Hard to believe every store looked like this at one point

This store always fascinated me. It either didn’t remove showroom walls because of the actual building, or because they just didn’t want to remove them.

I never wanted the animatronics to be removed. I loved them when i was a kid and treated it like i was going to see a live concert before i cashed in my tickets. I missed the tokens too, the little shake in the cup sounds. I missed it all. Then the 2.0 killed the fun for me and anyone else who been to these places since the 80s, 90s and early 2000s. I know my Chuck E Cheese place got rid of them and put in the Studio C and left just one animatronic of course Chuck. But I liked both him and Helen. Idk, just makes me feel depressed.

I love seeing a Chuck E. Cheese like that ! Takes me back to my childhood with that nostalgic feeling

this store is a former pizza time theater. i remember when this store had the flag wavers hanging on the walls of the showroom when i was a kid.

I honestly wish that Every Chuck E Cheese would look like this, with animatronics. Great video. Keep up the work and accomplish your goals.

Cant wait for this video!! I hope this location is even better in person because I’m going to California soon :)

EVERYONE GO TO THE DUMPSTER OF THIS LOCATION SO WE CAN SAVE ALL OF THIER COOL STUFF WHEN THEY REMODEL

My local La Mesa, CA actually still is blocked of like a showroom and still says showroom above the entrance. It was the 2nd to last phase 3 in the world. They sadly removed it but still have some phase 3 pieces. The only down side is that the animatronics are in horrible condition. I hope you can somehow visit it someday before removal in September for a new Chuck E Cheese opening in Santee, CA.

One of the best things about this store is it still has all of the wonderful incandescent lighting instead of puke fluorescents. I think this may be the only one in existence, that does not have the awful lighting.

Loved seeing the old black & green showroom chairs!!

This has to be one of my fave CEC videos you've done! Sad this store won't stay like this forever, it's beautiful! Also at 16:57 bro was breaking it d.o.w.n. amazing 10/10 highlight of the vid

Awesome video. 11:46-12:38 EXTREMELY WELL SAID. Beyond heartbreaking what happens

Yes! Aron fector or whoever runs cec entertainment, plz make some 80s stores or something because I would love to visit a balcony stage with one of the side stages with king or something. I really want to experience that. I'm 16 and I am really interested in these animatronics. Instead of watching tiktok and arguing with people on Twitter like a normal gen Z child, I watch these and go back in time and watch videos about the pizza time theater era of chuck e cheeses. And I got to say that era is the best era by far to me. My favorite animatronic is the king, close second is the banjo playing half bodied jasper. Dam I wish I could have been born in the 80s.

I love what they did for the 2.0 remodel of this place we kept animatronics a bunch of the old decor but they also added in the screen in the dance booth screen being where the balcony stage used to be at that location

16:20 Made me cry, I always remember when i hugged Chuck E. during the 2000's. Good Memorys, glad you filmed it :)

Looks Just like how it was when i went in 2003, design wise is what i remember seeing at a location somewhere in Detroit, MI back in 97. the only difference here being is the vibe's not as poppin as it was when it had all the Sega, namco and Konami machines, you could however smell the pizza before you got through the Stamping process to get in (when i was a kid anyway) and this stage was really fun to watch!, great times!

I miss the little room that was under the stage with the strobe light. Lots of memories at various Chuck E Cheese around the San Fernando Valley.

I’m going down to socal a few times in the next few months. One of those trips is absolutely gonna bring me here!

So sweet

you need to go back to Northridge oh, real they are keeping their animatronics and having it in the show room with their remodel🎉😊😮

And now northwridge is a retro store. A dance floor and a 2 stage!

Could also check out Thousand Oaks, CA it has the last sports room

Oh wow!!!!!

SO COOL! You cool

Bullwinjles show room was dark and very immersive with the foutains. Too bad all the animatronics are gone already and you can’t visit anymore :(!!! The Santa Clara prototype from the 80’s is on KZfaq tho!

Might visit this location during spring break!

You would like the 2 stage in Toronto. Still original and even has the original statue from 1981 in the showroom

It must have Phase 3.

There was a store similar to this one in Jonesboro, but it sadly got remodeled a while back

Do you have a favorite particular wall art that hung in this phase CEC showroom? I always loved the elvis presley one no matter which CEC I went to 💯

It was cool seeing this video after already watching your re-visit after they remodeled the store. It's a shame they couldn't keep more of that beautiful 90's decor!! Edit: Whoever is their Chuck E. kills it!

History of the Northridge CEC: Northridge opened in September 1981 as a Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Time Theatre with a Balcony Stage. They would convert their Balcony into a Chuck E.'s House Facade (C-Stage) between 1989 and 1990, and then they received the 1993 Remodel (Phase 2) and a 2-Stage in 1993, which they still have both to this day. Northridge is the last CEC store with the wooden artifact shelves in the showroom from the 1993 Remodel, and is currently the 7th oldest former PTT still open.

They have a policy for the majority of the stores that they dont have the capability to sell things, but they’ve heard us alr nothings being for sale. Some stores Sold some items in there stores

if they were ever to make a film version of any "5-nights" movie here then this would indeed be the defacto place to shoot it!

Interesting thing is that the signatures on the 1991 Character Portraits are still the current signatures used by the company for the characters.

Phase 3!!!!!!

Actually looks nice and appealing.

Reminds me of. Roseville michigan

Wow

Can you revisit this store it got 2.0 BUT there’s a twist

I saw Octonauts which makes me think of my favorite actor Teresa Gallagher.

18:15 “Just keep walking, kids. Ignore the human-sized dancing mouse.”

I'm wondering if it was kept this way for so long because it's so close to Hollywood. They could make good money if it got used as a filming location.

I’m 47 years old and I love them all

THIS IS MY LOCAL OMG

you should visit the chuck e cheese in Longview Texas

This premieres on my birthday! 🎂

Have you been to the one in Temecula?

Nice video

That's oawsoame!!!!

I've said this before, But I think If anything to not somehow damage there brand. They could at the very least keep stores like Northridge the way they are. For example keep Northridge, Pineville and a few others. Even as of now they're destinations for anyone who really loves this brand. And will be one of a kind once the rest of the stores update to 2.0.

Yes I hope they leave it alone original !!!

just to let you know sets this store opened in 1993

they have begun 2.0

you should go to the la mesa ca location bc it has the last chuck e cheese's pizza sign and inside there is some phase newer decor but there is some phase 2 yes phase 2 so that is 80's decor in there in august they are gonna demolish the place so be quick

They started the remodel rip northridge

Can you go to the Mira Mesa Chuck E Cheese? They have a 2 stage.

The good is they might keep the robots

Hasn’t changed decor since ‘91? How awesome is that?! Didn’t you livestream from there recently? I remember Chuck E being super energetic and he also pointed out things throughout the showroom! Though it feels the only thing that will prevent all this from going away will be to pay corporate an exuberant amount of money. Money talks, so maybe they’ll reconsider?

me and my famly going to to billy bob this spering brack ome

You mean the thing on the wall right

Where do you find the list of which stores are receiving the 2.0?

Is it a 2•0?

Since your channel is called “Sets, Streets, and Eats,” I figured I’d give you a fact about this location: This location is the Chuck E Cheese’s that John Favreau and Vince Vaughn visited in the 2001 film “Made”

Like you channel

Not sure if this is common knowledge but how come a lot of these locations have the Rock-afire drum? They aren't Creative Engineering animatronics and the drum face during concept unification had the drum replaced. Is that just the drum face they installed for these stages? Must be a slap in the face for Aaron, knowing his disdain for these animatronics.

This hasn’t had a 2010 remodel so the next remodel is this year 😢

Kids in the 90s: this is the coolest place ever! Kids today:my disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined

When is this location getting the 2.0 ?

Noice

Aron fector can open up restaurants with the rockafire characters. He just cant use the showbiz pizza place name.

The thing is, CEC destroys anything they can destroy, in my opinion it is terrible for their business, for one it makes the company look bad, and if you do not destroy the animatronics and all the other stuff and sell them at an auction, then they would have the money to hire better people and improve their restaurant, but instead, they want to sacrifice their money to protect their copyrights, which is absolutely terrible for business

Iike chuck cheese poor chuck

When did you film this?

#savepineville3stage #savepineville

Wish they didn’t destroyed all these beautiful memories of ours :(

Can you go into Chuck E. Cheese without a child

They should just leave this one as is. It can be the go to time capsule if they're having to change all the other stores. *my little kid self is crying inside*

First

I know this store won't look the same but just had to watch this one again before we go visit Northridge ourselves. Cannot wait!!! Edit: We've listened to CEC's music so much lately I know all the words despite it being sped up lol absolutely love some of their songs #wesavedpineville3stage #wesavedhicksville1stage