Bullwinkle's Family Food 'n Fun (later to be known as Bullwinkle's: Family Fun Center) is a group of animatronic and arcade restaurants that opened in 1982.

The restaurant chain began with a prototype location in Santa Clara, and then was followed in Canada two years later by locations in Edmonton and Calgary. The original concept included an arcade room known as Underdog's Mighty Metropolis, a special maze feature called The Upsidasium Mine, a quiet dining room called Dudley's Den, a souvenir counter called Rocky's Trading Post, an animatronic show in Bullwinkle's Show Room, and a mini photography studio called Peabody's Improbable Picture Palace (a.k.a. “Place”). The chain's food offerings included pizzas, fried chicken, cookies, and desserts.

Locations expanded in the USA, particulary in California, and after several closures, the chain made some aesthetic and stage show changes in the 1990's. The restaurant partnered with existing Family Fun Centers for its newer locations. Restructuring and a bankruptcy led to some locations being changed into “Boomers,” some of which kept the Bullwinkle animatronics.

To this day there are three surviving locations, with only the Tukwila location still operating an animatronics show.

More info can be found at our Bullwinkle's Restaurants Timeline!

MEDIA
  • YouTube: Santa Clara Prototype Promo
  • YouTube: Commercial (Edmonton & Calgary)