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Chicago, Illinois – Downtown Chicago (Opened on October 2, 1997, closed August 12, 2020)
Schaumburg, Illinois – Woodfield Mall (Opened on October 20, 1995, closed on January 1, 2020)
Cairo, Egypt – City Stars Mall (Opened in February 2008, closed approximately in 2012.)
History :
Rainforest Cafe is a jungle-themed restaurant chain owned by Landry's, Inc., of Houston. It was founded by Steven Schussler. The first location opened in the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota, on February 3, 1994. By 1997, the chain consisted of six restaurants, all in the United States. The first international location opened in London, England in June 1997. In 1998, it was planned to build 12 additional restaurants in the United States, seven in Mexico, and five in the UK, for a total of 22 restaurants by 2008
In 2000, the Rainforest Cafe was bought by Landry's Restaurants Inc., a company specializing in dining, hospitality, entertainment, and gaming, based in Houston, Texas. To date, the company owns restaurants in the United States, Canada, France, the United Arab Emirates, Japan, and Malta. Rainforest Cafe focuses on local tourism for a majority of their income.
U.S. locations
Lake Buena Vista, Florida – Disney Springs (formerly Downtown Disney) (Opened on August 6, 1996, with about 450 seats)
Bay Lake, Florida – Disney's Animal Kingdom at Walt Disney World Resort (Opened on April 22, 1998)
Atlantic City, New Jersey – Boardwalk (Opened April 2004)
Edison, New Jersey – Menlo Park Mall (Opened on September 17, 1998)
Bloomington, Minnesota – Third floor of Mall of America, relocated from the first floor (Original location Opened on February 3, 1994; Relocated on January 22, 2016)
Sunrise, Florida – Sawgrass Mills (Opened on November 20, 1996)
Ontario, California – Ontario Mills (Opened on November 14, 1996)
Tempe, Arizona – Arizona Mills (Opened on November 20, 1997)
Grapevine, Texas – Grapevine Mills (Opened on October 30, 1997)
Katy, Texas – Katy Mills (Opened on October 28, 1999)
Galveston, Texas - (Opened on January 10, 2003)
San Antonio, Texas – San Antonio River Walk (Opened January 2006)
Gurnee, Illinois – Gurnee Mills (Opened in June 1996)
Auburn Hills, Michigan – Great Lakes Crossing Outlets (Opened on November 12, 1998)
Nashville, Tennessee – Opry Mills (Opened on May 12, 2000)
Las Vegas, Nevada – Harmon Corner (Opened on September 2, 2015)
International locations
Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada – Clifton Hill (Opened in May 2001)
Urayasu, Chiba, Japan – Ikspiari at Tokyo Disney Resort (Opened on July 7, 2000)
Chessy, Seine-et-Marne, France – Disney Village at Disneyland Paris (Opened in 1999)
Dubai, United Arab Emirates – Dubai Festival City (Opened in 2020)
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates – Yas Mall (Opened in November 2020)
St. Julian's, Malta (Opened in Summer 2021)
Merchandise locations
Niagara Falls, New York - Sheraton at the Falls (Opened on June 3, 2015)
Former locations
Anaheim, California – Downtown Disney (Opened on January 12, 2001; Closed on June 19, 2018)
Houston, Texas – Houston Galleria Mall (Opened in Spring 2009; Closed in March 2018)
San Francisco, California – Fisherman's Wharf (Opened in May 2000; Closed on October 1, 2017)
Burlington, Massachusetts – Burlington Mall
(Opened in October 1998; Closed on April 25, 2016)
Las Vegas, Nevada – MGM Grand Hotel & Casino Las Vegas (Opened on December 18, 1997; Closed on August 30, 2015)
Toronto, Ontario – Yorkdale Shopping Center (Opened on June 30, 1999, closed January 1, 2014.)
Costa Mesa, California – South Coast Plaza (Opened June 9, 1997; closed on July 7, 2013)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – Warner Centre (Opened July 1997; Closed October 2001)
Aventura, Florida – Aventura Mall (Opened on December 14, 1997; Closed in 2000)
Overland Park, Kansas – Oak Park Mall (Opened on February 23, 1999; closed on January 6, 2009)
Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong – Festival Walk (Opened November 24, 1998; closed on January 3, 2003)
Norfolk, Virginia – MacArthur Center (Opened in June 1999; closed in 2001)
Tysons Corner, Virginia – Tysons Corner Center (Opened in October 1996, Closed in 2007)
Westbury, New York – The Source Mall (Opened in September 1997; closed on October 19, 2000)
West Nyack, New York – Palisades Center (Opened on March 19, 1998; closed in 2002)
Elizabeth, New Jersey – The Mills at Jersey Gardens (Opened on October 21, 1999; Closed in late 2000)
Denver, Colorado, – Cherry Creek Shopping Center (Opened in Summer 1998; Closed in 2009)
Towson, Maryland – Towson Town Center (Opened on March 23, 1999; Closed in June 2007)
Toronto, Ontario – Scarborough Town Center, Opened in February 1999; closed on January 7, 2001)
Manchester, England – Trafford Center (Closed in 2003)
Burnaby, British Columbia – Metropolis at Metrotown (Opened in 1998, closed on September 2, 2001)
Mexico City, Mexico – Metropol Entertainment Central (Closed in 2012)
Cancún, Mexico – Plaza Forum by the Sea (Opened on August 15, 1997, closed in Fall 2010.)
Tlalnepantla, Mexico – Mundo E (Opened on December 17, 1998; Closed sometime in the 2000s)
Mexico City, Mexico – Centro Santa Fe (Closed in 2012)
Istanbul, Turkey – İstinye Park (Closed in 2010.)
Farmington, Connecticut – Westfarms Mall (Opened in February 2000; Closed in 2013)
Cairo, Egypt – City Stars Mall (Opened in February 2008, closed approximately in 2012.)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – Philadelphia Mills (formerly Franklin Mills) (Opened on November 27, 1998; Closed in February 2001)
Tukwila, Washington – Westfield Southcenter (Opened on June 29, 1999; Closed in January 2016)[
Bloomington, Minnesota – First floor of Mall of America (Opened on February 3, 1994 with 295 seats, also the first location; Closed in September 2014 for relocation.)
3 Simei Street 6, Singapore – Eastpoint Shopping Mall (Closed sometime in the 2000s)
Schaumburg, Illinois – Woodfield Mall (Opened on October 20, 1995, closed on January 1, 2020)
Chicago, Illinois – Downtown Chicago (Opened on October 2, 1997, closed August 12, 2020)
Dubai, United Arab Emirates – The Dubai Mall (Opened in 2009, closed in 2020, replaced by the Festival City Mall location)
London, England – Piccadilly Circus (Closed 2022 and rebranded as Jungle Cave)
Locations that never opened
Montreal, Quebec – Montreal Forum
New York City, New York – Times Square
Paramus, New Jersey – Westfield Garden State Plaza