Drinks cover cocktails with locally inspired ingredients, selection of whiskeys, mezcals, and Cognacs, plus quite a few other concoctions. Yard's dinner menus are heavy on seafood, pizza, seasonal skillets-even a bread section of the menu (popovers, cornbread, biscuits). Did we mention there's free popcorn, too?Īs for the adjacent, full-service restaurant, City Perch Kitchen + Bar: The seasonal American dining concept is shepherded by Yard, whose previous experience includes working at the Rainbow Room, Montrachet, Tribeca Grill, and at Wolfgang Puck restaurants, and features localized options that showcase each location's local ingredients. Goodbye, crunchy nachos.) The plush leather seats for Plus ticketholders recline as well, complemented by courtesy blankets and pillows. (What's more, the theater food has been chosen because it can be quietly consumed. The difference is that while Premium ticket holders select and purchase food at the iPic Express counter and carry it to their seats themselves, Premium Plus ticketholders have dinner brought to them by “ninja servers,” a title meant to connote stealthy service. They both offer the comfortable seats and fantastic food. Speaking of which, there are two levels of tickets at iPic-Premium and Premium Plus. While moviegoers can buy tickets at the door just like at any other theater, iPic guests can order tickets online, or-even better-download the iPic app on their mobile devices to select their own seats, and pre-order food to have it waiting at their Premium Plus seats upon arrival. The company's most recent outpost right here in Fort Lee-in the Hudson Lights residential complex-offers 533 seats (split among eight screens, from 38 to 116 seats per theater), allowing guests to choose from indie offerings and the latest big-studio offerings. As such, iPic is the fastest growing luxury brand of movie theaters, and it's leading the industry in average ticket price and per-person food spending. Hamid Hashemi, a 25-year veteran in cinema entertainment, founded the first iPic in Milwaukee in 2006 “to establish a premium movie-watching experience for an ‘affordable luxury' customer.” Ten years later, Hashemi's vision is now a chain with 15 locations across the country-from Los Angeles to Austin and Seattle to Boca Raton-and 20 additional locations currently in development. iPic prides itself on its plush, leather seats. ![]() ![]() And those theater seats? They're not your old, ordinary, back-killers. Food is served with cloth napkins, and all drinks are served in glass and kept cold in retracting, insulated cupholders. IPIC bar scene More than Dinner and a MovieĮverything is high-end here.
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