Marlo Theater

Salt Lake City, UT

1026 East 2100 South

, Salt Lake City, UT 84106 United States

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Status:	Closed
Screens:	Single Screen
Style:	Art Moderne

Function:	Restaurant
Seats:	570
Chain:	Unknown

Architect:	Unknown
Firm:	Unknown

Exterior view of the Marlo (taken February 24, 1947)

The Marlo Theater was located in the downtown Sugarhouse area in Salt Lake City. The theater opened as the Hyland Theater in 1920, but was renamed in 1931.

It is said that the theater is now a chinese restaurant.

Contributed by Grant Smith

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This would be the Koung Jou Cafe, which has a street address of 1011 E 2100 S. It was Chinese restaurant when I moved here in February, 1969, and still is.

posted by utahguy on Feb 21, 2005 at 7:35pm

Here are some photos of the former Marlo Theater in Salt Lake City.

posted by Lost Memory on Sep 16, 2005 at 4:37am

The Kuong Jou Cafe is now closed.

posted by utahguy on Oct 1, 2006 at 5:32pm

This location is now a Chipotle Mexican Grill.

posted by grimbasement on Jul 16, 2009 at 3:40pm

The Marlo Theater is listed in the 1951 Film Daily with 570 seats. The Marlo is not listed in 1955.

posted by Lost Memory on Jul 16, 2009 at 6:32pm

LM, in the photos that Grant has listed for the Marlo Theatre he states that the theatre is now the Utrecht Art Supplies. That is not correct, the theatre is about three buildings down from there, if you look in the bottom left picture you can see the Kuong Joe Cafe which is the former theatre.

posted by Chuck1231 on Jul 16, 2009 at 8:44pm

Did Chipotle keep the marquee and vertical riser that Kuong Cafe had?

posted by SiliconSam on Jul 17, 2009 at 8:03am

It is hard to believe that the Kuong Jou is gone, we used to go there to eat either before or after a movie at the Southeast just down the street. But then again it is hard to believe that the Villa is not longer a movie theatre. Utahguy, you must have moved to SLC when I went out there to college. At that downtwon had a hub of theatres, the Rialto played Butch Cassidy it seemed like for ages. Downtown had some theatres in the late 60's and early 70's, the Towne, Capitol, Studio, Utah, Center, Uptown, Rialto and the Lyric. I think the only one left operating is the Capitol but not as a movie theatre.

posted by Chuck1231 on Jul 17, 2009 at 8:59am

This was renamed World Playhouse on November 27th, 1952.
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posted by Mike Rivest on Feb 27, 2010 at 11:25am

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