DFW's newest beer garden has $600,000 worth of video equipment

Coyote Drive-In, Fort Worth, Texas

Proving that drive-in theaters aren't just great places to neck with girls in poodle skirts: Coyote Drive-In, a new open-air, watch-from-your-car movie theater that doubles as a beer garden, all courtesy of the dude who started Trees & the Gypsy Tea Room, and a guy whose family used to run 50 drive-ins.Enter here. The double feature'll run you $8 per person, not counting people you hide in the trunk.They've got a trio of screens that get as big as 60ft x 90ft and play in-theaters-now flicks that you can see from any of 1,300 spots.This is one of three TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR projectors from Carrollton-based Film-Tech, and it's powerful enough to show a movie before it's dark and/or during a rainstorm.Their bar includes a bunch of wine, plus crafts like DEBC's Dallas Blonde and Double Brown Stout, Fireman's #4, and Abita Purple Haze. Oh, and this is private property and your car's parked, so it's actually kosher to drink in your car, but...... if that feels weird you can chill out and drink in the covered, gravelly beer garden instead.It's lined with homages to drive-ins of FW's past. RIP.Also an option: grab a picnic table and scarf down foodstuffs either from the concession stand (hot dogs, burgers, chicken tenders...) or from some of the myriad FW-based food trucks which're sure to have plenty of Grease.

The entrance at Coyote Drive-In, Fort Worth, Texas
Parking in front of a screen at Coyote Drive-In, Fort Worth, Texas
Projector at Coyote Drive-In, Fort Worth, Texas
The bar at Coyote Drive-In, Fort Worth, Texas
Beer garden at Coyote Drive-In, Fort Worth, Texas
Vintage signs at Coyote Drive-In, Fort Worth, Texas
Picnic tables at Coyote Drive-In, Fort Worth, Texas