The story
After a stint as a furniture store the former theater became Royal Buffet, operating as of 2013-2014 per Cinema Treasures.
Everything that was here
- Date unknown · still open
Royal BuffetRestaurant
A hibachi buffet inside an old movie house.
- 1978–1986
Century 1-2-3Theater
The triplex the Thunderbird became.
See the map in 1979 → - 1966–1978
Thunderbird TheaterTheater
A 1,200-seat, 60-foot-screen single-screen house that opened with Bob Hope.
See the map in 1967 →
Nearby history
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The Midwest's first dinner-and-jousting castle, open since June 15, 1991.
1863 Brick Church
202 East Schaumburg Road · 2.2 km away
A Civil War-era brick church with a 127-foot steeple.
Lou Malnati's Pizzeria
1 South Roselle Road · 2.2 km away
Deep dish in an 1870s crossroads inn.
Town Square Clock Tower / Veterans Gateway Park
Schaumburg Road & Roselle Road, southwest corner (Town Square clock tower) · 2.2 km away
A clock tower marks the spot of two fires and a hardware store.
Volkening Family Farm
201 South Plum Grove Road · 3.2 km away
A German immigrant homestead from the late 1800s.
Veridian
1301 East Algonquin Road · 3.3 km away
A plan to bring downtown-Chicago density to a razed suburban corporate campus.
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