Bankruptcy Trends: Eatertainment Chains Teeter, More Well-Known Indies Fail, Why Haven’t More?

Among the concepts whose model has most been undercut, it’s hard to rival eatertainment concepts. And the problem is compounded because the two largest, CEC (Check E. Cheese) Entertainment and Dave & Buster’s, are both publicly traded. CEC, which has $1 billion in debt, was widely reported last week to be seeking help from its…