New 400 Theaters
6746 N. Sheridan Road,
Chicago,
IL
60626
6746 N. Sheridan Road,
Chicago,
IL
60626
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I agree with Charlie. The place is clean and friendly. A VAST improvement to the washroom; everything is brighter! Was greeted at the boxoffice, then again at the concession stand (above average popcorn, better than AMC).The guy selling tickets wished me a good evening as I was leaving. The New 400 now has a total of 538 seats. Auditorium 1 has 159 seats, #2 has 115, #3- 123, and # 4 -141. The ONE thing I miss from the Village North days: the “FORBIDDEN PLANET” poster is gone; replaced by more current titles.
After six months operation under new ownership, this place remains a neighborhood gem. Saw UP IN THE AIR last week. $5.00 matinee. Fresh popcorn. Friendly and courteous staff. Clean auditorium and restroom.
Saw “Inglourious Basterds” there a couple of weeks ago with a decent-sized, enthusiastic crowd. So nice to see this place up & running well again. It’s now one of my “go-to” theaters for affordable moviegoing (along with the Davis and the Logan). Options? Are good.
Glad to see this place re-opened! At least this place and the North Riverside escaped the clutches of Village Entertainment.
Awesome news for us Northsiders. As soon as something I want to see comes in, I’ll be excited to check it out!
Went there yesterday. Clean and fresh, with what looked like new carpeting and refurbished seats (at least I think they were refurbished—my butt didn’t fall asleep during “Public Enemies”), and the faint smell of fresh paint was in the air. The biggest change? The staff. The previous crew looked like extras from a George Romero movie—slow, unenthusiastic, disinterested. The new crew? Bright, friendly, eager, helpful. I’ll gladly go again.
The Little Theatre that Could.
So glad to see it re-opened. I’ll jave to check it out.
I’m a reporter who will be covering the re-opening of 400 theater. If you happen to go there tonight, drop me a line to let me know what you thought. Email me at n.wasinski[at]gmail[dot] com. Please include your neighborhood, age and full name. Thanks, moviegoers!
Their website will be http://thenew400.com/ but it is not yet up.
It’s officially open today. Looks clean and new, and it’s playing four first run movies. Going definitely to try it out today.
Will comment after.
I’m just reacting on a gut level. But 4 million seems like an awful lot of money to spend on a renovation of the 400. I wonder if that figure is incorrect.
Looks like the current official name is the “New 400 Theater”
4 million, wow
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I was happy to find show listings for the New 400 on Flixster on Friday. I drove down Sheridan on Saturday night and noticed the theatre looked dark which seemed odd since it was supposed to be open. On Sunday afternoon I went to the theatre to see a movie but it wasn’t open. The sign on the door said it will open on July 1.
Reopened today as the new 400 Theater. They’re showing “Transformers 2”, “Taking of Pelham 123”, “The Hangover”, and “Up” in 2D.
I will get down there again soon, but only when I can go to the nearby Carmen’s Pizza.
Is that to say Ron Rooding is breeding horses?
The Village North sign has been demolished. There is a vinyl banner hanging above the doors now that says something like:
“coming soon, the NEW 400 THEATRE”
Saw this on my way down Sheridan last night. The power is on in the lobby, also a good sign.
Does anyone know what happened to Ron Rooding?
Thanks. But “Paste” & WebTV isn’t really a good combo. It’s “server” is too archaic, and it would just post/revert to that site’s main page. If WebTV was able to do anything at all. I can send links to people, but not to other sites.
Alas, I must leave the link posting to the pros.
That web site has pictures of everything. I am beginning to feel like a drug addict. It’s easy to post links. Just right click the web address and copy it. Then you can paste into Cinema Treasures.
Hey LTS, that site has 4 pics of the Nortown, since you are able to post them.
The 400, complete with old-school road sign:
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