MGM - Best place to eat

Lion Sleeps Tonight · Post by **Lion Sleeps Tonight** » Aug Thu 03, 2006 5:27 pm

G2-4T wrote:Lion - Studios Catering has been changed for close to a year now so if you ate there when you were working I bet it was the new menu... And I hear you on the tvs at ABC, they can certainly get a tad on the annoying side!

Oh, okay. Yeah, it was still called Studio Catering Co at least until a few months ago then. I didn't venture into that area often, so if the menu changed, then I didn't notice.

Blackie Pueblo · Post by **Blackie Pueblo** » Aug Fri 04, 2006 5:08 am

I really enjoyed the Sci-Fi cafe. My wife, my mom, and my little bro went there for a whim and we were really surprised. The atmosphere is great, and to be able to eat in the cool darkened building was wonderful. Plus, it was fun to eat while watching the trailers for all the cheesy Sci-Fi movies of the 50's. They really did a great job designing that place.

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kapper1965 · Post by **kapper1965** » Aug Sun 06, 2006 11:02 am

i love prime time, it is always a blast, espeicially if you don't finish your veggies!

Mr.ToadWildRider · Post by **Mr.ToadWildRider** » Aug Mon 07, 2006 3:00 pm

spaulo wrote:Btw, whoever said Backlot Express is gone, must have it wrong... AllEarsNet has a menu for the restaurant, updated as of June of this year:

http://allearsnet.com/menu/men_ble.htm

That site has "Menu Date: June 2006"

I was there July 04 2006 and if it's the place I think you're talking about by Honey I Shrunk the Kids playground it is definitely called something else and that is not the same menu. It is called "<Something I forget> Flatbread" or something Flatbread. I know it had pulled pork roll w/ chips which I what I got and a flatbread chicken ceasar roll up which my friend and g/f got. Then I think there was like a chili dog or something and some sort of desert.

Maybe it changed between June and July.

kapper1965 · Post by **kapper1965** » Aug Mon 07, 2006 7:35 pm

it's still there, i saw it just a month ago. not that crowded, but it's still there

Mr.ToadWildRider · Post by **Mr.ToadWildRider** » Aug Tue 08, 2006 4:12 pm

kapper1965 wrote:it's still there, i saw it just a month ago. not that crowded, but it's still there

Is it the one by Honey I Shrunk the Kids playground? between the playground and the Backlot Studio Tour/fountain area where the yhad the big coke bottle? There is a counter service there but it's not Backlot Express anymore and the menu they have on AllEars is not the one they had on July 4th, none of it is the same I don't think. Maybe I'm thinking of someplace different but I wouldv'e sworn that was Backlot Express because it was one of the few counter service's my family would go to because when I was a kid I'd play in the playground and they'd have a beer and a snack.

kapper1965 · Post by **kapper1965** » Aug Tue 08, 2006 6:16 pm

no backlot express is over by "sounds dangerous, kinda right in the middle between star tours, sounds dangerous and indiana jones.

Lion Sleeps Tonight · Post by **Lion Sleeps Tonight** » Aug Tue 08, 2006 9:40 pm

Yeah, Backlot Express is right between Indiana Jones and Star Tours. It's got all the movie props inside the restaurant. The one near the Honey I Shrunk the Kids Playground used to be called Studio Catering Co. It's an outside quick service restaurant.

kapper1965 · Post by **kapper1965** » Aug Tue 08, 2006 9:43 pm

i have only eaten there once. i just remember burgers and generic stuff. i don't remember anything special. i just don't understand how one burger place like backlot express can be so different from a place like pecos bills at the magic kingdom.

Mr.ToadWildRider · Post by **Mr.ToadWildRider** » Aug Thu 17, 2006 3:21 pm

Lion Sleeps Tonight wrote:Yeah, Backlot Express is right between Indiana Jones and Star Tours. It's got all the movie props inside the restaurant. The one near the Honey I Shrunk the Kids Playground used to be called Studio Catering Co. It's an outside quick service restaurant.

Oh oops

I thought Studio Catering was the one that became the Commissary. I don't think I've ever noticed Backlot Express then. I've notied the souveneir stands and stuff between Star Tours and Indy Show but never a restaurant I don't think. Or is there like a watertower out front?

Post by **spaulo** » Aug Thu 17, 2006 4:04 pm

yeah, water tower out front...

Darn you to heck for making me think my beloved turkey sandwich was gone!

(ok not really, we all make mistakes

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Lion Sleeps Tonight · Post by **Lion Sleeps Tonight** » Aug Thu 17, 2006 7:46 pm

Never noticed Backlot Express? It's got all the white chairs and tables. Well I guess it is surrounded by trees...

Everyone likes that turkey sandwich but me.

Mr.ToadWildRider · Post by **Mr.ToadWildRider** » Aug Fri 18, 2006 1:58 pm

I maintain the place I thought it was should be the Backlot Express...it is the Backlot and it's right next to the Backlot Tour

DisneyChickInSeattle · Post by **DisneyChickInSeattle** » Aug Sat 19, 2006 1:34 pm

The icecream shakes are awesome. And you just can't beat the crazy movies going on the whole time. Seems like there were good options for adults and kids.

Lion Sleeps Tonight · Post by **Lion Sleeps Tonight** » Aug Sat 19, 2006 2:52 pm

Mr.ToadWildRider wrote:I maintain the place I thought it was should be the Backlot Express...it is the Backlot and it's right next to the Backlot Tour

Yeah. People would ask me "where is the Backlot?" And I would reply, "do you mean the restaurant or the attraction?"

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