Lake Forest, CA (24416 Muirlands Blvd)

24416 Muirlands Blvd was a Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Time Theatre which opened in June 1981 with The Shelf, and closed in 2001.

This location was formerly thought to have had the last Balcony Stage, but after research determined Lake Forest was a Shelf show, despite Balcony Stages being placed in every new store since December 1980, although Hayward, California (24253 Hesperian Blvd) (opened in April 1981), and the Charlie Cheese's Pizza Playhouse in Surfer's Paradise, Queensland, Australia (opened in March 1981) would also have The Shelf installed, although the Surfer's Paradise Pizza Playhouse would have a Shelf and Balcony hybrid.

History
Lake Forest opened in June 1981 with a Shelf show (formerly thought to have had a Balcony Stage), they would stay mostly the same throughout the 1980's and would remodel in the 1990's. They would retrofit their Shelf show into a makeshift C-Stage, although it could still be classified as a shelf show, given the platform the characters were resembled what was featured on the regular Shelf shows. Lake Forest would close at an unknown time in 2001, and would relocate to Laguna Hills, CA (26538-H Moulton Pkwy), which is still open, and has a Studio C 2000, 32M.

Before its closing, it was the last with the Shelf Show with nearly everything as it was in the 1990s; minus Helen's cosmetics. They were also one of the last stores to have the 1986 Remodel and many PTT fixtures.

Stages
Lake Forest store has kept the same show setup since opening minus the minor improvements made before 1991, when they repainted their showroom and retrofitted their shelf stage in a way that looks similar to Chuck E.'s House Facade. It was the last shelf to ever exist with the store closing in Fall 2001. It also was the last store with the Bandstand vest, and one of the last stores to have Broadway Helen. Lake Forest would also have Flag Wavers and Clapper Board, as seen in a 2001 image.

Trivia

 * The location was bizarrely sponsored by Toyota Motors during it's final years, as seen in a 2001 image.