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Crickets Pizza is Made For Childhood Memory Making
13 Aug 2025
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I can think of few places I would have rather been, at eight years old, than scrambling through The Play Place at a McDonald’s. It wasn’t really about the location – although those old-school burger stools and the promise of french fries didn’t hurt – but the endless tubes and turns and slides, only open to kids. While today’s McDonald’s don’t have those awesome indoor play spaces anymore, there’s another place in the Chippewa Valley that does: Crickets Pizza.
Less than a half hour’s drive from Eau Claire, Crickets Pizza quietly opened this spring after years of behind-the-scenes efforts from longtime local (and 68th District Representative), Karen Hurd. As its name implies, pizza is the name of their game – but Crickets Pizza isn’t just about the dough.
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