For more than $35$ years, Chuck E$.$ Cheese$$s has been one of the nation$$s go$-$to venues for children$$s birthday parties and rainy afternoon outings. Operating under the slogan $$Where a kid can be a kid,$$ there are more than $575$ Chuck E$.$ Cheese$$s locations in $47$ states and $10$ foreign countries or territories. Their goal is to provide a fun and safe environment for children to play and families to create memories, but in $2015$ Chuck E$.$ Cheese$$s made improvements not for the children, but for the parents.

$$Your average kid who comes to Chuck E$.$ wants to come $11$ times a year; they come three times a year. The difference between that and the $11$ times a year they want to come is the mom and dad veto,$$ said Tom Leverton, CEO of CEC Entertainment, Inc. $$What we$$ve been doing over the past couple of years especially is trying to address the mom and dad needs.$$

To that end, Chuck E$.$ Cheese$$s expanded their menu to include items geared to more advanced culinary tastes. Two new signature pizzas have been added to the lineup. The Cali Alfredo pizza is made with Alfredo sauce, fresh spinach, freshly grated mozzarella, chicken, sliced mushrooms, and sausage. The BBQ Chicken Pizza features a smoky BBQ sauce topped with strips of roasted chicken breast, red onions, green peppers, and crispy onions. In a blind taste test of $308$ respondents, $59$ percent preferred thin and crispy Chuck E$.$ Cheese's pizza to Pizza Hut and Dominos combined.