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The pizza and chicken buffet concept has recovered from the pandemic, but not just because it focused more on takeout and installed drive-thru windows. Some credit goes to video games.
Pizza Ranch survived the pandemic with an improved focus on takeout, and video games. / Photo courtesy of Pizza Ranch.

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