JohnnyCash Posted February 2 Posted February 2 Locations(Buffalo or other wise) from days gone by or stories to share(keep them clean)… East & West Twin Drive-In(previously mentioned) Park Drive-In(Orchard Park Rd) Wherle Drive-In(Wherle & Transit where Hobby Lobby & Regal are) Broadway Drive-In(just to the east of Harlem Rd?) Buffalo Drive-In I290 Drive-In(colvin exit of the 290) Transit Drive-In I know there were several smaller ones out in the more rural areas(at the time). What am I missing from the metro Buffalo area? Quote
Ridgewaycynic2013 Posted February 2 Posted February 2 https://cinematreasures.org/theaters/8596/photos Grandview Drive In, Angola N.Y. Lake St. at NY. Route 5 Before my family bought a summer home in Canada, we had a cottage off Gowans Rd in Evans. I can remember one or two trips to the Grandview a summer, usually to see a Disney film, or some other family friendly movie. 2 Quote
Wacka Posted February 2 Posted February 2 Aero Drive in. Was replaced by the Holiday showcase and Holiday 6 theaters. It was located where Galleria Dr ends at Union. t is now the plaza where Sam's Club is. The Texas Roadhouse building was actually the snack bar (of course greatly enlarged over the years. 1 Quote
Ned Flanders Posted February 2 Posted February 2 Lake Shore Drive-In, Ling Road, Rochester https://cinematreasures.org/theaters/8550 1 1 Quote
ChevyVanMiller Posted February 2 Posted February 2 Used to go to the Starlite Drive Inn in Niagara Falls when I was a kid. It was on Military Road across from where the outlet mall is now. There was a Henry’s Hamburgers across the street from it and we would always stop and get a pound of fries in a bag to take in with us. I remember seeing Star Wars there and the lineup to get in stretched for miles. 1 Quote
ChevyVanMiller Posted February 2 Posted February 2 The Sunset Drive-In in Middleport is still open and is very nostalgic, including a 50s style diner. I really like the old-style swings that are under the screen. Quote
Augie Posted February 3 Posted February 3 23 minutes ago, ChevyVanMiller said: The Sunset Drive-In in Middleport is still open and is very nostalgic, including a 50s style diner. I really like the old-style swings that are under the screen. The average Bills fan would: A) Try to sit in that and…. B) Be sadly disappointed when they felt the thump of the ground a few inches below. 2 Quote
Guffalo Posted February 3 Posted February 3 Sheridan drive (maybe I 290). as kids, our parents would let the older siblings take the car if they took the younger kids, (Parents get a night off, and no monkey business going on with the teens driving us). The younger ones would hide in the trunk, which saved us money for snacks, usually fell asleep before the movie was half over. There was also one in Ft Erie off the Garrison, we could watch from the end of our street and we would make up the words. Quote
Just Jack Posted February 3 Posted February 3 Still open near me... Midway Drive-in Theatre During the summer on the weekends, they will do triple features. Quote
ExiledInIllinois Posted February 3 Posted February 3 Think we live in weird times now... Even weirder years ago... A bunch of years ago... Talking to a co-worker, who is about 12 years older than me, about drive-ins... I schitt you NOT... He told me that they had a drive-in in Cedar Lake, Indiana that would show X-Rated flicks...😆 Said it was protected from view by trees: https://cinematreasures.org/theaters/53554 "The Great Oaks Drive-In was opened in 1958. It screen X-Rated adult movies. It was closed down by the police in 1981. The address is now Great Oaks Banquet Hall. The drive in itself is the empty lot northeast of the hall." ...But I grew up in WNY... lol Quote
JohnnyCash Posted February 3 Author Posted February 3 7 hours ago, Wacka said: Aero Drive in. Was replaced by the Holiday showcase and Holiday 6 theaters. It was located where Galleria Dr ends at Union. t is now the plaza where Sam's Club is. The Texas Roadhouse building was actually the snack bar (of course greatly enlarged over the years. Funny how there was a movie theater before another movie theater. I remember the Holiday I & II well. Pretty good size theaters. Quote
US Egg Posted February 3 Posted February 3 1 hour ago, ExiledInIllinois said: Think we live in weird times now... Even weirder years ago... A bunch of years ago... Talking to a co-worker, who is about 12 years older than me, about drive-ins... I schitt you NOT... He told me that they had a drive-in in Cedar Lake, Indiana that would show X-Rated flicks...😆 Said it was protected from view by trees: https://cinematreasures.org/theaters/53554 "The Great Oaks Drive-In was opened in 1958. It screen X-Rated adult movies. It was closed down by the police in 1981. The address is now Great Oaks Banquet Hall. The drive in itself is the empty lot northeast of the hall." ....But I grew up in WNY... lol Drive-in near me occasionally show raunchy ‘R’ sketch type movies. We’d sneak up to the back row from the railroad track behind to watch but get chased, but could watch from the railroad bridge. Had to travel in gangs back there though, “drifter” types hanging around. Bad things man…..bad things. 1 Quote
Buffalo716 Posted February 3 Posted February 3 6 minutes ago, US Egg said: Drive-in near me occasionally show raunchy ‘R’ sketch type movies. We’d sneak up to the back row from the railroad track behind to watch but get chased, but could watch from the railroad bridge. Had to travel in gangs back there though, “drifter” types hanging around. Bad things man…..bad things. What drive in was that Quote
ExiledInIllinois Posted February 3 Posted February 3 2 minutes ago, Buffalo716 said: What drive in was that The drive-in where you came in a trunk AND left in a trunk!😏 Quote
Buffalo716 Posted February 3 Posted February 3 Just now, US Egg said: Don’t worry I won’t say nothing, I swear. Ok bud Quote
US Egg Posted February 3 Posted February 3 1 minute ago, ExiledInIllinois said: The drive-in where you came in a trunk AND left in a trunk!😏 We were piss pot 13-15 y.o.’s, no cars. 1 Quote
davefan66 Posted February 3 Posted February 3 I-290 drive in. Across the street was the Blue Whale car wash and Fun N Games amusement park! A 10 minute walk from where I grew up. Family used to go there quite a bit. My father would cook a brown paper bag full of popcorn and we’d wear our pajamas to go watch movies. Remember seeing Star Wars there. Quote
BuffaloBill Posted February 3 Posted February 3 18 hours ago, ChevyVanMiller said: The Sunset Drive-In in Middleport is still open and is very nostalgic, including a 50s style diner. I really like the old-style swings that are under the screen. I spent many a drunken Saturday there back in the 80’s. Fun times. 1 Quote
Mike in Horseheads Posted February 3 Posted February 3 We had two drive ins in Chemung County. The Elmira Drive in had the normal first run pictures , family fare. The "Roxy Drive in" on the other hand often ran XXX movies. They always had a good crowd there on a summer night with cars on NY 14 (not far from PA border) being cheap and watching from the sides of the highway. Good times in the late 70's to see mommy and daddy parts going at it on a drive in screen! lol 1 Quote
Fleezoid Posted February 4 Posted February 4 We used to go to drive-ins all the time in the early 80s. Wherle Drive-In was fun. We could set up folding recliners behind the car with a cooler of beer. There was one drive-in we called the "no-fun" drive-in. Can't remember which one, but you had to be in the car or on the car. I got in trouble for sitting on a cooler leaning against the car. Quote
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