Huntington Beach, CA (15511 Edwards St)

Street view of the exterior in April 2018 (PC: Google Maps)

15511 Edwards St, Store #406 was the fifth Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Time Theatre location, opening on October 6, 1979, and is currently the oldest operating CEC in the world. The former oldest was San Jose, CA (1371 Kooser Rd), which closed in June 2020 as one of the 61 locations closed in 2020. It is also the last location to have been from the 70's after Kooser's closure.

History

Huntington Beach opened on October 6th, 1979. Unfortunately, information on the Huntington location during its time as a PTT is scarce, but it is known that they had a Portrait Stage and a Cabaret Helen Henny.

Huntington remained unchanged until 1989/1990 when it received the 1988 remodel, where the Portrait Stage was replaced with Chuck E.'s House Facade, early 90's decor was added, and the Cabaret Helen Henny was removed.

It would remain like this until a second remodel in the mid-late 90's. The C-Stage would be removed in favor of a 2-Stage, as was the early 90's decor in favor of new decor and SkyTubes. A drop celling was added to the location in this remodel, as it had originally been built with open ceilings.

The location would retain these changes until they remodeled to the 2005 Update to the 2003 "Cool Chuck" Reconfiguration / Major Remodel Initiative between 2006-2007. During this remodel, they removed the Showroom Walls, Portrait Seating, and relocated the 2-Stage. The 2-Stage and 2005 Update still remain as of April 2023.

In November 2023, Huntington Beach would remove the curtains on their 2-Stage. The curtains would be sent to the Northridge, CA for their 2-Stage, and would be used starting at the reopening as a Throwback Store.

Stages

Huntington Beach opened with the Portrait Stage in October 1979. Unfortunately, there are some photos but hardly any videos to exist of Huntington Beach.

Animatronics

Stage	Installed	Removed	Notes
Portrait Stage	October 1979	1989/1990	Oldest CEC in the world. Formerly, San Jose, CA (1371 Kooser Rd) until their closure in June 2020.
Chuck E.'s House Facade	1989/1990	Mid 90's	One of many installed in California. Only known Shelf to Chuck E.'s House Facade conversion.
2-Stage	Mid 90's	Still in use	One of many installed in California. One of five 2-Stage's operating in California.

Character	Manufacturing Date	Status
Chuck E. Cheese (Cyberamic)	Unknown	In Store.
Guest Star / Helen Henny (Cyberamic)	Unknown	In Store.
Mr. Munch (Cyberamic)	Unknown	In Store.
Jasper T. Jowls (Cyberamic)	Unknown	In Store.
Pasqually (Cyberamic)	Unknown	In Store.
Warblettes (Cyberamic)	Unknown	Unknown
Waving Flags (Cyberamic)	Unknown	Unknown
Applause Board (Cyberamic)	Unknown	Unknown
Drum Board (Cyberamic)	Unknown	Unknown
Singing Flowers (Cyberamic)	Unknown	Unknown
Helen Henny (Lounge)	Unknown	Unknown
Wink (Cyberamic)	Mid 1990's	In Store.

Gallery

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  The store's Cabaret Helen Animatronic

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  Huntington Beach's exterior before the 2005 Remodel. (2000's)

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  An up closer photo of the store's exterior before the 2005 Remodel.

Videos

Link	Description	Date Filmed	Date Published
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wihG5BTS9L8	A video showcasing the store, games, and the Portrait Stage in 1988.	1987	October 7, 2012
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yy6CescyNYQ	A video showcasing the store, games, & C-Stage in 1991. It also shows the exterior but partially.	1991	December 30, 2012
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiyWoluJBhQ	"Join the Party" from Chuck E. Cheese Summer of Fun 2022 Show being performed on Huntington Beach's 2-Stage.	June 14, 2022	June 14, 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-RbDn9Sius	"I Dare You Not To Laugh" from Show 3 2021 being performed on Huntington Beach's 2-Stage.	January 21, 2023	January 21, 2023