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Bullwinkle's Restaurant, also known as Family Fun Center, is a chain of family entertainment centers. Locations feature a sit-down restaurant, complemented by
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s, go-karts,
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, mini golf, laser tag, a ropes course, a zip line, and small rides for children. Games and activities are generally themed around the company's namesake, '' The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show''.


Arcade

Bullwinkle's features a card swipe and/or token-operated
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section featuring over 100 popular video games and redemption games, such as '' Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time'', '' The Simpsons Game'', '' Terminator 2: Judgment Day arcade game''. More traditional arcade games, such as skeeball and basketball, are also available. Tickets can be redeemed for various prizes.


Restaurant

The restaurant section of Bullwinkle's has a
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feel, inspired by the '' Dudley Do-Right'' cartoon. The restaurant's main fare usually includes pizza and burgers, as well as wraps and salads. The animatronic show featured the likes of Bullwinkle, Rocky,
Boris Badenov Boris Badenov is an antagonist of the 1959–1964 animated cartoons ''Rocky and His Friends'' and ''The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show, The Bullwinkle Show'', collectively referred to as ''The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show'' for short. He was originall ...
, Natasha Fatale, Dudley Do-Right, Underdog, Tooter Turtle, Hoppity Hooper, and at one location Tennessee Tuxedo and Chumley, but nowadays only Bullwinkle, Rocky, and Boris and Natasha are featured. The music and dialog for the animated musicals were recorded by Bill Broughton, featuring reprisals from Bill Scott, June Foray, and others being impersonation voices.


Locations

Family Fun Center & Bullwinkle's Restaurant currently operates 2 known locations in the United States: in Wilsonville, Oregon and Tukwila, Washington. A third location re-opened in Upland, California on December 10, 2021 after being closed for 2 years.


Former locations

A location opened in Cary, NC in 1999-2000. An article announcing its opening at the time referenced existing restaurants in California, New York and Myrtle Beach, S.C. There also was a location in Richmond, VA in the 1980s. There was a location in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada from 1984 to 1994.
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, Alberta, Canada had a location on MacLeod Trail in the south of the city.


References

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Further reading


"Bullwinkle's food, games chain debuts full-service variant"
''Nation's Restaurant News'', May 29, 2000.
"Bullwinkle's braces for growth as Straw Hat agreement nears"
''Nation's Restaurant News'', Sept 24, 1984 by Richard Martin.

''Triangle Business Journal'', Mar 29, 1999 by Adrianna Keener.


External links


Welcome to Family Fun Center and Bullwinkle's Restaurant!International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends Restaurants in Oregon Restaurants in Washington (state) Economy of the Northwestern United States Regional restaurant chains in the United States Pizza chains of the United States Animatronic attractions Theme restaurants Video arcades Amusement parks in Oregon Amusement parks in Washington (state)