https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/04/03/3below-theaters-welcomes-back-movie-audiences-to-downtown-san-jose/

Just in time for Oscars season, 3Below Theaters in downtown San Jose began welcoming back movie fans on Friday with a three-week festival showcasing Academy Award nominees. And owners Shannon and Scott Guggenheim have pulled out the stops in trying to give audiences an experience they won’t get streaming movies on the couch.

The lobby has been given a fun makeover, with seating options spanning the decades from the 1950s through the ’80s, with diner booths in one area, lava lamps elsewhere and two custom-made tables created with cassette tape covers and Rubik’s Cubes on either side of a Ms. Pac-Man machine. The expanded cafe menu — with gourmet hot dogs and Belgian waffle bites alongside the popcorn — can be enjoyed inside or outdoors, even if you’re not going to a movie (and an outdoor stage is in the works).