An interesting and very short look at the history of concessions at movie theaters and interesting tidbits of information sprinkled throughout. I had hoped it would have been longer and had even more information since it is such a fun topic.

This short story included an interesting look at how snacks became such an important part of the movie theater-going experience. Ever wonder why we eat popcorn at movies? I really hadn’t thought about it before, but finding out how it came about was interesting. The section entitled “Things We No Longer See In Movie Theaters” was full of fun tidbits as well. Thanks to Netgalley for allowing me to read and review this book.

Not quite as advertised. This is more of a booklet than a book. It's self-published, which is fine, but there are typos and formatting issues that make it feel less than professional. We will not be purchasing this for our library collection.

Let’s All Go to the Lobby by Steve Foley was a quick, insightful read about movie theaters and their beloved concessions that left me craving popcorn! Perfect give for the movie or snack buff in your life!

I received a copy from NetGalley; this is my honest review.
-For a 44 pages booklet, there are a lot of repeats. For ex, anything about Dave Fleischer is repeated more than 4 times within the first 15% of the book.
-A good LOL: alcohol is sold in plastic cups "since glass bottles may be used as missiles". It probably happened too; we didn't have plastic cups back in the day.
-I didn't like that the author put contraband snacks almost top of the list for best snacks. It shouldn't be on the list, period.
-Confused: "don't mind as long as you don't make a huge mess". Well, how would they know it's me?
-When the author said the markup on snacks is enormous, he passed the owners as bandits. They don't make money on tickets, the movie makers do. It was said later on but too late.
-It's true that combos contain too much food which is why I take the child size without the toy. It wasn't true (for me) that when I ate full supper even the smell of food could get me to eat more.
-The one thing the author completely missed and I accepted the book especially for that is subliminal ads that pushed you to go the the concessions. They were a rage in the 70's and all over the place: movie theaters and drive-ins alike. They might have been elsewhere too.
-A popular item pre-COVID: The restaurants near the movie theaters where I live had discounted tickets if you bought a full meal (vs. apps or drinks). Sometimes they had bargains for the concessions too.

i received a copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

This book has some interesting information in it. But it was really short.

Lets all go to the lobby should be pretty evident from the title and the cover that this is referencing at times people's best part of going to the movie theater, you know going to the concession stand. But the title is also referencing a short clip that was used at the movie theaters starting in the mid to late 1950's to encourage people to go purchase items from the concession stand or snack bar. With of course being the most famous being popcorn. Did you know that at one time movie theater owners did not want concession stands in their theaters ? This changed over time when they realized the extra money they could make and now it is no wonder when you consider the mark up. It was interesting to learn that at least one time not everyone was a fan of popcorn, there was even a state senator who attempted to have it outlawed. This is crazy when you consider now there is a particular famous popcorn producer who delivers 47 million pounds a year to movie theaters. The author covers many other types of snacks and also discuss the changes to theaters and the experience over time. There are two main issues i have with this book one that there seems to be a lot of the same stuff repeated and the other that the book jumps all over the place. Thank you to Netgalley and BookBuzz.net for an ARC for a fair and honest review.

While it was moderately interesting and fun to read, it is a real stretch to call this a book. At 65 short (and sometimes repetitive) pages of text, this reads more like a term paper than a book.

Thats to NetGalley for providing an ARC copy for my review.

I received an advance copy of, Let's All got to The Lobby, by Steve Foley. This is an interesting book on the history of the concession stand in the lobby of movie theatres.

It was interesting to learn a bit about the history of not only the classic "Let's All Go to the Lobby" advert, but also how movie concessions as we know them came to be.

That being said, this book left me confused. I had been expecting a coffee table-type book with a discussion of various movie snacks, maybe including a bit about how they were developed, what makes them popular, etc. The book actually covers a broad variety of topics and eventually veers into a discussion of concessions available at sports stadiums, a list of top movie snacks (in the author's opinion), and tips for how to navigate the concession stand at a theater. The logical organization didn't make sense to me and the book did not seem to have a clear point of view or aim. It felt a little like I was reading a term paper for a college class. There were no photographs or illustrations to accompany the text, and I think those would have been useful to add visual interest.

Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review.