This is a pretty obscure recollection.. the short-lived Chuck E Cheese's at Hilltop.

It was housed in this building at Hilltop West circa 1983. Which is currently 1637 & 1639 Hilltop West. And was only open for a year (or two).

In 1982, the building was partially occupied by S&K men's clothing store (directory listing circled)..

By the time of the following year's (1983) phone directory, Chuck E Cheese's had moved in, and there was no longer a listing for S & K, so Cheese's must've occupied both 1637 & 1639, basically the whole building. (New listing circled..)

This was an interesting practice of these old city directories.. they listed the name of the business' managers. I cross-referenced the manager's name in the same directory, and he was living over in Green Run. But like the Chuck E Cheese, he wasn't there the preceding year, and was gone by the following year. You can see, by the printing of the '84 directory, the Chuck E Cheese's was gone.

Who knows why it came and went so quickly, early/mid 80s was when Cheese's was in its prime. And based on the general manager's phone listing.. seems like he may have specifically relocated to (then left) VB based on the job?

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