The Star Theatre was actually located where Cafe Pasta is now. The interior is only half of the original theatre, but you can easily see from the layout that it used to be a theatre. The owner of the restaurant, Ray Essa has a few posters from the Star Theatre hanging in his office that were there when he first started his lease in the late 80’s/early 90’s.
The Star was a walk in owned by the Ashleys in McAdoo Heights near Golden Gate Shopping Centre. confirming this is the same building as the historic Star Theater
Mrs Lashley was always dressed up and Mr Lashley always wore a Bow-Tie. Two movies cartoons all for $.50 cents. later became a XX Theater. One time Mr Lashley came into Piedmont Wholesale after it had been sold and they had started to show XX… He said “Oh son, if I had any idea they were going to do that, I would have never sold it”.
The Star Theatre was actually located where Cafe Pasta is now. The interior is only half of the original theatre, but you can easily see from the layout that it used to be a theatre. The owner of the restaurant, Ray Essa has a few posters from the Star Theatre hanging in his office that were there when he first started his lease in the late 80’s/early 90’s.
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Confirming 5minutes comments
NOT demolished
Demolished circa 1945
2025 bricked over location & parking lot for The Lofts
The Star was a walk in owned by the Ashleys in McAdoo Heights near Golden Gate Shopping Centre. confirming this is the same building as the historic Star Theater
Mrs Lashley was always dressed up and Mr Lashley always wore a Bow-Tie. Two movies cartoons all for $.50 cents. later became a XX Theater. One time Mr Lashley came into Piedmont Wholesale after it had been sold and they had started to show XX… He said “Oh son, if I had any idea they were going to do that, I would have never sold it”.