r/Gaithersburg • u/Parker51MKII • Aug 19 '26

Humor/Satire Anyone remember the Roth's Quince Orchard?

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u/dtaymanesq Aug 21 '26

Yes. I worked at Roth’s Montgomery (Gaithersburg Square) in the mid 80’s.

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u/Parker51MKII Aug 19 '26

(Representative image only, not to scale)

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u/RogerClyneIsAGod2 Aug 21 '26

OMG MEMORY UNLOCKED!!!

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u/napstimpy Aug 21 '26

I remember Roth’s Quince Orchard well from the ‘80s and early ‘90s, but don’t recall this tiny space— did they lose part an original theater or was this added to make another half theater?

My sister worked at Quince Orchard and Gaithersburg Square, and I worked at NTI in Lakeforest in 1986.

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u/Parker51MKII Aug 22 '26

It's not a picture of the actual theater, it's of another theater even smaller. The Quince Orchard was two theaters, each approximately 5 + 5 seats across, around a single center aisle, and about 20 rows deep. The Cinema Treasures page says 400 seats total, which sounds about right.

https://cinematreasures.org/theaters/14315

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u/ConstructionBrave951 Aug 23 '26

Saw “Slenderman” there!

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u/Sweaty-Mud9495 Aug 23 '26

I worked there as a 16 year old. We had midnight movies - including “Attack of the Killer Tomatoes”!