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uWink Selects Ralph Gentile Architects for uWink Media Bistro LOS ANGELES – October 24, 2005 – uWink, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: UWNK - News), a digital entertainment company, today announced that the company has selected Ralph Gentile Architects (RGA) as the principal design firm for uWink Media Bistro. RGA has been working with uWink on a project basis since May 2005. Today’s announcement formally credits RGA as uWink’s architecture firm for the design of the initial uWink Media Bistro restaurants. uWink Media Bistros will include four separate entertainment dining areas including a patio, bar, and two distinct studio dining rooms. Ralph Gentile Architects have been instrumental in the development of the uWink Media Bistro, including concept exploration, look and feel, and sketches and designs. “We are thrilled with the choice of Ralph Gentile Architects to build uWink Media Bistro,” said Nolan Bushnell, CEO, uWink. “uWink Media Bistro is an unprecedented dining experience, linking technology, entertainment and great food to provide our customers with an entertainment experience that they can’t get anywhere else. RGA’s creative and unique approach to architecture and design, demonstrated by their conceptual work, cemented our relationship. Through their work, RGA proved - hands down – that they are the right choice to help us architect the uWink Media Bistro experience.” “We have thoroughly enjoyed working with Nolan and his team,” said Ralph Gentile. “This is a very engaging and innovative project and absolutely synergistic with the way we work. Nolan’s ability to create original restaurant concepts makes this an extremely interesting and compelling venture.” Ralph Gentile Architects has designed a wide variety of successful restaurants, retail establishments, health spas and commercial projects in Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Tampa and New York. Their restaurant portfolio includes restaurants such as: Nobu ¬ Malibu, Zeke’s Smokehouse, Ago Restaurant, Josie Restaurant, Real Food Daily, Le Colonial, Atlantic Cafe, and Felt. Ralph Gentile Architects’ recent projects include five restaurants for the Cache Creek Casino in Brooks, California: C2 Steak House, Loco Caliente, Oak Creek Café, and The Bluepoint. Other current projects include: The Hard Rock Hotel in Tampa, featuring 250 luxury guest rooms and suites, as well as the Body Rock spa, and the Pala Casino Hotel and Resort, featuring hotel guest rooms and suites, hotel reception, the Pala Health Spa, and Mama’s Cucina Italiana. Projects in Las Vegas include A.J.’s Steakhouse, The Rock Spa, and the Counter Coffee Shop at the Hard Rock Hotel. Their retail work comprises the Replay Country Stores in New York and Los Angeles; Diego Della Valle/J.P.Todd’s in Beverly Hills; and J. Crew, Los Angeles. Ralph Gentile Architects is a small yet dynamic architectural and interior design firm in Los Angeles, specializing in spa, hotel, restaurant, nightclub, and retail store design. Since 1989, Ralph Gentile Architects has established a national reputation for highly creative and provocative design solutions for some of the finest clients in the gaming, restaurant and hospitality industries. For more information visit: www.ralphgentilearch.com. About uWink: uWink, Inc. is a digital entertainment company based in Los Angeles, California that develops interactive entertainment for restaurants, bars, and mobile devices. Led by entertainment and restaurant visionary Nolan Bushnell, founder and former CEO of Atari (NasdaqNM: ATAR) and Chuck E. Cheese’s (NYSE: CEC), uWink is currently building a new entertainment dining experience called uWink Media Bistro that leverages uWink’s proprietary network and entertainment software. For more information visit: www.uwink.com. # # # Media Contacts: Alissa Bushnell VP, Marketing and Relations Cell-415-235-9532 This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it |
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