Chuck E. Cheese Rochester, New York Now

After about 20 years of operation, the Rochester, New York CEC on Hylan Drive permanently closed on June 25th. This is the 3rd CEC to close in Rochester with the other two being Penfield in September 1996 and the old Greece location two months later. The current Greece store is the only CEC left in Rochester and they are 2.0 😕 They actually closed 5 days before their 20th anniversary, sucks they couldn’t reach their 20th anniversary but they were closing regardless. Hylan closed on the same day CEC filled for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and a bunch of other CEC stores throughout the country closed that day as well, including the Amherst, NY store. With Hylan Drive, Amherst, and New Hartford’s closures this year, there are barely any more stages left in upstate NY 😢. So yeah pretty sad news.

I wanna remind everyone that CEC stores are still closing and CEC is still bankrupt. A lot of CEC’s, restaurants, and stores in general are still struggling from this pandemic so please support your local stores!

I first visited Hylan Dr in August 2013 and it was the first Phase 5 store I visited just a year after rockstar was introduced and a few months after the remodel was rolled out to a few stores. When I first pulled up to the CEC, I was not expecting to see new Chuck’s head on the exterior so that was a fun surprise! I really liked the alpha at this location and I also liked how Chuck’s red cap was sideways, it made it seem unique. Fast forward to November 2018 and my trip up to Rochester again for the first time in 5 years! The show has changed quite a bit now with Chuck’s cap removed, his cool chuck outfit replaced, and the curtains disabled. But it was still a cool store! I came back in March 2019 and filmed an update video for yt then came back a few times in Summer 2019, I think it was actually four times! That’s crazy to think I visited a CEC 5 hours away four times in one summer (didn’t visit Rochester for CEC btw lol). I’m actually glad I visited so much despite not knowing what would happen a year later. I visited Hylan Dr for the very last time on August 23, 2019 and stayed there for hours, filmed some songs, filmed a store tour, then left for the last time. It really feels like I knew it would close bc of how long I stayed, especially on my last visit, of course I did not know and we all had no idea covid would happen and close all our favorite stores. I was really sad when I got the news that this store closed bc it was one of my favorite stores despite being Phase 5 and I always loved to visit everytime I go up to Rochester. So RIP ROCHESTER CHUCK E CHEESE 2000 TO 2020 IT CLOSED AND IT WILL BE MISSED THANK YOU AND BE WELL

LOL but seriously though RIP.

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