Kiest Boulevard Drive-In
3100 E. Kiest Boulevard,
Dallas,
TX
75216
3100 E. Kiest Boulevard,
Dallas,
TX
75216
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The main thing I remember about this Drive-In was that it was located near a gravel pit and in the summer the mosquitoes were thick. They sold mosquito repellent in the snack bar. My parents would rarely go there in the summer.
I was raised in Oak Cliff, not far from the Kiest Drive In. We used to go to Kiest Park, just about across the street. I remember seeing a film there about Evil Kneivel. I do remember the gravel pit as well. Does anyone remember that down the street, to the North I think, was Griff’s hamburgers and Underwood’s Barbeque. Anyway, I’ll step out of the way back machine now.
I believe the theater you are thinking of was the Hampton Road Drive-In on Hampton across from Kiest Park. The Kiest Blvd. Drive-In was on far east Kiest close to downtown Dallas and went all adult movies in the early 70’s before closing. And yes, down Hampton was not only Griff’s (McDonald’s now at that location) and Underwood’s, but also Polar Bear Ice Cream and Austin’s B-B-Q. I, too, spent much of my childhood in this Oak Cliff area.
The Kiest Boulevard Drive-In had a capacity for 1,000 cars.
Here is a 1958 aerial view:
http://tinyurl.com/yam6rag
Location is already known since we have an address.
From 1963 a Dallas Area drive in theater ad.