Level 257

Level 257
Restaurant information
Established 2015 (2015)
Current owner(s) Namco Entertainment
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 Level257.com

Level 257 is a contemporary American restaurant located at 2 Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg, Illinois.[2] The restaurant and entertainment destination is 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".[3][4] The restaurant celebrated its soft opening on March 2, 2015, and its grand opening in April 2015.[5]

Style

The restaurant is owned and run by NAMCO USA INC.[6] It sits on 42,000 square feet which was previously used as a warehouse for a Sears department store.[7] 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.[8] The interior decor is up-scale modern urban-chic in style and include subtle references to the video game character 257 uses for inspiration, Pac-Man.[4] The menu also features references to well-known video game terms of the 1980s, such as "1-UP", chocolate "power pellets", and "Game Over".[9]

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.[10] The restaurant celebrated its soft opening on March 2, 2015.[4]

Events

The restaurant celebrated the 35th anniversary of Pac-Man on Friday, May 22 2015. They featured a Live Performance of "PAC-MAN Fever" by Jerry Buckner of Buckner & Garcia.[11]

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