Enterrium

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Enterrium
Restaurant information
Established 2015 (2015)
Current owner(s) Namco USA (2015-2021)
National Entertainment Network (2021-present)
Head chef Aaron Whitcomb[1]
Food type Contemporary American
Street address 2 Woodfield Mall
City Schaumburg (village)
State Illinois
Postal code/ZIP 60173
Country United States
Seating capacity 1,000[2]
Reservations OpenTable
Website www.enterrium.info

Enterrium[3] (formerly known as Level 257 then Pac-Man Entertainment) is a contemporary American restaurant and video arcade located at Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg, Illinois.[2] The restaurant and entertainment destination was originally inspired by Pac-Man and the name refers to the famous kill screen, which occurs when the player reaches the 256th level of the original Pac-Man game, meaning "the next level of dining and entertainment".[4][5] It was owned by Bandai Namco Entertainment from 2015 to 2021, which also owns all Pac-Man-related intellectual property.[6] The restaurant celebrated its soft opening on March 2, 2015, and its grand opening in April 2015.[7]

In March 2021, the location was sold to National Entertainment Network and was rebranded as the Enterrium.[8]

Style

It sits on 42,000 square feet which was previously used as a warehouse for a Sears department store.[9] In addition, the restaurant also features sixteen boutique bowling lanes, table tennis and social sports, as well as video and board games in the Lost & Found Game Lounge.[10] The interior decor is up-scale modern urban-chic in style and includes levels of references to the video game character Pac-Man.[5] The menu also features references to well-known video game terms of the 1980s, such as "1-UP", chocolate "power pellets", and "Game Over".[11]

History

The restaurant was first conceived as a prototype in 2013, when Namco announced that the restaurant (codenamed Level 256 at the time) was being developed in partnership with a restaurateur in Kansas City, saying that were eyeing the Chicago area for possible locations.[12] The restaurant celebrated its soft opening on March 2, 2015.[5]

In March 2021, Pac-Man Entertainment was sold to National Entertainment Network[8] following Bandai Namco's decision to withdraw amusement facility business in North America, citing the COVID-19 pandemic heavily impacting their business.[13] Pac-Man Entertainment would be rebranded as the Enterrium, stripping the location of its Pac-Man theme.

Events

The restaurant celebrated the 35th anniversary of Pac-Man on Friday, May 22, 2015. It featured a live performance of "Pac-Man Fever" by Jerry Buckner of Buckner & Garcia.[14]

References

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