UPDATE: Maine resident questions pizza parlor with thousands of customer reviews for mysterious missing arcade: 'I called the store... the response was abrupt'

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Remy Millisky • Writer and Editor
Jan 18, 2026 5:00 PM EST

One Maine resident is taking a serious look at a local fast-food pizza chain, asking important questions, such as: Where is the arcade? 

As journalism becomes less profitable, a lot of individuals are taking it upon themselves to solve the world's mysteries. And good for them! Someone's got to do it, and the journalists who still have jobs might not have the capacity to answer every question they want to. 

In this person's case, they're curious about the Google reviews for local pizza place. This type of pizza joint isn't exactly glamorous. They're usually the type of storefront that is very tiny, with a front counter where you order your food, then take it to go. Most don't have seating areas, because you're not meant to eat at that restaurant. You're supposed to take your "pizza-pizza" home with you and eat it on your couch while watching YouTube videos. It's not glam or gourmet, but it is like $5 for one pizza pie, and that is a valuable service for a store to offer. 

This person has gone to their local chain numerous times. But after checking out the Google reviews, they noticed that they'd been missing something big. By all accounts online, this pizza place had an excellent arcade attached! This person even shared a few example photos, noting that there were numerous reviews all praising the arcade. I can't actually show those particular photos because spoiler alert — they weren't real. But this person did some interesting digging into the arcade/pizza shop story and shared their results over several updates below. 

I do think that pursuing a great arcade to hang out at is a respectable life goal. You've got to have as much fun as possible in this life. There are many philosophies on what life's purpose is, but my favorite is just that: have as much fun as you possibly can with the people you care about most. It's a shame that arcades aren't nearly as common as they used to be, because they're right up there with billiards and darts in the category of "fun things you can combine with a pizza parlor." There's nothing like having a few drinks and slices while you watch your friends absolutely nail it at Pac-Man! 

Keep reading below to check out the whole saga of this person and their pursuit of the missing arcade. I do feel for the pizza shop employees, who seem to really dislike the question that they keep getting. Some mysteries in this world just weren't meant to be solved… we may never know what sparked this whole pizza/arcade debacle in the beginning! May this person find another arcade to spend their free time, pizza or not. 

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    Man in teal shirt and glasses crosses arms and purses lips with 6 arcade games behind him
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    I'm a local in Saco, and I want to be clear about something first: this Little Caesars never actually had an arcade, as far as anyone I know can remember. I've lived here for years and have been inside that location many times. It has always been a normal carry- out pizza place.
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    Yet online, the Google listing has thousands of reviews, and a significant number of them describe it as having arcade cabinets, games, tickets, prizes, and even people talking about new machines being added over time. There are photos attached to the listing that appear to show arcade interiors, and these are tied directly to the business.
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    Most explanations I've seen online suggest it started as a joke, or someone mis-tagged photos that just kept spreading. That could be true, but the volume and persistence of it feel unusual for a simple tagging error.
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    Then something occurred to me. Back in 2015 there was a reported attempted robbery at that Little Caesars:
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    I don't know if this has anything to do with the arcade reviews, and I am not saying it caused arcade cabinets to appear. But I do wonder if this incident, and whatever local chatter it generated, might have been an inflection point where people online started paying attention to that location in a weird way.
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    Maybe someone made a joke that referenced it, and then others ran with it. Or maybe the news story interacted with Google's systems somehow. It's probably nothing, but it made me think about how real-world events and online narratives can intersect and create something that seems strange or out of place.
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    So now I'm curious: • Has anyone else ever seen a single real-world event trigger a long-running online narrative about a place that doesn't match reality? • Could this be a tagging/glitch issue that snowballed? • Or are internet jokes just way more durable than we normally expect?
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    I don't think this is a conspiracy, just fascinated by how reality and online perception can drift apart. Edit: Had to change date Update: I called the store to ask for clarification. I identified myself and said I was a local who had seen some confusing information online and wanted to clear it up. I did not make jokes or push the arcade angle. The response was abrupt. I was told
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    not to call again and not to ask about the arcade. The call ended shortly after. That's it. No. explanation either way. If anything, the reaction just added to the confusion rather than resolving it.
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    Update 2: I made the mistake of calling the store again. I referenced the discussion happening online, including a post in r/Maine, and said I was trying to understand what was going on. The response was immediately hostile. I was told, very bluntly, that it did not matter what I said or did and that this was not something I was going to "win." They also claimed that authorities had already been
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    contacted and that Google had taken action regarding reviews. I have no way to verify either of those claims. The conversation escalated quickly after that. Additional remarks were made that were rude and unnecessary, at which point the call ended. I'm not adding this to sensationalize anything. I'm adding it because the reaction itself has become part of the pattern. Each attempt to clarify things results in a
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    stronger shutdown, which seems to further reinforce the online narrative rather than dispel it. At this point, I'm done contacting the business directly. Whatever this started as, the response to it appears to be actively sustaining the mystery.
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    Update 3: Something else happened that I want to document. I received a phone call from someone who claimed to be the "top dog of the law" and told me to stop "poking around where I don't belong." Like what ???? The call was brief and didn't include any case number, badge number, or station identification.
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    The phone number also does not appear to be associated with any local police department. Because of that, I can't verify who the caller actually was, and I'm not assuming it was legitimate. The caller sounded very much like the person I talked to on the phone but voice modifer, I'm sharing this only as part of the sequence of reactions I've encountered after trying to understand what's going on. At this point, I'm disengaging completely. I won't be calling the
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    business again or following up further. Whatever this started as, the responses to basic questions have escalated enough that continuing doesn't feel productive. I'm leaving the post up for discussion, but I'm done personally investigating. Edit 4: I've been asked for phone numbers and won't be sharing them. I'm stepping away from this now.
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    mugwhyrt I and my extended family have been going to the Saco Little Caesars' Arcade for generations. Not sure why OP would insist there isn't one there. It's honestly probably one of the best arcades in the area. Just make sure to ask about it when you stop by because sometimes it's not clear where it is in the building.
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    No-Transition-8375 I remember this from a few months ago, turned out OP was just some dude who liked to fuck with Little Caesars in Saco
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    DaNostrich So weird it's like reviews from the indoor karting place that shut down and little Caesar's reviews got entangled somehow
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    Thelittlestofbears I've lived in Saco for 32 years and never heard a thing about this until the last few days. I genuinely don't know why this is a thing but I assume the employees are only getting hostile about it because of the online nonsense? But to confirm, I
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    lived here and frequented it when it first opened. It has never been more than a pizza counter and a couple chairs.
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    MuleGrass₁ You can carry out as many times as you like but when you order the correct toppings you get to pass through to the arcade. Locals aren't allowed or they would make it their next loitering spot
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    6 brightly lit arcade games in dark room with packman figures on the wall
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