Pleasant Valley Drive-In
47 E. River Road,
Barkhamsted,
CT
06063
47 E. River Road,
Barkhamsted,
CT
06063
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The Pleasant Valley Drive-In in Barkhamsted, having opened in 1947, is one of only two drive-ins remaining in the state of Connecticut, as of 2004 (the Mansfield Drive-In is the other one). Its single screen, 200 car capacity, is open seasonally on the weekends and shows first run movies. The McGrane family, who also own a local diner, bought this drive-in in 1995 when it was being sold due to its owner fearing competition from a new multiplex being built nearby.
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Roger Katz
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The website is now http://www.pleasantvalleydrivein.com/schedule/
The screen is a little dark but the sound was fine & the popcorn was great. A friendly place.
What a wonderful place to spend a summer night. There are only two things that disturb its old-fashoned atmsphere: (1) I wish they could have retained the speaker system rather than convert to radio frequency and (2) The movies of today seem oddly out-of-place. What we need are more films like “The Brain From Planet Arous”!
I just took a ride by the area. The good news is: This theater WILL be re-opening for another season, beginning on April 28 and 29.
Roger wrote: >>shows second run movies. This is incorrect, eg they recently showed Spiderman 3 and Pirates 3 on their opening weekends. A great theater!
Play Magazine (alternative arts weekly, New Haven area) had a great piece on this drive-in and the Mansfield theater last week. View link
Excellent article on this theatre in the NYTimes CT Section.
http://tinyurl.com/6ogwv4
Stopped by two days ago on a bike trip. Smart location, really nothing around but woods and watershed land.
This place is great the McGrane family is friendly and make you feel at home its awesome getting a burger or fries at the concession stand the kids play ball or frisbee before the show reminds me of old simpler times they even play the old intermission snack ads between shows if your in the area support it its a piece of americana that needs to be treasured.
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