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Here's what's inside.If you’ve ever been halfway through a slice of pizza at a Chuck E. Cheese restaurant and thought to yourself, “Man, I wish I could make this for myself at home,” then first off, please get in touch because you are the kind of human being we’d like to interrogate, and second, you’re in luck, because now you can. The original Pizza Rat, one Charles Entertainment Cheese, is releasing a cookbook, which its publishers explain will “extend the Chuck E. Cheese experience beyond the fun centers.” That sounds like a polite way of saying, “Enjoy these quesadilla pizzas...

The mascot for a Chuck E. Cheese restaurant in New Jersey has become the latest costumed character to be accused of racism. The incident on July 30 occurred when Natyana Muhammad took her children to the chain's location in Wayne, New Jersey - and the employee playing Chuck E. Cheese allegedly ignored her daughter during a meet-and-greet period. She posted a video of the encounter to Twitter which shows the employee walk past as a small child holds her hand out for a high-five. Muhammad wrote of the incident: 'My 2-year-old was racially discriminated against.' 'As you can see, he...

PEORIA (Heart of Illinois ABC) - Chaos at the Peoria Chuck E. Cheese where food, drinks, and punches were thrown. Police said one adult and one juvenile were arrested at that location and the night before 6 people were arrested at another fight at the Landmark Recreation Center. Residents said the fighting concerned them and made them rethink where and when they came out. “I find that I wouldn’t go to the mall at night time cause I know there was a lot of fights there too,” Mapleton resident Lisa Sweet said. “We want to go places with our families...

12 Mothers Assault Transgender Woman At Local Chuck E Cheese! Yeah But They Say Race Isnt An Issue None of the mothers were arrested.

The coronavirus pandemic could spell the end of Chuck E. Cheese. The popular kid’s restaurant had to close its 610 locations nationwide during the outbreak. Now, $1 billion in debt has Chuck E. Cheese’s parent company, CEC Entertainment, approaching bankruptcy.The Wall Street Journal reports that CEC is asking lenders for a $200 million to keep its business going. For comparison, the news is similar to the recent circumstances that led to the retail band JC Penney filing bankruptcy last month.CEC has also offered its top executives retention bonuses to try and keep them from leaving, including $3 million to three of its executives,...

CORDOVA, Tenn. — A Memphis rapper who goes by Casino Jizzle was the victim in Saturday's shooting outside a Chuck E. Cheese restaurant in Cordova, according to his manager. According to authorities, a woman and her boyfriend were inside the Chuck E. Cheese on North Germantown Parkway redeeming tickets when he told her he was going out to his vehicle. Several minutes later he returned with a gunshot wound. Police identified the victim as Robert Tunstall. The 23-year-old man was rushed to the Regional Medical Center in critical condition. Investigators said they located a handgun on the ground outside and...

Chuck E. Cheese's, an American go-to party place for children's entertainment and pizza, has denied a disturbing conspiracy theory claiming its uneaten pies are recycled, reheated and served to new customers. Famed YouTuber Shane Dawson, who has attracted well over 20million subscribers on his hit channel, released a viral video Monday sharing his longtime conspiracy theory.In the hour and a half-long compilation, he shares photos and videos of unappealing and disfigured Chuck E. Cheese's pizzas, and visits an eatery where he and his friends are stunned by what they witness.The 30-year-old comedian said: 'I mean come on... it never lines up. If you...

TAMPA — Jared Sanchez’s master bedroom has the vibe of a novelty pizza restaurant for children, with an electric bill to match. It’s close to $400 a month. Lights spell out “The King” in every direction. There are 50-inch monitors, arcade machines, mint condition He-Mans. The floor is a black-and-white checkerboard. Then there’s the live wire that is Sanchez himself. Seated at his control center, his frosted tips perfectly gelled, he taps his foot in a sparkly Air Jordan. His shirt says “The King is back.” This is a 37-year-old man living his dream. The dream of finding an obscure...

A video posted to Facebook over the weekend has gone viral - and it apparently started as a fight over who could ride a small ride in Columbia. The video, posted to Facebook by Mikoyah Harvin, shows a fight breaking out at the Chuck E. Cheese location at 1775 Burning Tree Dr. in Columbia. Harvin says the video allegedly began when one woman was stopping others from allowing their child onto a small children's ride. The unknown woman went to such lengths to bar others, Harvin says the woman got onto the ride to stop others from using it. The...

Police were able to nab a Florida fugitive after she sold herself out with a Facebook Live video. Markesha Wilkerson, 18, had a warrant out for her arrest, but that didn’t stop her from posting a live video from a Chuck E. Cheese in Lakeland, Florida. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office said they were searching Facebook when they spotted Wilkerson broadcasting a video of herself posing with a Chuck E. Cheese character, according to news station WTSP. The sheriff’s office contacted the Lakeland Police Department, which dispatched officers to arrest Wilkerson at the chain restaurant. The teen had been wanted...

A Southern California Chuck E. Cheese's saw two brawls among adults this week. The establishment in Victorville, about 70 miles northeast of Los Angeles, saw one fight erupt over tickets and another over an accidental push. Customer Sharon Cabrera shot footage of the first fight, which she uploaded to Facebook and YouTube.

Multiple people used chairs to viciously beat one another at a Bronx, New York, family restaurant, according to police and video footage of the incident. Video captured the chaos at Seafood City on City Island Avenue. The fight kicked off at 9:45pm on Thursday night, police said. People can be seen tossing and using chairs as shields in the restaurant's large dining room.

EVERETT, Mass. — Five people were arrested after a melee broke out a Chuck-E-Cheese. Everett police said officers assigned at the Gateway Mall and Shopping Center were informed of a man consuming prohibited alcoholic beverages at the amusement center.

FULL TITLE: Chaos at Chuck E. Cheese's: Parents throw punches, kick and pull each other's hair during a mass brawl at a children's birthday party Footage has emerged of a major brawl that broke out between parents inside a Florida Chuck E. Cheese's during a children's birthday party. The fight involved a large group of mothers and fathers who are seen in the cellphone video hitting, kicking and pulling each other's hair. At the start of the clip, two women are seen scrapping, while a man is seen dragging another man across the floor, and kicking him.

A Houston lawyer wearing a Nazi uniform— evidently facing issues with his firm — opened fire near a strip mall, wounding nine people before he was shot dead by police, authorities said. Shots rang out around 6:30 a.m. local time in southwest Houston near an intersection with a grocery store, Walgreens and Chuck E. Cheese. The attacker used a tree near his car for cover as he exchanged gunfire with several officers in a nearby neighborhood before he was killed, officials said at an afternoon press conference.

PARMA, Ohio — Parma police say they’ve arrested several people in connection with the March attack of several employees at a Chuck E. Cheese restaurant. **Watch surveillance video of the attack in the player above** Jermele L. Barkley, 35, of Cleveland, and Albert W. Brown, 41, of Lorain, surrendered to police Tuesday morning and are being held in Parma jail. Both will have their initial appearance at 12:30 p.m. today. Chakara L. Watts, 22, of Cleveland, has also been charged. She was arrested last week, and her case was bound over to the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office for charges. Police...

A complaint over a malfunctioning photo booth at an Ohio Chuck E. Cheese’s escalated into a terrifying attack involving a dozen birthday party-goers on Sunday — an incident that left two employees seriously injured, according to police. Police say a female patron complained to Chuck E. Cheese’s employees in Parma, Ohio, about the photo booth not working, and that a manager told her she had to wait. Then, police said, one of the male party attendees followed the manager into the kitchen, threatened to kill him and began to attack. “I’m characterizing this as an attack on the employees of...

Things got ugly at a Chuck E. Cheese restaurant in Long Island recently when a brawl broke out among adults during a children's birthday party. In a cell phone video of the incident, workers and other children appear to try to break up the battle, but several women keep fighting. One woman is seen throwing punches while holding a baby. The fight erupted when a group of women began to argue over an alleged stolen purse, News 12 reports.

BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. (CBS Tampa) — A massive brawl broke out during a birthday party at a Chuck E. Cheese which led to one person getting shot. Authorities say 18 people got into a fight after people exchanged words Saturday night during a child’s birthday party. According to WPBF-TV, three people – Briana Walker, Robert Thompson and Alfred Peoples – left the restaurant without paying a $300 bill. Boynton Beach authorities arrested the three on drug charges and defrauding an innkeeper. After the brawl began at Chuck E. Cheese, it escalated when people began to look for each other to...