Food in Newhall

Barbecue at the south end of Main, with twenty-four craft taps and a rule the operator states outright: meat is smoked fresh daily, and when it runs out they are out. Brisket, ribs, tri-tip, sides, served on trays. Going early is not a preference here, it is the whole strategy, which fits an afternoon screening better than an evening one.

Mon to Wed, 11am to 9pm. Thu to Sat, 11am to 10pm. Sun, 9am to 9pm

A Japanese bakery three doors from the cinema, run under the Okayama Kobo name, where the dough is made with Hokkaido flour and no preservatives and everything is baked on site each morning. The counter is curry breads, melon pan, cream buns, a short list of sandwiches and coffee, and most of it is gone by early afternoon. You order at the case, you eat at a small table or you carry it out. It closes at 2:30pm, so it is a matinee stop and nothing else.

Tue to Sun, 8am to 2:30pm. Closed Mon

A counter-and-booths diner that has been on Main Street long enough that the interior is the reason half the people are there. Eggs, hash browns, pancakes, patty melts, coffee that keeps coming. There is no website and no online ordering. It opens at 6am and it is done at 1:30pm, which makes it a breakfast and early lunch stop, and on a weekend morning there is a line on the sidewalk that moves.

Daily, 6am to 1:30pm