Two local drive-in theaters are in the running for best drive-in theaters in the country in USA TODAY’s\u00a010Best Readers’ Choice Awards poll.<\/p>\n
Shankweiler’s Drive-In Theatre in Orefield, Pennsylvania<\/a>, and Delsea Drive-In Theatre in Vineland, New Jersey<\/a>, are among those in the running for the recognition.\u00a0<\/p>\n An expert panel selected the top 20 spots for drive-in movies, with readers and members of the public determining the winners.<\/p>\n “Shankweilers Drive-In Theatre is the oldest operating drive-in theater in the country. The business originally opened in 1934 and operates all year round. In addition to movies, there’s a snack bar on site with options like veggie dogs, popcorn, cheeseburgers, funnel cakes, and ice cream.”<\/p>\n “Originally built in 1949, Delsea Drive-In Theatre is the only remaining drive-in movie theater in the state of New Jersey. The theater operates seasonally (typically from mid-March through November) and showcases double and triple features. In addition to foods like pizza, ice cream, and hamburgers, the concession stand offers a gluten-free menu with options like chicken and wild rice soup, carrots with hummus, and gluten-free cookies.”<\/p>\n The concept of the drive-in theater has local roots in the Philadelphia area. USA TODAY\u00a0noted that the first drive-in movie theater opened in Camden, New Jersey, on June 6, 1933.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two local drive-in theaters are in the running for best drive-in theaters in the country in USA TODAY’s\u00a010Best…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":185386,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[119,121,120,915,28],"class_list":["post-185385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allentown","tag-allentown","tag-allentown-headlines","tag-allentown-news","tag-new-jersey","tag-pennsylvania"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185385\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/185386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}