The restaurant was first conceived as a prototype in 2013, when Namco announced that the restaurant (codenamed Level 256 at the time) was being developed in partnership with a restaurateur in Kansas City, saying that were eyeing the Chicago area for possible locations.

The menu also features references to well-known video game terms of the 1980s, such as '1-UP', chocolate 'power pellets', and 'Game Over'. The interior decor is up-scale modern urban-chic in style and includes levels of references to the video game character Pac-Man. In addition, the restaurant also features sixteen boutique bowling lanes, table tennis and social sports, as well as video and board games in the Lost & Found Game Lounge.

It sits on 42,000 square feet which was previously used as a warehouse for a Sears department store. In March 2021, the location was sold to National Entertainment Network and was rebranded as the Enterrium. The restaurant celebrated its soft opening on March 2, 2015, and its grand opening in April 2015. It was owned by Bandai Namco Entertainment from 2015 to 2021, which also owns all Pac-Man-related intellectual property. The restaurant and entertainment destination was originally inspired by Pac-Man and the name refers to the famous kill screen, which occurs when the player reaches the 256th level of the original Pac-Man game, meaning 'the next level of dining and entertainment'. National Entertainment Network (2021-present)Įnterrium (formerly known as Level 257 then Pac-Man Entertainment) is a contemporary American restaurant and video arcade located at Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg, Illinois.

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