retail death watch

[LeftieBiker]

Dang. I have a history with Chuck E: back in the day I was a video game wizard - the kind with trophies, not the kind who wears a cape (those tend to prefer pinball). I used to spend a fair amount of time at our localish one, playing cheap video games. One of the large resident rodents took a real shine to me. She (I hope) used to watch me raptly while I played, and would often try to communicate something to me with gestures that I never quite understood. I never saw her(?) in human form, and I don't think she ever spoke an actual word to me, or if she did it was muffled by the rat head. Kind of sad, really. That, and the bankruptcy, of course...

[cwerdna]

Chuck E Cheese Pizza Time Theatre does have some Bay Area roots. It was founded by Nolan Bushnell, who also co-founded Atari: https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2020/ ... ankruptcy/.

Sadly (?), I've never set foot in the location that's now closed. I'd been to their large location elsewhere in the city a few times when I was little. Maybe I should drop by, if they're open during COVID-19 to refresh my memory...

I wonder how many more will close or if it'll eventually be all of them by a year from now?