La Salle restaurant closes after more than 30 years

visit fb.com/speakeasyonfirst.

AMC Theatres introduces seat pricing plan

a slight premium to standard sightline seats.

The Super Bowl was the last hurrah for Al’s Bella Vista.

The restaurant at 1001 Eighth St., La Salle, closed Sunday after 32 years.

“We have loved our many years serving you,” read a post on Al’s Facebook page. “Thanks for all the kind words and support this last week.”

Its last day of business served as a fundraiser for Cops 4 Cancer.

“Our good friends at Al’s Bella Vista have served this community well with 32 years of being the best of the Illinois Valley staples,” read a post on the Cops for Cancer Facebook page. “Sunday is the last hurrah and we are simply honored to be able to share in this memory making last day.”

La Salle lounge to open this weekend

Speakeasy on 1st opens this weekend at 854 First St., La Salle.

The 1920s-themed lounge was announced in September and has been under construction. The lounge aims to offer an intimate setting to enjoy moonshine cocktails, live music and slot machines, in addition to events such as oldtime photos and possibly swing dancing, according to its Facebook page.

The new lounge will have live music from 8 to 11 p.m. Friday and 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday. For more information,

AMC Theatres, which has a location in Peru, recently announced a ticket-pricing initiative based on seat location within the auditorium.

The initiative, called Sightline at AMC, offers moviegoers to pay less or more for a movie ticket based on their seat selection.

There will be three different seat-pricing options: standard sightline, the most common in auditoriums and available for the traditional cost of a ticket; value sightline, front row of the auditorium, as well as select ADA seats in each auditorium, available at a lower price than standard sightline seats, pricing only available to AMC Stubs members, including the free tier membership – AMC Insider; and preferred sightline, typically in the middle of the auditorium and priced at

Theatres that offer Sightline at AMC will provide a seat map that outlines each seating option during the ticket purchase process. Sightline at AMC is applied to showtimes that begin after 4 p.m. at participating locations and is not applicable on Discount Tuesdays.

The initiative has rolled out to select AMC locations and will be expanded to all domestic AMC and AMC DINE-IN locations by the end of the year.

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