Wow, I can't believe I haven't been back here in 7 years! Believe it or not, this is one of my favorite CEC's despite only visiting twice! I first visited Middletown back in April 2013 for a birthday party and I had such a great time and I also saw the April 2013 Show for the first time so that was a really cool visit! It took a long time to get there the first time due to traffic but it was definitely worth the wait. Over the years, I've never really gone to the Middletown area so that's why I haven't been back here in so long. I planned on returning numerous times in the past few years but always just never got to go. I was actually close to the Brick area yesterday but I decided since I was somewhat close to Middletown I would visit since they just reopened a few days ago (possibly even the day before I visited) and boy did it not disappoint! I really enjoyed seeing this great 1-Stage again and visiting this cool store! Since my last visit, Chuck of course had his cap removed to coincide with the rockstar Chuck look, and they replaced Helen's 90's mask with the pointy beak. Because of social distancing, they have moved some games around and unfortunately there are games in front of the show so it was kind of hard to get some angles but I think the video turned out pretty good! As you can see, they were still playing Show 1 because they just reopened so they probably were like we'll just keep the show disc we have in. Regardless, Chuck E's Place is a nice CEC classic so I hope you enjoy the song on this great 1-Stage!
Middletown opened in July 1994 with a 1-Stage and they were the first 1-Stage in NJ to open with the turntable and the only to keep it to this day. They are actually one of the last stores in the world to still have the turntable on their 1-Stage which is crazy because there were a lot more even just a few years ago but those stores have either closed or trashed their stage during 2.0. Although it no longer works, it's still cool they still have such a rare feature today. In the early 2000's, Chuck wore the Blue Est. 1977 cap at this store alongside the cool chuck outfit! They remodeled in I believe 2009 and received the newer avenger outfit. The stage stayed in nearly perfect condition for years and it was another great NJ 1-Stage! They removed Chuck's avenger cap in late 2013 and the stage remained in the same physical state until they got a new Helen mask in 2018 replacing the classic 90's mask similar to the one New London had. The store was open only for carryout/delivery from March 2020 until a few days ago they opened for games only since indoor dining is suspended in NJ. However, locations in NJ are offering outdoor dining and I found it so awesome and a once in a lifetime thing to be eating outside at CEC watching the whole store and the atmosphere around me while I ate delicious CEC pizza! It's truly a unique experience so not saying you should go out of your house for non essential things like CEC but if you can, you can even social distance because there are not a lot of people going there, it's really cool! Well that's gonna do it from me, great visit and a great location! Thanks for watching!
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18 июл 2020
