I drove to all the rainforest cafes in North America
I love travel documentaries, mindless dares, and pop culture ephemera that should go away but somehow survive. This viral video has them all. In “I drove to all the rainforest cafes in North AmericaYouTuber Ted Nivision and his partner Eddy Burback do just that. They drive nearly 10,000 miles to visit malls from California to New Jersey to Canada, only to be immersed in the inexplicable atmosphere of the Rainforest Cafe, where the animals are animatronic, the food is mediocre, and there is an indoor thunderstorm every 22 minutes.
The chain was founded in 1994, amid the craze for themed restaurants, and is somehow still alive, unlike The Fashion Cafe, Mars 2112, Dive! (Steven Spielberg’s submarine-themed restaurant chain), and WWF New York (a professional wrestling restaurant). Sadly, the writing may be on the wall for the Rainforest Cafe. There were once 34 locations in the US, but only 17 remain, so don’t put off a visit.
This video is one of those projects that divides people into two groups: those who say, “But why would you do that?” and those who say: “Why would you do anything else?” I’m completely in the second camp, because as Nivision said: “It’s the stupidest, most ridiculous restaurant out there, and I love it so much.”
Source: news.google.com