Restaurants & Bars
Rainforest Cafe Closes Edison Location After 27 Years
The restaurant, designed as a tropical rainforest, was a staple of the mall.
EDISON, NJ – Rainforest Cafe, which was located at Edison’s Menlo Park Mall, has closed permanently.
The restaurant was a mall staple for almost 27 years.
The closure was attributed to the landlord not renewing the lease, according to NBC New York.
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Rainforest Cafe opened at Menlo Park Mall in September 1998. Their website currently lists only one other New Jersey location - in Atlantic City.
The restaurant is designed as a tropical rainforest, with plants, waterfalls, life-like figurines of rainforest animals, and sound effects.
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Their menu included pasta, burgers, sandwiches, seafood, salads and more.
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