Chuck E. Cheese Was a Child’s Greatest Birthday Dream—or Nightmare
Headquartered in Irving, the arcade–pizza parlor chain may be past its glory days. But it’s still kicking—and providing traumatic, animatronic-fueled memories for millennials.
Kimya Kavehkar joined Texas Monthly as an associate editor in 2022. She assigns and edits stories on Texas’s vast and varied food and drink scene, and she occasionally writes on that topic and others. She previously worked as an editor at Texas Highways and Austin Monthly. Born in the Houston area and raised in Austin, Kimya is a proud Texan who only lived in a different state while earning her degree in journalism from Emerson College in Boston.
Headquartered in Irving, the arcade–pizza parlor chain may be past its glory days. But it’s still kicking—and providing traumatic, animatronic-fueled memories for millennials.
Austin’s Siete Family Foods—known for its grain-free tortillas—employs seven family members and is poised to outpace some of the nation’s largest legacy brands.
From mamey to nuez, the varied flavors found at Mexican ice cream shops around the state make for a pretty accurate personality test.
José R. Ralat is Texas Monthly’s taco editor, writing about tacos and Mexican food.
Our guide to the ever-evolving neighborhood, where a few old-school favorites endure alongside the trendy newcomers.