“That’s what they started with from day one.” Holt’s right — in 1977, a restaurant called Pizza Time Theater opened in San Jose, California, debuting a band of animatronic characters. The star? A ...

The first restaurant opened up in 1977 in San Jose ... try and keep up with debt payments, Chuck E. Cheese tried revamping again. It retired it's famous animatronics, added an interactive dance ...