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Oddly enough, Chuck E Cheese has been trying to “rebrand” itself since COVID. During the pandemic they actually operated as a shadow kitchen pizza chain and pos
by Fwirt 2y ago
Oddly enough, Chuck E Cheese has been trying to “rebrand” itself since COVID. During the pandemic they actually operated as a shadow kitchen pizza chain and possibly as a result, the quality of their pizza (at least at our local restaurant) has substantially improved, to the point that I would rank it above a couple other nationwide chains. The atmosphere is very different from the dark, grody, funky 1980s rat pizza restaurant, and is now a loud party atmosphere with TV screens constantly blasting kiddie music videos. They’ve shifted their age demographic from “family” to “kids”, and their locations have become much cleaner.
- Dwedit 2y agoThe name of the shadow kitchen is "Pasqually's Pizza & Wings". If you read the "Our Story" page on their website, it says that they "leverage the operational infrastructure of Chuck E. Cheese kitchens across the country". Pasqually is one of the animatronic characters, he is a chef.
- WorldMaker 2y agoAs a nerd of a kid who enjoyed "Lore", it amused me when people complaining about Pasqually's Pizza at the time, because I immediately recognized it as the name of the Pizza restaurant inside Chuck E. Cheese, that's what it was always called. Pasqually is not just the chef (and the drummer), he's the owner of the restaurant in the show. It was always his restaurant, Chuck is just the front man of the band.
- sylens 2y agoYeah I went to one last year for a friend’s kid’s birthday - the giant playground maze and ball pit is gone, the animatronic stage is gone, it’s a big dance floor and more arcade games and even a tiny carousel for toddlers
- resource_waste 2y agoSame story. I enjoyed their multi-flavored pop thing as an adult. I got Caffeine free + some flavored cola thing. I know many places have it, but it was nice. Pizza was good/fine. The unlimited gaming thing was nice too. 15 years ago I'd be like: Gross Chuck-e-cheese. Today Id be like: Eh... its fine... maybe I'll meet some parent there.
- px43 2y agoI went again recently (less than a year ago) for the first time since the 90s and the animatronics stage was still fully functional. Apparently very few locations are left with working stages, and I was impressed that my local stage had continued operating. They also serve alcohol now or something. It felt a bit more open, one giant room, but I might just be remembering more walls because I'm taller now than I was when I was 10. Definitely no ball pit though.