It is scheduled to reopen in mid-December.

JACKSON TWP. The bad news: Movies 10, the second-run discount theater at 6284 Dressler Road NW, is closing Thursday.

The good news: It is scheduled to reopen in mid-December as Cinemark Movie Bistro, a nine-screen, dine-in theater with hot food delivered directly to customers' recliner seats.

The 10th auditorium at the Movie Bistro will be converted into a kitchen where food will be prepared for the other nine.

Bryan Jeffries, Cinemark's vice president of in-theatre marketing, acknowledged Movies 10 has been a popular area theater for more than 20 years, but said Wednesday, "Cinemark is very excited to offer customers a new alternative for their movie-going experience."

Cinemark will spend 10 weeks giving the theater an extensive remodel, including a redesigned lobby and box office, new flooring, and electric recliner seats in each auditorium, equipped with seat warmers and swivel tables. The theater will offer reserved seating and expanded beverage service including beer and wine, Jeffries said.

Food and beverages will be ordered and paid for in the lobby before the movies, to minimize interruptions in the auditorium.

Instead of showing older, discounted movies, the Movie Bistro will play new movies at the same time as Tinseltown with the same ticket-pricing structure, including the same discount days and early bird pricing as Tinseltown.

The addition of nine new first-run movie screens "might give us an opportunity to experiment with more art films, independent films and documentaries," Jeffries said.

A Cinemark dine-in menu found online, without pricing, includes such items as chicken tenders, bacon cheese fries, hot wings, chicken fajita nachos, Caesar salad, pulled pork sliders, chicken quesadilla, popcorn shrimp tacos, bistro burger, black bean burger, blackened chicken sandwich, pizzas and flatbreads.

The installation of recliner seats will reduce the seating capacity at the theater by 40 to 50 percent, Jeffries said.