Thursday, June 7, 2012
Studio Movie Grill opens in Wheaton Friday, Jun. 8, and there are a couple ways you can go to the movies for free.
Studio Movie Grill (SMG), a nine-screen movie theater and restaurant opens in Wheaton on Friday, Jun. 8. The theater will feature first-run movie showings in the 40,000-square-foot, former Linens 'N Things and movie theater building at 301 Rice Lake Square. In addition to the free movie passes the theater is offering for its Grand Opening, anyone who donates a nonperishable food item for the "Cans Film Festival" will receive a free ticket for any showing on opening day. Moviegoers can also win passes to a VIP screening of Rock of Ages by entering our contest with a photo of a time you felt like a rock star. The theater will celebrate its opening Friday with a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce ribbon-cutting ceremony. Wheaton Mayor Mike Gresk and…
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Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Wheaton City Council approves liquor license for Studio Movie Grill, the combined movie theater and restaurant opening in Wheaton next month.
Wheaton City Council unanimously approved a Class L liquor license Monday for Studio Movie Grill (SMG), a combined movie theater and restaurant opening in town next month. The city's liquor commission met Thursday to discuss the approval of the license, a classification City Council approved late last year to accommodate the proposed restaurant/movie theater concept, according to a city memo. After considering possible problem scenarios the business could have, including checking IDs in the dark and making sure patrons close their check before the conclusion of a movie, the liquor commission voted in favor of approving SMG's license request. According to an SMG press release, the nine-screen, 1,120-seat theater will open in late May. The …
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301 Rice Lake Sq, Wheaton, IL
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Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Studio Movie Grill expected to open early 2012 in Rice Lake Square.
Wheaton is getting a movie theater. Locals won't have to travel for dinner-and-a-movie dates after Studio Movie Grill opens in Wheaton's Rice Lake Square early next year. The cinema-eatery—expected to open in the first quarter of 2012—will show major box office films in its nine theaters and serve from a menu of more than 100 items, according to Lynne McQuaker, director of creative affairs for Studio Movie Grill (SMG). SMG will be the tenant of the 30,000-square-foot space at 301 Rice Lake Square, a former movie theater before it was most recently occupied by Linens-N-Things. Jim Kozik, director of economic development for the City of Wheaton said SMG has not applied for their construction permits, but are completing their construction …
Charlotte Eriksen
10:27 am on Saturday, June 9, 2012
I went too—saw Snow White and the Huntsman and had tacos. The place was hopping. more ›