Corazon Cinema & Cafe
36 Granada Street,
St. Augustine,
FL
32084
36 Granada Street,
St. Augustine,
FL
32084
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In July 1986, lifelong local resident Kenny Pierce, the owner of Pot Belly’s Restaurant, converted a neighboring bar and pool room into a 100-seat single-screen theater with stereo sound and a 13x30ft screen alongside a delicatessen.
The Pot Belly’s Cinema Plus opened its doors on July 25, 1986 with “Back to School”, and was also a replacement of an earlier Cinema Plus near the intersection of King and Aviles Streets that closed down just months before this opened. A second screen was added on September 4, 1987, and was renamed “Pot Belly’s Twin Cinema Plus”. This was followed two additional screens on June 22, 1990, becoming the “Pot Belly’s Cinema 4”.
Demolition has begun on the former theatre.
The Corazon Cinema & Cafe closed temporarily on March 20, 2020 for the COVID-19 pandemic. It reopened May 22, 2020. Unfortunately, the venue was closed permanently on January 28, 2021.
Pot Bellies was anamazing spot. The lobby was filled with tons of memorabilia, all pop culture oriented. The paraphenalia lined the walls all the way back to the auditoriums. These pics of this new place make me sad, because the personality has departed this location. It’s a shame about their closing because you could tell that the owners were totally into movies and pop culture. Grand old spot.
It was certainly a different type name,tisloews.Wonder if Nick has spotted it.
ummm. I insulted it first! :–)
Mike I just saw the name on the recent comments section and it caught my attention.
I am thinking about moving it to my Favorites selection. I have been to St.Augustine a bunch of times SOMEHOW i missed this.Must be in an off street area.Wish there were more pics and story.What a find.How did you find this one tisloews.
Now that is one Cinema Treasure!
Yep, it is now obvious how this theater got its name. This is truly one of the ugliest theaters I have ever seen. It was closed when I was in St. Augustine last week, but it appeared even uglier on the inside. Interestingly, just inside the theater is an old and very large film projector on display. How old is this theater? This can’t be the only theater in the history of St. Augustine, though I found no evidence of any other.