Van Nuys-based uWink Inc., the newly public operator of interactive video-game-oriented restaurants, is looking to add franchises.Van Nuys-based uWink Inc., the newly public operator of interactive video-game-oriented restaurants, is looking to add franchises. The brainchild of Atari and Chuck E. Cheese founder Nolan Bushnell Nolan K. Bushnell (born February 5, 1943) is an American electrical engineer and entrepreneur who founded both Atari and the Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza-Time Theaters chain. , uWink opened its first location at Westfield Promenade Westfield Promenade is a large shopping mall owned by The Westfield Group and located on Topanga Canyon Boulevard in the Woodland Hills district of Los Angeles. It was previously known as The Promenade at Woodland Hills and Westfield Shoppingtown Promenade. earlier this year. The concept is a mix of video arcade This article is about video arcades. For other uses of the term arcade, see Arcade. A video arcade (also known as an amusement arcade in the United Kingdom or a game center in Japan) is a place where people play arcade video games. , bar and restaurant using tabletop touch screen terminals. UWink went public this fall and is now looking to expand nationally, Bushnell said in a statement. "Since the opening of our beta restaurant last month, we have been inundated in·un·date tr.v. in·un·dat·ed, in·un·dat·ing, in·un·dates 1. To cover with water, especially floodwaters. 2. with requests from potential franchisees," he said. "With the help of our customers, we've spent the last month refining the uWink experience so we can expand to a national level." |
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