New PacMan Restaurant

[RobR]

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

[number six]

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.

[Dauber]

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.

[treismac]

I hope its successful so it spreads across the country. Never can have to many Pac-Man related restaurants.

[almightytodd]

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.

[+wood_jl]

almightytodd took the words right out of my mouth.

[Bryan]

Yeah, too bad about that. From the videos, uWink seems like a fun place.

[Chuck D. Head]

The name makes me feel like it the Pac-Man universe' version of Milliways.

[omegadot]

AWWW! I almost relocated there for work!