Smartee's Pizza Brigade

Smartee's Pizza Brigade, also known as Smartee's Parties was a firehouse themed animatronic restaurant made by A. J. Falzone. The chain wasn't open very long unfortunately, as they closed about a year after opening. Their main selling point was about how parents could relax and watch television while their kids could play arcade games supervised.

Characters

Smartee

Owl character, likely the leader of the band.

Pumper

Elephant character

Burnee

Baboon Character

Polee

Bear character

Howlee Wolf

Wolf character

Installed Locations

Ohio

Toledo, OH (5211 Renwyck Drive)

Gallery

Smartee's Token
Concept art of the full fire brigade
Concept art of Howlee
Concept art of Howlee Wolf
Concept art of Pumper
Concept art of Pumper
Concept art of Smartee
Smartee's Logo concept art
Concept art likely made for a menu item
Concept art likely for wall art
Article with a picture of a mascot costume and explaining how the store had only an 18 month runtime
Smartee's Building today on google maps
Smartee's newspaper ad with a coupon
Smartee's newspaper ad talking about meeting Santa
Smartee's newspaper ad
A ad for Southwyck Malls "Characters on Parade" event. Featuring the Smartee's Cast.

References

https://www.newspapers.com/article/fulton-county-expositor-smartees-pizza/142315252/

https://archive.org/details/428122129-10221299676156203-1243370775018113238-n/427993412_10221299678036250_2011661218243808584_n.jpg

Sketches were provided by Stacey Cross-meyette

https://books.google.com/books?id=YDAxAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA5&dq=smartees+toledo&article_id=6847,4163295&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjnhOmqmaKGAxWXl4kEHSyLDNUQ6AF6BAgFEAM#v=onepage&q=smartees%20toledo&f=false

https://books.google.com/books?id=mzEaAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA6&dq=smartees+toledo&article_id=5377,4667319&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwib2IXXkKiGAxX7AHkGHcofCDAQ6AF6BAgHEAM#v=onepage&q=smartees%20toledo&f=false