - lots of dark wood, exposed brick, tiled floor, mix of booths and tables along with a pinball machine and a multi-cade arcade game (complete with Donkey Kong, Galaga, Frogger and Ms. Pac-Man) thrown in for good measure. It’s the kind of place that’s built and designed for the aging 80s kids - like us.

To Donnelly’s credit, they picked another primo downtown location, right on the corner of Granville and Smithe, so the profits will probably be rolling in as fast as the patrons. As far as drinks go, we’ll reserve judgment until we can really give them a try, but $9 for 2oz cocktails isn’t bad and they’ve got some pretty good food & drink specials (Tuesdays $11 burger and beer, Wednesday $5 1lb wings).

Another plus is the live DJ aspect to the pub atmosphere. Again they seem to be catering to us aging 80’s kids as Thursday through Saturday they’re spinning some (of what we think) are great genres for tunes. No dance floor so no dance floor pressure. Just sit with a pint and soak up what the DJ is throwin’ down.

Thursdays - So It Goes with DJ Tyler Quarles
Brit, New Wave 80s and Indie Dance Pop
$5 cover / starts at 10:00pm

Fridays - Hot Chocolate with DJ Relly Rels
Party, Funk, Disco & Old School Hip Hop
$7.40 doubles / $7.65 Vodka Redbull / $4.15 Domestic Sleeves
$10 cover / 9:00pm-2:00am

Saturdays - Cinema Saturdays with DJs Dana D, Kieth Talent & Christian Flores
Brit & Indie Rock/Indie Dance & Pub Classics
$7.40 doubles / $7.65 Vodka Redbull / $3.90 Domestic Sleeves
$10 cover / 9:00pm-3:00am

The Bad

Well, this is a bit of both to be honest. They’ve got a very respectable selection of draft beers on tap; however, the imports (Strongbow, Guinness, London Pride, Stella - plus others by the can) are going to tap your wallet pretty hard at almost $8 a pint once you add tax.

The Ugly

Three words, guys - TOO MANY TVs. Seriously, we counted 20 to be exact (and this isn’t a large place by any means). You can’t look in any one direction without seeing at least one of these ugly-ass hunks of plastic. All that effort into a nice interior seems all for naught if you plaster it with TVs.

The Word

All-in-all, it’s a good one, but time will tell. And we’ll be back soon to give it a proper Boozecan test drive, so stay tuned.

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