Star Theatre — Local services in Saint Johnsbury

What an absolute delight! We drove up to St. Johnsbury solely for the purpose of attending this little movie theater. A co-worker of my husband told us about this place & their one very unique feature: They use REAL Cabot butter on their popcorn. So after driving more than an hour to the Star Theater, we were absolutely thrilled to be greeted by the kindest woman who had a ton of knowledge about the current films showing, and about film history. We had a grand time chatting with her & she had the warmest, most welcoming spirit, even showing great concern about our lengthy drive home & the potential of winter weather. : - ) The theater itself? SPECTACULAR! We see a lot of movies at the theater (averaging 4 per month). We have been to more theaters than I can count or recall. When you come across one like this, it really stands out. The theater was larger than I expected, with more seats than I thought there'd be. The layout is smart, the lighting is sufficient (prior to showtime), and then you get to the best part -- the seats themselves. Holy cow...SO PLUSH! They are seriously comfy. As far as "traditional" movie theater seating is concerned, these are my most favorite ever. I was deliriously happy the instant I sat down. And then it got better -- the armrest, between the seats, folds up/down! What????!!??!! So what does this mean? Well, for one, you can actually snuggle with your date or spouse without that supremely unforgiving armrest bruising your ribcage! You can literally sit side-by-side without any interence, it's terrific. Or, if you're by yourself or with a platonic friend, you can stretch out across two seats. Or if you're seeing a scary movie, you can all protect each other in a huddle! Lol. Point is, this is such a fantastic design feature with so much potential, I know I'm never going to be truly happy in "normal", stationery, typical theater chairs. The next time we make the hour-long drive up to the Star Theater, it won't be for the butter, it'll be for the awesome seats! But I haven't when mentioned the best thing about this little gem....the average movie ticket cost is now over $9/ticket. A full-price ticket (adult, non-matinee) at the Star? $6.50!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I nearly fell over when I read that on their website (which is awful, by the way; I cannot recommend visiting their website, it's the one & only thing related to this magical establishment that I have nothing good to say about), and the next logical question, for me anyway, is "what about matinees?" A whopping 4 bucks. Yep. $4. And not just matinees, but also seniors. Seniors never pay more than $4 to see a movie here. What else can I say? I'll tell you --- I am now looking at all the other fun activities there are in St. Johnsbury because I want as many excuses as I can find to say "well, since we're here in St. Johnsbury, we might as well go see a...

Keep in mind if you go for the late showing: they apparently "shut down our credit card reader at 10:00pm" or so I was told, and there is no ATM in the building. So concessions cannot be purchased after 10pm without walking to the bank at the end of the block. This is 2018, really who does that?!

EDIT 5/22/19: I added two more stars for a few reasons:

First and foremost, I really appreciate that they seem to have paid some attention to everyone here complaining about the Popcorn, and worked to improve. I recently went to see Avengers Endgame and the popcorn was delicious. I also noticed which I hadn't before that they use real butter, not only that but they use Cabot butter. That says a lot about concern for quality and support of the local economy. They heard our complaints, set to task remedying the problem, and for that I believe reciprocation is in order and I give them 4 stars overall.

I will also say that the staff is polite and friendly, the place is kept relatively clean, and prices have always been pretty low respective to...

It's a nice theater, and the only theater in town. but its a terror to work for. I do NOT recommend working here, you will be over worked and under appreciated.

Staff is underpaid and you're forced to work both the theater and yummies cafe. 12am to 12pm night after night, and when you're forced to work in the Yummies Cafe, it's even worse. Theres only ever one person for the entire restaurant. One person that has to take all orders, make all the drinks, make all the food, clean the restaurant, clean the kitchen, manage all phone calls and bring customers their food, for 10 hours straight, all for 12 dollars an hour.

I do...