- Based on Majora's Mask
- Themed menu items and dinnerware
- Optional show to see while eating
- Use of digital media to enhance atmosphere
Clock Town Cafe
The Clock Town Cafe is modeled after Termina's Clock Town from the Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, although it will contain a few elements from other Zelda games. It is an interactive restaurant that is not so much animatronics-based (like Rainforest Cafe) as it is digital-media-centric and theme-based, focusing more on bringing the elements of the Zelda series into our world rather than forcing obviously fake environments down customers' throats. The three majorly themed attributes of the Clock Town Cafe are the menu, the atmosphere, and the restaurant's overall look and appearance.
The Menu
Although there aren't many food items in the Zelda series, there are plenty of ways to relate delicious dishes to the games. Here are some examples of what you'd see on the menu!
- Lon Lon Milkshakes -- Cremia Vanilla & Romani Chocolate
Lon Lon Ranch is a popular dairy farm that shows up in several of the Zelda games. It is run normally by Talon and his daughter Malon, but in "Majora's Mask" its owners are Cremia and Romani.
- Rock Sirloin Steak
- Potion Pop -- Red, Green, & Blue Flavors
- Cucco Sandwhich & Other Dishes
- Burgers & other Beef Dishes
Other items on the menu will balance between familiar, popular foods and an almost vegetatian focus, since most of the items Link finds useful are nature-based (deku nuts, magic beans) and found in his rural surroundings.
The Atmosphere
It's probably overkill to mention AGAIN that music from the Zelda games will be played throughout the venue by now, so let's skip the obvious! This restaurant is based on Clock Town, the ill-fated city whose moon is destined to crash into it in three days if Link doesn't save them.
To keep up with the excitement and tension of this impending doom, the "windows" of the restaurant are actually screens that project a looping video of the moon slowly drifting closer and closer to the land below. Every thirty minutes, a "Day" passes, and at the "Final Day", one can hear the Song of Time being played, which turns back time and draws the moon back up into the sky. The ceiling of the cafe will also be a video projected overhead, matching the sky as time passes.
To keep up with the excitement and tension of this impending doom, the "windows" of the restaurant are actually screens that project a looping video of the moon slowly drifting closer and closer to the land below. Every thirty minutes, a "Day" passes, and at the "Final Day", one can hear the Song of Time being played, which turns back time and draws the moon back up into the sky. The ceiling of the cafe will also be a video projected overhead, matching the sky as time passes.
Other things that contribute to the atmosphere are the little details that guests will notice: heart container-shaped food boxes, the little light-up boxes that tell you your table is ready with Navi quotes "Hey! Listen!", mugs shaped like the breakable pots, plates covered in various shield patterns, lights shaped like glowing colored ruppees, and more!
Most of all, the entire staff of Clocktower Cafe will be dressed up as different Zelda characters -- the human characters, though, not people like the fish-like Zora.
When it is someone's birthday at Clock Town Cafe, Princess Zelda and Link arrive at the table. Zelda presents the cake and Link plays "Happy Birthday" on the ocarina.
Most of all, the entire staff of Clocktower Cafe will be dressed up as different Zelda characters -- the human characters, though, not people like the fish-like Zora.
When it is someone's birthday at Clock Town Cafe, Princess Zelda and Link arrive at the table. Zelda presents the cake and Link plays "Happy Birthday" on the ocarina.
The Look
The Clock Town Cafe building is built around its central Clock Tower, around which is a small stage where some of the staff will perform a 30-minute show simulating the final battle of Majora's Mask. This will only happen three times a day -- at noon, at 5pm, and at 8pm. The stage will be small because most of the time the actors will be climbing up and down the tower more than running around it.
The above image shows how the seating is arranged in three levels. The large upper level at the top, down one level closer to the stage, and then the bottom level, farther down just at the stage level. The pink circle marks the small stage, and the dark purple clock tower rises above everything else.
As you move away from the clock tower stage, the floor rises much like a collosseum design. Tables surround the stage in a circular pattern so that guests can view a majority of the action no matter where they sit. Along the walls of the restaurant is one large painted mural of the surroundings of Clock Tower, including other parts of the city and the other locations around it, such as the Snowhead Mountains or Woodfall.