Kirby Café

"Delcious Times, Precious Memories"

- Chain slogan, September 2018

Kirby Café, stylized KIRBY CAFÉ, is an official real-life chain of small pop-up restaurants located in Japan based on the Kirby series.

General Information
In 2016, the café's first location opened on August 5th in Osaka, Japan. A few weeks after the first location opened, the second location opened in Nagoya. The third and final location was in Tokyo. After three months of the Kirby Cafés being open, on October the 30th, Nintendo decided to close the remaining locations down. This may have been because of plans for Super Nintendo Land, a theme park that is planned to open in 2020 at Universal Studios Japan in Osaka.

The café featured special food dishes inspired by elements and characters from the Kirby series, including Kirby himself, King Dedede, Waddle Dee, Meta Knight, Whispy Woods, Planet Popstar, Maxim Tomatoes, Invincible Candy, and the Star Rod. The café also included a gift shop where people could buy merchandise based on the franchise. This merchandise included The Sound of Kirby Café, a CD containing new arrangements of music from the Kirby series specifically created to be played as background music in the café. The café contained Kirby-themed decorations. A plush of Waddle Dee would sit with any single guests.

The café re-opened in Tokyo in September 27, 2018 with an updated menu. The menu and line of souvenirs is scheduled to expand on February 27, 2019.

The Sound of Kirby Café
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Trivia

 * The Kirby Café located in Tokyo was actually a part of a building called Skytree, a broadcasting, restaurant, and observation tower.
 * Some of the alternate headgear for King Dedede and Waddle Dee in Kirby Battle Royale reference Kirby Café's artwork.
 * Kirby Café located in Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya. Location of 2nd and 3rd cafés can be an reference to Chef Shiitake (Osaka in Japanese version of anime) and Chef Nagoya.

Links

 * Official website
 * Official Twitter account