Where else could you tuck into a bowl of python pasta, soundtracked against the prerecorded grunts and grumbles of gorillas and screech of live parrots? For ’90s kids hosting at least one, if not many ...

Rainforest Cafe — a themed dining chain that immerses hungry patrons in a lush, rainforest-inspired setting complete with animatronic animals, jungle noises, and fountains — had about 45 locations ...

There's no doubt that themed restaurants had a moment in the '90s, back when whimsically minded foodies could dine surrounded by a dense menagerie of faux jungle greenery and eccentric animatronic ...