RobR Posted December 19, 2014 Share Posted December 19, 2014 (edited) I saw this on Thrillist: "Michael Jordan's got his own steakhouse. So does Mike Ditka. And Brett Favre. And so will every athlete one day, probably (even your old Little League teammate, Chris). But now, a whole new type of celebrity is getting in on the restaurant game: the 8-bit pellet-eating video game character kind. Because Pac-Man is getting his own restaurant. It's called Level 257 (named after a secret glitch level that's impossible to reach), and it'll be opening in Schaumburg, a suburb of Chicago, sometime in January of 2015. The American division of Namco Entertainment Inc., which owns Pac-Man, has revealed that the joint will be 40,000sqft and will contain table tennis, 16 bowling lanes, pinball machines, and -- DUH -- an arcade area. No word yet on whether they'll also serve assorted fruit, but one fixture on their menu is certain: PIZZA. For now, though, we'll have to take solace in the fact that they most likely won't make us dodge ghosts to get a burger. Adam Lapetina is a Food/Drink staff writer for Thrillist, and really hopes they don't make a Centipede restaurant because that would be terrifying. Read his musings at@adamlapetina." My comment: Shouldn't this be called Level 256? Edited December 19, 2014 by RobR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
number six Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 Pac-Man already had a cafe years ago in Orlando. It was called the 'Pac-Man cafe'. They served mediocre Pizza with one slice missing (see, looks like Pac-Man!) and had a small Arcade that was so-so.. mostly the re-release arcade games (Teamplay, Namco Reunion, etc) It closed years ago, I guess they are gving it a new go somewhere else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dauber Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 I have a feeling this Pac-Man place is going to be one of those "trendy" type things...like you get two pieces of arugula on a long, narrow rectangular plate for twelve dollars. I'll check it out on my way to Underground Retrocade. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treismac Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 I hope its successful so it spreads across the country. Never can have to many Pac-Man related restaurants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almightytodd Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 While I would hope for success for any video-game/nostalgia related food service operation, I can't help be reminded of yet another of Nolan Bushnell's failed enterprises. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+wood_jl Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 almightytodd took the words right out of my mouth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 Yeah, too bad about that. From the videos, uWink seems like a fun place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck D. Head Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 The name makes me feel like it the Pac-Man universe' version of Milliways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omegadot Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 AWWW! I almost relocated there for work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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