{"id":410089,"date":"2026-08-18T19:48:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T19:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/410089\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T19:48:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T19:48:09","slug":"mr-gattis-pizza-targeting-return-to-lubbock-with-new-family-entertainment-center-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/410089\/","title":{"rendered":"Mr. Gatti\u2019s Pizza targeting return to Lubbock with new Family Entertainment Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) &#8211; A nostalgic Lubbock restaurant is planning a major comeback. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Mr. Gatti\u2019s Pizza is targeting Lubbock as a potential spot for one of its new Family Entertainment Center locations. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The move marks a strategic return to the community where Mr. Gatti\u2019s has deep roots and decades of history as a go-to gathering place for local families. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cLubbock has always been a meaningful market for our brand, and we see a unique opportunity to reintroduce Mr. Gatti\u2019s in a way that feels both familiar and new,\u201d Travis Smith, executive vice president of Mr. Gatti\u2019s Pizza, said. \u201cThere\u2019s strong nostalgia tied to the brand, but just as importantly, there\u2019s growing demand for family-friendly entertainment experiences. Our updated FEC model is built to deliver on both.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The proposed Family Entertainment Center will combine Mr. Gatti\u2019s pizza buffet with modern attractions like arcade games, prize centers, private party rooms and group event spaces. <\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 KCBD. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) &#8211; A nostalgic Lubbock restaurant is planning a major comeback. Mr. Gatti\u2019s Pizza is targeting&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":409874,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[25536,319,251,168,143141,143142,170,169,57373],"class_list":["post-410089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-lubbock","tag-hub-city","tag-kcbd","tag-local-news","tag-lubbock","tag-lubbock-business","tag-lubbock-economy","tag-lubbock-headlines","tag-lubbock-news","tag-mr-gattis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=410089"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410089\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/409874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=410089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=410089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=410089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}