The rain forest is quiet no more. The animatronic gorillas, elephants and Tracy the talking tree are back to entertain diners at Rainforest Cafe in Mall of America. On Friday, the themed restaurant ...

Despite the cacophony, this was just another weekday lunch at California’s last Rainforest Cafe, tucked inside a fluorescent-lit Inland Empire mall, about an hour east of downtown Los Angeles. This ...

Upon entering the Rainforest Cafe, I was greeted by a talking tree that rattled off a slew of plant-related factoids. Pumped-in fog and canned thunder rang out, as a hostess led me through an aquarium ...

The Rainforest Cafe — a jungle-themed restaurant with animatronics — was magical for me as a kid. The chain peaked in the 1990s then fell from popularity, but it's been on my mind for months. There ...