{"id":49445,"date":"2017-04-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-02T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/49445\/5-places-lebanese-kids-held-their-birthday-parties-in-the-90s"},"modified":"2023-08-14T11:53:44","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T11:53:44","slug":"5-places-lebanese-kids-held-their-birthday-parties-in-the-90s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/49445\/5-places-lebanese-kids-held-their-birthday-parties-in-the-90s\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Places Lebanese Kids Held Their Birthday Parties In The &#8217;90s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><big>With us Lebanese, everything is a trend. Now, kids\u2019 birthdays are a competition in over-the-top decorations and (unnecessary) themes. 90s kids know that the fun comes down to one thing: location, location, location. Too bad most of these places don\u2019t exist anymore, but enjoy reminiscing with our top picks! <\/big><\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.giphy.com\/media\/nNrkgR4Z7RHDW\/giphy.gif\"width=\"100%\"> <\/p>\n<p>  <B><Big><big>1. Putt Putt Golf &#038; Games <\/big><\/big><\/b><\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/49445-2.png\" width=\"100%\"><br \/>  Image via blog.bekahbrunstetter.com <\/p>\n<p>  <big>I still don\u2019t understand why this place closed down. Golf outside, and a bouncy slide-y wonderland inside. If you had your birthday here, you were one of two people: you either demanded to win mini-golf because it\u2019s your birthday, or WHY THE HELL are you celebrating at Putt Putt?!   <\/big><\/p>\n<p>  <B><Big><big>2. McMagic <\/big><\/big><\/b><\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/49445.png\"> <\/p>\n<p>  <big>Every kid\u2019s piece of roller coaster heaven. Birthday parties here were, dare I say it, baller. This place was one big jungle and a birthday party there put you on the map as a kid who knows serious fun. It\u2019s now a scary abandoned lot that no kid should ever come close to ever, ever, but yay! Nostalgia! <\/big><\/p>\n<p>  <B><Big><big>3. KFC <\/big><\/big><\/b><\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/49445.png\" width=\"100%\"><\/p>\n<p>  <big>This may still be popular now (not sure, who eats KFC anymore?), but older kids had it better for one reason: Chicky. The mascot who knew how to bring the house down. Even kids who weren\u2019t invited used to join in for a musical chairs dance party extravaganza in a sweaty little room that smelled like socks and overused fry oil. Good wholesome family fun! <\/big><\/p>\n<p>  <B><Big><big>4. Al Dewan <\/big><\/big><\/b><\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media2.giphy.com\/media\/3I98NjemWj12U\/200_s.gif\"width=\"100%\"> <\/p>\n<p>  <big>This place was more popular for the teens and tweens because of the epic dancefloor that made snot-nose kids feel like they were in a disco, rocking out to the best of Britney and S Club 7. Don\u2019t stop, never give up guys. <\/big><\/p>\n<p>  <B><Big><big>5. Showbiz <\/big><\/big><\/b><\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/49445-1.png\" width=\"100%\"><\/p>\n<p>  <big>Pizza and a FREE arcade that actually gave you tickets when you won! Those were rare back then. Don\u2019t forget about the band of terrifying robot bears playing real instruments (why?) while you play whack-a-mole with a piece of pepperoni hanging out of your mouth. Ah, to be young. <\/big>    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><big>With us Lebanese, everything is a trend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":411181,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_preview_accessed":0,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"media-embed-type":[],"class_list":["post-49445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-listomania"],"authorship":[48],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>5 Places Lebanese Kids Held Their Birthday Parties In The &#039;90s<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"With us Lebanese, everything is a trend.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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