Squid Game lands in Rome: three themed evenings on Netflix’s record series
ROME – From fiction to reality. Squid game, the Korean series of Netflix which has thrilled viewers all over the world now becomes an experience to be lived firsthand. Obviously for fun, with no deaths or bloodshed. A Rome happens, atArcade and food in via Nomentana 1111, a hamburger shop that has always ‘seasoned’ its menus with touches of cinema, TV and video games. From the setting of the restaurant to the names of the dishes: everything recalls these worlds.
The restaurant launches three adrenaline evenings (21 and 28 November, 5 December) in which to stay at the rehearsal in the famous’survival game‘: a series of stages to be overcome in order not to be’ eliminated ‘before dinner time. “They will be physical“, Explains to Agenzia Dire Matteo, the owner of Arcade who was able to ‘spoil’ only a few elements of the race. “It starts in a field adjacent to the restaurant – he says – which reproduces the field where it happens ”One, two, three star‘in the series. The first proof is this “. The brave participants “will start from one pole and arrive at the one available within a certain amount of time”.
“If someone moves at the end of time we cannot guarantee that they will not be hit by our ‘snipers’”, jokes Matteo, who has made themed evenings a must at his club. “Immersive experiences” that accompanied the first three years of Arcade activity: “We’ve had Marvel-themed events. One of the most successful was Civil War, with the challenge between the cosplay of Tony Stark and Captain America, just like in the film but between the tables ”. And there was no shortage “Harry Potter nights“Or” themed dinners. ” Star Wars, with Darth Vader arriving with all his troops accompanied by a band playing the music of the saga ”.
Arcade, not surprisingly, defines itself as a restaurant-theater: a place to dine but also be entertained. The Squid Game event has already filled up with reservations and despite the success of the previous ones, the public’s request received Matteo himself: “We don’t think about this feedback. We also had reservations from abroad, of tourists in Rome for a few days “.
However, there is still some place. Just call the number on the Arcade Instagram and Facebook pages (@arcadeandfood_hamburgeria – Arcade and Food – Hamburgeria). The cost of participation is 40 euros, with dinner and drink included. You will need to sign releases, even if none of them really hurt. In case of rain, as happened last Sunday when the first evening was scheduled, the Squid Game can be postponed. The overall winner of the ‘squid game’ will receive an award “that is not far from that of the series” and a fidelity card to be used in the restaurant.