Out with Wolfgang Puck, in with the heir to Chuck E. Cheese?

As the high-profile Hollywood & Highland shopping center prepares for the opening of a UWink restaurant, UWink's creator, Nolan Bushnell, winces when he hears it compared to the Chuck E. Cheese pizza-and-play chain--one of his former ventures. He considers UWink "new tech," unlike like other restaurants that offer pool tables and video games alongside traditional table service.

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"Dave & Buster's and GameWorks are 'old tech' and more like Chuck E. Cheese--at these places you eat and then play," said Bushnell, 65, who also was president and founder of Atari Corp.

At UWink, which ...