So I had the opportunity to take my family to lunch today to a new restaurant in town. It is called the Incredible Pizza Company. It is an eatery sort of like the pizza place on Toy Story. What it really is, however, is a strong Christian organization with outstanding integrity and a hunger to serve their community. AND pastor's get 50% off their families orders.
Anyway, they have a HUGE game room complete with 100 arcade type games. The coolest part of the games, however are the mini-bowling, glo-mini-golf, Lazar tag, and bumper cars. See, they do more than pizza. They have a whole buffet that is the size of an Old Country Buffet but more fun. They serve everything from salad to chili dogs. They have a whole bunch of theme rooms that fit in with the over arching theme of Route 66. One of the rooms that you can eat in are The Starlight Drive In where you are seated in what feels like an outdoor theater and you watch old classic movies. Another room that you can eat in is The Davenport High School Gym which is decorated like a high school gym with home made signs that say things like Go Team or whatever. There are basketball hoops and a scoreboard and the best part (which is why it's my favorite room) is the TV screens. Two smallish TVs that show ESPN and the middle screen which runs kids shows like Veggie Tales so that your kids will actually sit and eat instead of running around. Another room that you can eat in is a replica design of the Beaver's living room except bigger of course. They have a TV that is always showing classic shows like Leave it to Beaver and other Nick at Night type hits.
The best part is the integrity of the business. They have a big sign right at the entrance that asks that you dress appropriately. Your clothes can't be too baggy, you can't show any under-garments, you can't curse, you can't wear skirts that are too short, you can't wear offensive language or images or advertising on your clothes. The sign provides them the right to refuse service to anyone they please. They also don't sell alcohol, not because they have anything against alcohol, but because they are open fairly late and it's effects are not something children need to be exposed to in a family setting. (I know this stuff because the manager came out and showed Doug and I around the whole place and explained everything. He is from Eldridge and loves what North Ridge is doing but he goes to a church that he's been going to forever in downtown Davenport.)
Anyway, Doug and I were out on the town today and we ran into another pastor from Eldridge that we know and he was like, dude you have to check this place out, so we did. They gave us pastor appreciation cards that allows us and our immediate family 50% off all purchases and a $10 game card that we can use in the game room on things like bowling and the kids merry go round and DDR. Today when we went for lunch we paid $8 for lunch and got a game card that allowed us to play...let's see... a round of bowling for Gabriel, a ride on the merry go round for both G and Micah, some ski-ball, basketball, another ball throwing type game, two different car rides, and other stuff, and I still have about $4 on the card. Anyway, $8 would be the cost of one buffet. Which is the best part. You can't really get a meal at a sit down restaurant for that anymore. If you aren't a pastor...it is still a good deal. If you want to play games and eat you can pay $11 and get a $10 game card and the buffet. Not bad. It is like paying for the games and getting your meal for a buck. If you are cheap like us, you would get one of the $11 meal/game cards and then just buffets for everyone else and you'd share the $10 game card.
They do lock-ins for youth groups :)
Anyway, I feel like a walking advertisement. I was just pleasantly surprised that they weren't just another hyped up high school version of Chucky cheese. I mean, Pam and I noticed this place like a week ago and were like where did THAT place come from. It is in the old Eagle Foods building on Kimberly. It came out of nowhere and I hope it stays. It is apparently packed every night and especially weekends.
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