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Originally Posted by Draug
Yep, it was a favorite of mine. They also had a booth at the Stampede each year. To this day, I think its the best Ice Cream I've had.
Has anyone mentioned the old cinema at North Hill mall? It opened in the late 60's, and when I started going to movies in the 80's it was definately the place to see an explosive summer block buster. It was designed as a 70mm Cinerama theater - the screen was huge and the auditorium was also huge. I am guessing (from my faulty memory) that it had about 600 or 700 seats. When DTS sound first came out, I think North Hill was the first to adopt it. I saw Apollo 13 there and was really amazed. By the time it closed in 1999 (for the mall renovation), it was showing Star Wars Episode I all summer. I saw that there, and it was clear the cinema was almost dead. No serious maintanence had been done in years, and nothing updated for equally as long because it was slated to be closed down. It was almost like going to a funeral.... oh the memories.
How about the bowling alley underneath it? I think it was called Fairview bowling ... something like 30 lanes of 1970's 5 pin bowling glory!
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Mentioned it earlier. I watched so many movies there. I saw all 3 Star Wars re-releases on that screen. I also first watched the Phantom Menace there on May 23, 1999. On the way home I heard on the radio about Owen Hart's death. That theater will always hold good and bad memories for me.