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Gothamist managed to get on over to the new IFC Center this weekend to see Miranda July's excellent Me and You and Everyone We Know and decided to check out the food as well. We had heard that there was going to be an adjacent restaurant serving a gourmet take on pub fare and wanted to see if it was any good.
If our initial visit is an accurate indication of things to come, the Waverly at IFC (named in honor of the previous movie theater that resided there) has the potential to be a destination on its own merits, even for those who don't plan on catching a movie.
Our friendly, helpful waiter was happy to answer our many questions (everything from menu issues to what movie was playing on the big screen above us). In addition, the food (Welsh rarebit, turkey and bacon sandwich, Guinness gingerbread cake) was fresh, flavorful, and beautifully presented.
We were already fans of the Brooklyn Academy of Music's BAM Cafe and Rose Cinema when in the mood for the dinner-and-an-arthouse-movie option. But Gothamist is happy to have a similar pairing in downtown Manhattan as well.
Waverly at IFC, 323 Sixth Avenue (at West Third Street)
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So how was the actual theater?
Were the projectionists' union members still outside with their big rat? And: Is there more than one inflatable rat in the city, or do lots of unions just share the same one?
The theater itself is beautiful. Lots of exposed brick, luxuriously comfortable seats (imported from France), etc. You can read all about the theater itself in this New York magazine article.
as there are multiple sized rats, i'm pretty sure there is more than one.
The theater itself is nice, however the crowd control absolutely sucks. Big Time. I was at the opening and basically we were roped in a long snaking line in the very, very small lobby. Instead of making the line continue out the door, they just kept letting people in. By the time the previous screening was finished, the lobby was completely full, leaving nowhere for the exiting crowd to empty out into. And once it was time to enter the theater, did they make people proceed in the order that they had lined up in? No. They just opened up all the doors and made it a free for all. It didn't matter if you had been waiting 30 min or 30 seconds. Then what was the f*cking point of waiting in line then?
I hope the management of the IFC is reading this. The theater is nice and you did a great job of upgrading the place, but your lack of foresight and planning really pissed off a lot of people in line. For now, I'll keep going to the Sunshine.
I don't know what the screening was like that you went to, but the 8:50 on Saturday looked as though they gave out free tickets with the purchase of The Golden Girls DVD.
It was nice that people actually read the credits and stayed for the Q&A, though.
So I assume the cinema will only be showing IFC movies...