What REALLY Happened To The Rainforest Cafe?
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- Опубликовано: 1 окт 2024
- The Rainforest Cafe... a fever dream the mind of restauranteur Stephen Schussler, has since become a wildly exotic chain of restaurants. Come with us as we delve deep into the past, to the very beginnings, all the way to what we know of the Rainforest Cafe today. Though it's wild style is sure to leave an impression on the mind, the footprint of this themed chain restaurant is shrinking, not unlike the real rain forest! Have you ever been to a Rainforest Cafe? What did you eat?
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Love how much they use footage from Ted’s video
Ned Division the goat
Don't forget Eddy
Coming up on a year since, I hope they do a 3rd together.
any popular youtuber with rainforest cafe content is vulnerable unless it's cut up
Not to drop other RUclipsrs in the comments but a great view is eddy burback and Ted nivision going every rainforest cafe in america
They literally showed a clip of Ted Nvision within the first 25 seconds of this video.
I miss how in the 90’s and 2000’s had more family friendly places for people to enjoy! I went several times as a kid and I loved it! The food was okay but the experience was worth it. :)
Like what? There's literally more than there has ever been.
@@vicariously143 Well, if you insist! Lol Honestly it all depends on where you live! But due to the decrease in mall culture and the 2008 recession I don’t agree there are more family friendly places to enjoy unless you live in a huge city. Even today there have been huge closings of places like Chuck E Cheese, Rainforest Cafe, and even movie theaters. Even play places at McDonald’s have really declined. As a child growing up in the 2000’s our parents had a lot more choices for family entertainment.
Same!!❤
Honestly?? As a 'very end of the 90s' kid and being in Ontario, I had 1 experience as a picky kid for a school field trip to Toronto, i hardly remember much but from what i DO remember, i thought it was amazing! No other restaurant had an experience like that and still doesn't compare to any others to this day!
I honestly wish they didn't struggle so much. I do know that it was a passion project that lost more than it gained, but i absolutely loved it and it truly is a core memory from my childhood! I wish they'd bring a few back. Even if there was a traveling experience in venues around different areas! I'd love to witness it again!
There is one still operating in Niagara Falls, ON. If you visit, be prepared to pay. As with anything in Niagara Falls, it's very expensive (and mediocre) I know several locals who have visited with their children for the experience but only purchased dessert. Back in the day it was a popular birthday party venue.
@@joykoski7111apparently the owner is a real arsehole too. We’ve had many protests here about the employee treatment.
I took my kids once when we played tourist in our own town lol. Prices are average for a tourist trap. Actually tbh I was surprised it wasn’t more expensive. But that was pre c0vid.
The experience is still pretty cool
Tho. My kids really enjoyed it. Not a thing u need to see regularly tho
We just can't have nice things. Or even mediocre, cheesy things, apperantly.
Walt Disney World in Florida still has a Rainforest Cafe. And there's a T-Rex Cafe at Disney Springs.
Yeah two Rainforest Cafes, A T-Rex and a Planet Hollywood. Neat places, mediocre food! 😅
@@TacobobManmore specifically: 1 is in Animal kingdom, the other is Downtown Disney (sorry, Disney Springs) along with the T-Rex cafe. Florida is also blessed with another Rainforest Cafe at the Sawgrass mall
@@TacobobManlast time I went to planet Hollywood the food was pretty great
I'm really getting sick of people complaining about the goddamn narrator! Don't watch it. If it ain't the Guy you want. It's still entertaining.
The beautiful thing is that people don’t. Look at the numbers and compare her videos to the original narrator. What’s interesting to me is that the number of people commenting that they like this narrator is higher than the number of people complaining, and yet it doesn’t seem to reflect in the view count. 🤔
Agree. Don't get why it bothers people so much.
As someone who prefers the OG narrator, I'm sick of seeing those comments too. But I gotta be honest, there's still a lot of people (like me) who really wouldn't be watching this stuff if it weren't for the OG narrator. He has a great narration voice! Plain and simple. This gal is alright, but she sounds like WatchMojo (ever wonder why some people don't watch their vids?). Don't even get me started on the new guy who sounds like a Redditor lol.
There are some of us who followed this channel for the OG narrator and not for the wikipedia articles. I do click away if it's not the OG narrator most of the time, but it still hurts my heart a little bit when I do so. I wanna support their channel but god the other narrators sound so annoying...
@@ephektz Believe it or not, they don't disclose who the narrator is on the thumbnail or title of the video. Clicking onto the video expecting the OG narrator and then closing the tab when it's NOT the OG narrator does still count as a view. Obviously the views aren't affected.
What is affected, however, is the average watch time. Stuff with the OG narrator tends to get recommended more than the videos without him.
And yes, there are some brainless people who like this lady because she sounds as dead inside as the Watchmojo narrator. Those of us who complained in the past have given up after they hired a Redditor to do some of the narration. It's obvious this channel does not gaf about their audience. So we just silently click on and off of their videos.
The "beautiful thing" you're describing is defeat. We're just over it lol. Obviously being honest isn't going to work, and people like you are prone to brain rot, so it's kind of a situation where no amount of fuss is going to get this channel's attention. Clearly you're going to see less complaints. That's just how it works.
Yo what?! I had no idea th SECOND Rainforest Cafe ever was the one in Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg!! That's so cool to know. Unfortunately its closed now, but I've eaten there for many parties and things in the past
You asked what other restaurant chains should be covered. I'd like to see Culver's on this channel. Culver's is a Wisconsin based chain specializing in butter burgers and frozen custard. 2024 is their 40th anniversary of their founding.
As someone that's been to the Mall of America Rainforest Cafe recently (family friend with a young child) dear god, the food is basically what you'd get from a public school cafeteria.
Everything inside feels like something from the late 90's. Seriously, dust! It was filthy!
I wish the food at the schools I went to was that good. I personally enjoyed the food. Dear GOD was it tasty!
Oh! I remember going to the Rainforest Cafe as a kid on one of our family trips to Disneyland, it was so much fun. 😀💖
I really like themed restaurants. It makes sense to me that you want to give guests a reason to drive out and visit. Providing an experience is a good way to do that. I think there's a real opportunity for somebody to take ideas like Rainforest Cafe and mix them with the modern fast-casual concept. That's my biggest problem with something like Chipotle, as an example. Tex-mex food has a colorful tradition, but they serve their burritos in what looks like a bland metal warehouse. It's boring.
Same. The food at Rainforest Cafe and T-Rex Cafe isn't anything spectacular. We still go to those places for the theme and excitement.
There's a Rainforest Cafe at a mall in Tempe, Arizona just 9 miles away from where I live. I've eaten there once. It was........ interesting.
I know exactly which one you're talking about! Always passed by it but never ate there because it was too expensive!
Call it lightening in a bottle, but, after Ted and Eddy's videos, we went to our Rainforest Cafe, here in Tempe AZ, and...the food was pretty decent. It was made hot, maybe fresh, and we legit had no issues. Staff was great too. I dunno, but, I think I'd go back.
There's still a Rainforest Cafe here in Nashville, TN. I've eaten there twice, 2009 and 2016. Not sure how's it been since 2016. Kinda pricey, but the environment is interesting.
Used to go here a lot as a kid. Can’t recall which one, but we took my friends once for my birthday and some of them had never been. Suffice to say, the animatronics were quite the shock!
The aquariums were unparalleled to any other decorative dental office.
I unironically loved it the one time i was able to go. If there were any near me, I'd go still.
Same with me!
Man, I missed the boat on the entire theme restaurant trend. I don't know why I never went to one. :(
ETA: That was NOT a baboon, for gods' sakes. That was a CHIMP. No one in their right minds would bring a friggin' baboon into a public space like that, are you crazy??
We used to go to the one in Phoenix often, but you could see the lowering of standards over th e years. I think the last time I ate there was in the early-00's, and it was terrible.
EYY TED'S VIDS! Them going to all rain Forrest cafes video was amazing lmao
Happy 4th of July Everyone 🇺🇸
We had a Rainforest Cafe at Metrotown centre in Burnaby BC. I ate there only once.
I went to a Rainforest Cafe in Connecticut. It was fun, but a real “ one and done” restaurant. I also went to Hard Rock Cafes in Orlando, Florida and Washington, DC.
The Rainforest Cafe in Atlantic City is still hanging on, much to many people's surprise! I went for the first and only time back in March 2020, a day before everything was shut down due to COVID. The food was overpriced and mediocre, but the animatronics were cool.
We still have our location running over here in Niagara Falls, i usually just have a fountain drink with a side of fries and dip for a late-night snack after a night of Arcade-longplays whenever i come over for a wekend of fun (Cha-Cha & the wild bunch would sound like great Hip-Hop group!)
Wait which one,there’s two
@@LIKEFRITOS the one on Falls Ave/Cliftion Hill
@@alexgeorge501 ah
Girl you are awesome
I live in san antonio, and the one here is pretty popular still, i took my kids last year and it was a 2 hour wait to get in, the food is ok and serviceable, always has been, but the environment is cool and the kids always love it, it's one of those things you go for the experience and not the food
I went to the one next to my house when I was like 12 or 13 years old, now I am completely blind almost 7 years and almost 38, and I don't remember a single memorable thing from my experience outside like 40+ people waiting in line; I did hear the news last year that a little girl had swallowed several small batteries in her food, somehow... poor girl had to be rushed to the hospital for emergency, not sure if she had to have surgery done but they explained that the stomach acid and the batteries meant very little time to waste
honestly the 2k electric bill is crazy surprising, but maybe not in the way you think. It's surprisingly low, at least by today's standards. I guess it's a lot in the early nineties, though. Having installed a lot of solar in the last 10 years, I've seen a number of mcmansions that spend more on power than that. I always wondered if they were crypto-mining, never saw a grow-op, though the other guys joked about it. Most mcmansions end up with 2 or 3x the power draw of a normal home, but some of them were 10x and up.
Too loud, mediocre food. Good for the novelty, but not an often repeatable experience for me, lol...
On July 2nd 2024 we took our kids to the Rain Forest in Animal Kingdom Disney and I have to say it was amazing. The food has improved and the atmosphere is as charming as ever.
At 1:51 that's a chimpanzee, not a baboon.
I’ve only ever eaten there once, at the Cancun location while on my honeymoon. I can’t say I remember anything about it. Clearly it made an impact on me. 🤥
I went to the Rain Forest Cafe years ago in Florida. I bought a blur pullover which I still have and wear today. The food was NOT great though.
There's still a Rain Forest Cafe near Fort Lauderdale, FL. I've seen it but never eaten there: I was curious but then I saw the menu--and prices--and this was BEFORE the current wave of inflation we're living under!
Can you do the history of red Robin restaurant
Went to the one in Grapevine and Galveston TX
You should do Bugaboo Creek next! It was more hyper-regional to New England but those of us up here who remember it remember it very fondly. It was like Rainforest Cafe but with a Canadian log cabin woodsy theme and talking mounted moose heads on the wall. Sadly, unlike Rainforest Cafe, none of them are left 😢
I try to visit the one in Galveston often. I don't know if it is because of the proximity to the Landry's corporate office but the quality of the food is really good and has great staff. Might have something to do with the amount of places on the island that are owned by Landry's
OOF, wish for video about T-Rex Cafe!
good video
There's still a Rainforest Cafe in Atlantic City, NJ.
Also Menlo Park Mall New Jersey
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It's odd that you didn't talk about the giant aquariums. That was a big draw.
It's crazy the Rainforest Cafe is going extinct at the same time as Miami Milf, it's poetic.
I looked up Miami milf and all I got is porn…?
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I went to the Rainforest Cafe alone at Disney's Animal Kingdom in Florida for my 40th birthday in 2021. I don't remember exactly what I ate, but that it was good.
I remember when MatPat of the Theory Channels went to one somewhere in South Carolina along with his wife and their little boy.
When I lived in Texas, my family and I used to go to the Rainforest Cafe in the Grapevine Mills Mall in the early 2000s. I remember liking the food and the atmosphere there but since we moved out, I haven’t dined in one since, but I heard that the food has declined in quality and so I just haven’t had the interest of going to one.
I used to go to the original Rainforest cafe at Mall of America since I live right near that mall. I do have a good memory of it from back then, and In the 90s the food wasn’t all that bad, but like everyplace it went downhill over the years. I went back once after they got rid of the birds and stuff. but I haven’t been there since they moved it to the 3rd floor. I see it all the time though, since that’s basically our local mall
The 90s and early 2000s were so awesome. I wish I was an adult then with disposable income. Anyhow I never went to a rainforest cafe but I went to a local place called Kahunaville. Iirc it was a less extreme version of this but it was so cool. Sadly it did not last long.
I remember visiting a satellite of this restaurant at 'Downtown Disney', the menu consisted of typical coffee shop items with a small variation or with an additional item. The biggest plus was your bill was far more than Denny's would've wanted.
Also lmfao at the newspaper article saying this guy's jungle house and how the neighbors thought it was a place to worship the devil or a brothel. I can see how living next that could likely be annoying but to take it those extremes. Hahahaha
I missed it at Downtown Disney and I hate that they took it away smh. Just way Disneyland smh.
#DisneyDiva 🎉❤
And all they was place a Starwars store in its places smh. I think it was supposed to a hotel but it didn't happen smh or something to that degree. I was so mad Disney did this smh 😮😢.
There was always one planned for West Edmonton Mall but it never arrived... In the meantime? Johnny Rocket's, Planet Hollywood and Hard Rock Cafe have all come and gone... Only Bubba Gump's is still around and only because it opened just before the pandemic struck...
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My buddy was a "safari guide," told horrific stories of privileged customers. 😂🤦🏿🤦🏿
7:35 A number opened all over the world... then lists 2 in the USA... wow... not even trying to hide Ameri-centrism now.... congrats
It’s simple, theme restaurants don’t work anymore because kids brains dopamine levels are all screwed up. It doesn’t trigger like it did for us in the 90’s-2000’s. When I was a kid and those lights flashed and the roars of the animals would play that dopamine release was real and very fun. Kids nowadays will just say ahh, and look back at there phone/tablet. The bigger issue is the stunting of dopamine in the brain for these kids, it’s like giving an adderall addict coffee and wondering why the coffee doesn’t work for them.
I was at a Rainforest Cafe near Vancouver in 99. No live birds and gift shops though. I always wondered what happened to the chain, but as an European I just figured they simply never made it across the pond.
My sweetheart and I enjoyed the Rainforest Cafe at the Mall of America in its 3rd floor location. I remember it fondly and glad it is still there. Thank you Mr. Schussler!
You act like its gone. I just went to the OG location at Mall of America. Place was packed. Had the shrimp sampler and a drink in a souvenir cup. Brilliant. This is an assassination of this brand.
I got banned from Rainforest Cafe for wrestling the animatronic gator
It was overpriced back then. Ibdont think onlime shopping caised it to close. Themed restaurants went out of style. And the place was expensive for its day
Don't forget about the really crappy animatronics. Yeah theme restaurants have always had short lifespans. And there's nothing wrong with starting one. It's the owners never figuring out the best time to put it down like any good pet reaching old age.
Best place on animal kingdom property to pregame before entering the park.
I remember seeing the one in Gurnee Mills back in 1996. I regret not eating there, my parents thought it was too expensive. I did get to see the gift shop, didn't get anything because it too was expensive.
You called their menu mediocre then critiqued the replacement store for not having pork chops. wtf? 🤦🏽♂️
I had dinner at the Downtown Disney (now Disney Springs) location, and honestly, I didn't like it at all. The mold smell was reaaly strong due to water being displayed at a closed location, the food and very greasy and dis not taste goo and the waitress who waited on my family was very rude and impatient
there used to be one at the Source Mall in Nassau County. I enjoyed going there even though it was an hour drive. But it is fun. We go to Disney a lot, so we see Rainforest Cafe, although we don't usually eat there.
I got to go with a group have people that I drove a charter bus to San Antonio to the Riverwalk that was a fun experience back in 2009
I enjoyed it so much as a child BUT the food has always been disgusting can’t have a restaurant without edible food
I visited a Rainforest Cafe in Kansas City. I thought it was awesome!! Same with T-Rex Cafe!!! I visited the Kansas City location several times. It's sad that neither location exists in Kansas City today. I really liked the dino-themed Build-a-Bear store inside the gift shop. I still have my T-Rex to this day. It is good to hear that both restaurants still exist...even if it's nowhere near where I live.
If a free flying bird pooped on your meal, would you get a free replacement meal?
Disney still has a RFC, in Animal Kingdom. I worked there in 2006
When my college sponsored a trip to New York they decided to go to Mars 2112. You should do an episode on that.
Live birds flying around your food? That sounds absolutely disgusting.
I went to one a couple of years ago. It seemed very dated. It was quite busy, didn't appear as clean or as kept up as a restaurant should.
I ain’t even gonna lie,Rainforest Cafe is kinda fire,like they want you want but I always leave full
We used to take my kids to the one at Gurnee Mills mall until they got older and didn’t care. The storm scared the crap out of my little one.
Oh god I miss that photo of toddler me being scared shitless by the animatronic crocodile when we visited one in Canada
There's one in Galveston, Tx most people go to see the animated volcano errupt at night with the fire dancers as entertainment
A 35 ft waterfall in his home? I don't think this guy sold everything he owned.
Not it cutting to "popular with minors' and then it's just Danny Gonzalez 😂
The narrator isn't bad...but her audio quality is...
Lol did a double take when I saw Eddy flash on the screen
In stitches when Danny popped up
Too decadent for the 2020s. Heck, it feels too decadent for the 2010s.
The best Rainforest Cafe is the best one. All the food is fresh and from their own property.
Слишком дорого там было ужинать. В каком-то смысле я даже рад, что они уходят из бизнеса.
I always thought they started closing because a kid died in the alligator pit
Eddy Burback is hilarious. Glad he was in the video.
Absolutely not religious, but if hell exists thanks to this video I know what it is.
Didn’t they already do a video about Rainforest Cafe?
Went to one in Niagara Falls in 2010. Was pretty cool.
The chipper way she says the real rainforests are going away is so off putting lol
They had one in first Paul Bartl ,mall cop movie, haha
I remember them talking about opening one near me and I’m glad it never happened
So, it's a jungle in there wherein animals wouldn't eat you
How about what ever happened to SoBe drinks
There was one in Sawgrass mills mall in sunrise Florida.
Because the food was absolutely terrible.