In case you have been in a time machine for the last 30 years, Chuck E. Cheese's is the first family restaurant to integrate food, animated entertainment, and an indoor arcade. It began in 1977 and a Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza has been in Brandon all the years we have been here.

The concept is a sit-down pizza restaurant, complemented by arcade games, amusement rides, an animatronic show, and other diversions, such as climbing equipment, tubes, and slides - all mainly directed at younger kids. The arcade games are run by tokens, generally one token per kid per game. Tokens can be purchased individually for 20-25 cents apiece or you can get tokens as part of a package. For example, a large one-topping pizza, four soft drinks, and 75 tokens can cost $29.99.

The arcade machines (about 160 of them in the Brandon facility) most often pay out in tickets; and tickets can be exchanged for prizes.