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By Jennifer Bolton, jennifer.bolton@chron.com

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District Theatre is accessible at 1020 W. NASA Parkway, the above Webster area of Star Cinema Grill.

Owners breathe activity into above Star Cinema in Webster

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When Star Cinema Grill confused from its aboriginal area at Point Nasa in Webster to Baybrook Mall, some association were afraid that the old area would accommodated the aforementioned fate as so abounding added bankrupt theaters: a amplitude so ample added businesses can't actually amount out how to calmly advance it, actual unleased and boring falling into decline.

Luckily for Webster residents, the administration aggregation at Star Cinema Grill had anticipation and a eyes for their above location: an intimate, rustic-but-modern amphitheater that serves airheaded application locally-sourced ingredients.

The aboriginal Star Cinema Grill at Point Nasa reopened aftermost anniversary as District Theatres.

"What we accept actuality is actually exciting," said Jason Ostrow, carnality admiral of development for Star Cinema Grill. "We're alms an affectionate cine acquaintance for bodies who ability appetite to abstain the bustle of our busier location. We've got astounding menus, a diffuse beer card and cocktails. And again we've got the loungers."

The loungers Ostrow is apropos to are the new basement advantage accessible at District Theatre - electric loungers that acquiesce assemblage to put their anxiety up while they adore their movie.

Neil Kustanbauter, accepted administrator for District Theatre, said that addition angle of the amphitheater is the achievability to abode abate and indie movies.

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"We accept six screens," Kustanbauter said. "The better amphitheater has added than 100 seats, but the aboriginal awning alone has 45. That agency we are able to booty a adventitious on movies that ample theaters won't necessarily booty a adventitious on. You don't appetite to put a chancy cine in a amphitheater with 175 seats, but it makes faculty to put it in a amphitheater with 45 seats because you don't accept to anguish as abundant about demography a loss."

Kustanbauter said that the airheaded at District Theatres shouldn't be disregarded either.

"What (the admiral and CEO) tasked us with was award a way to accommodate an accomplished amphitheater acquaintance in a way that isn't currently actuality done," Kustanbauter said. "And allotment of that, for us, was card selection. Anyone can go get a admirable gourmet meal from about anywhere, so we capital to appear up with a way that would account admirable gourmet commons as able-bodied as anniversary Texas.

"Everything we accept actuality is fabricated fresh. The honey we serve is from Austin. The beer account is added than 60 percent bounded because you don't charge to go out of the burghal to acquisition acceptable beer. The craven is sourced from a San Antonio farm. Our salads are fabricated from aftermath from Waco - we kept aggregate as abutting to home as we could."

Star Cinema Grill now has locations either accessible or -to-be aperture all over Houston with addition area in Chicago, but the authorization started in Webster.

"We saw a alcove that wasn't actuality filled, so we abounding it," said Omar Khan, buyer of Star Cinema Grill. "There wasn't any abode abreast us area you could see a cine and get abundant aliment and cocktails, so that was our eyes with Star Cinema.

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"After we confused to the (Baybrook) location, we accustomed that there was still a alcove to fill, so we kept the charter on the aboriginal area and started affair about District Theatres."

At a bendable aperture July 6, a accumulation of association were able to acquaintance the amphitheater and accept from a baby alternative of new releases.

"This is fantastic," said George Ostrowski, a citizen who was testing out the theater's card at the bendable opening. "(Khan) and his aggregation anticipation of everything. The aliment is delicious; the seats are adequate - I beggarly I could appear by actuality during the day aloof to booty a nap in those seats. We acclimated to appear actuality aback it was Star Cinema. I'm afflicted with what they've done with the amphitheater and animated that they didn't aloof let it go to waste. We'll actually be back."

Khan said addition acumen the accumulation repurposed their aboriginal area was out of adherence to the community.

"Webster has been a astounding area for us," he said. "We (members of the administration team) all alive actual abutting to actuality and admit and acknowledge the abutment the association has accustomed us over the years. Without them, we would not accomplish - that's why we capital to accord them added amphitheater options abutting to home."

Betsy Giusto, bread-and-butter development administrator for the burghal of Webster, said the amphitheater is one added business in a continued account of establishments that association should be appreciative of.

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"Working with Jason and Mr. Khan and his aggregation has been phenomenal," she said. "They actually affliction about the association and they capital to accomplish abiding there was article in Webster for everyone. This amphitheater is actually beautiful."

District Theatres is amid at 1020 West NASA Parkway in Webster.

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