There's a shortage of parking spaces at Chuck E. Cheese? Really? It's that popular? (Here are a few of the Obscure Store blasts-from-the-past about violence at Chuck E. Cheese.)
> Suspect sought in parking dispute killing at Chuck E. Cheese (LAT)
> Suspect sought in parking dispute killing at Chuck E. Cheese (LAT)

I'm telling you, it's the cheese fumes that makes them wacky in the head.
Posted by: KDP | Thursday, July 28, 2011 at 01:50 PM
I usually get blasted for this, but I like taking my boys to CEC once in a while. But I do have rules:
-No weekends or Friday nights. Too many people. And yes, some are people I'd rather not be in a crowd with.
-We will go on Monday-Thursday evenings. No parties, and typically kind of slow.
-We go to one thats a little further than others because it is bigger and much nicer than one that is within a couple of miles of us. And I will say a nicer area.
We don't have trouble and I don't think the pizza is that bad. You can easily find worse.
Posted by: stopeatingmysesamecake | Thursday, July 28, 2011 at 02:12 PM
I miss Shakey's Pizza Parlor. I always got a violence-free pie there.
Posted by: Jim Romenesko | Thursday, July 28, 2011 at 02:18 PM
SHOWBIZ PIZZA was my favorite as a kid!!
I'm with semsc on Chuck-E-Cheese--sort of. I'm planning on taking my kid there one of these days, but never on a weekend!!
Posted by: twerp | Friday, July 29, 2011 at 07:36 AM
Chuck E. Cheese: Still the front lobby of Purgatory.
Posted by: Phranqlin | Friday, July 29, 2011 at 07:48 AM
Lol Phranq.
Chuck E. Cheese: Where a kid can be a kid, and a douchebag can be a murderer.
Posted by: Sigh | Friday, July 29, 2011 at 09:29 AM