With people across the world spending most of their time at home, for many, takeaways have become a weekly highlight giving us all something to look forward to. And many have also been using their takeaway treat as a chance to support local businesses hit hard by the pandemic. But diners in the US have had a shock after realising the pizzeria they thought was a new local business was in fact worldwide chain Chuck E Cheese operating under a different name. It all started after a Reddit user in Philadelphia became suspicious of the order she made from a restaurant operating under the name of Pasqually's Pizza & Wings on delivery app GrubHub. After questioning the delivery driver, she learnt the order had actually been collected from a nearby Chuck E Cheese restaurant, which had a new logo for Pasqually's Pizza & Wings on the door. A spokesperson for Chuck E Cheese confirmed to <em>Food and Wine</em> that the restaurant was branching out across the US with the new delivery name, which comes from one of the cartoon characters in the Chuck E Cheese universe, chef Pasqually P Pieplate. "Pasqually's Pizza & Wings' recipes use fresh, home-made pizza dough, just like Chuck E Cheese, but it is a different pizza that features a thicker crust and extra sauce, giving consumers a more flavourful, more premium pizza experience," the spokesperson told <em>Food and Wine</em>. The news has been met with humour by many social media users. "Chuck E Cheese is selling their food as 'Pasqually's Pizza' on food apps because no one wants to order Chuck E Cheese pizza for delivery and I think this is nominated as the funniest part of this pandemic," wrote one user. “Chuck E Cheese is tricking people into buying their pizzas on GrubHub," another tweeted. The spokesperson for Chuck E Cheese added that menu items from the new arm might be available on Chuck E Cheese menus soon. "While Pasqually's Pizza & Wings recipes are currently only available for delivery, select items might be added to the Chuck E Cheese menu in the future."
