Dobbs Ferry

Ms. Slater, who is from Dobbs Ferry in suburban Westchester County and moved to New York City in the mid-90s, thought, “Why not.”

Another in Dobbs Ferry, N.Y., has a kitchen and lobby bar with TV screens so a customer can, say, catch the end of a ballgame before the feature starts.

But they tried the Dobbs Ferry venue, part of the Look Dine-In Cinemas chain, after it opened, sharing a pizza and a salad before “80 for Brady.”

He continued to hold that job after he became head baseball coach for Mercy College in Dobbs Ferry, N.Y., in 1978.

Ellen Driscoll of Dobbs Ferry, N.Y., finds happiness in the classroom.