Chuck E. Cheese

They still have animatronics, and, if not the original ones, they're very close! We came for the nostalgia of the animatronics. The games are most games of luck now (rather than arcade games) and the "tickets" are added virtually to your card, which replaced the token system of long ago. Play options include a set number of plays OR a set amount of time. I noticed that the child crowd runs fairly young here, probably under 6, but it was a daytime-on-the-weekend visit. The food is fine--mostly just pizza and it's not amazing pizza and expensive for what it is, but it's Chuck E. Cheese and I knew that was coming. It was nice to see salad and gluten-free personal pizza options, as well as wine. This is not the Chuck E. Cheese of the 1980s, but it's still a reasonably fun place for kids to spend a cold or rainy day, or a birthday.