Pizza Memories as a Kid
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Same here. Rarely got their pizza but the arcade in the 80's was pretty good.
They are a sad shell of their former glory now though.
Chuck Berry
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Holy shit this was my life
Poppinfresh
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Not sure when you grew up, but in the late 80s/early-90s Little Caesars wasn't that bad, at least not our local one.Growing up it was this ABSOLUTE TRASH every friday. It was cheap and yu could get yards and yards of it for every party.
Pizza Hutt was "getting fancy".
There were very few indie pizza places where I grew up so pizza as an actual food to enjoy had to wait till I left for college.
This was before it came in a cardboard box like in the picture. You'd get two pizzas next to each other on a cardboard sheet that was wrapped in a paper bag.
I haven't had Little Caesers in probably 25 years, but I have fond memories of the stuff I used to get back in the day.
Chuck Berry
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Early to mid 90s Caesars was the tits
They used to give you packets of this seasoning too which really amplified the taste.
My friends and I were renting a house for a year and we would order pizza like 3 times a week. I remember the delivery guy sking,do you have a coupon, we looked really quick and he just grabbed one off one of the boxes stacked in our recycle bin.
Another funny delivery story. Knock at the door, we open the door and the weed smoke waftsbout into the neighborbood.
Delivery guy: Now I know why we deliver so many pizzas here.
Another funny delivery story. Knock at the door, we open the door and the weed smoke waftsbout into the neighborbood.
Delivery guy: Now I know why we deliver so many pizzas here.
jshackles
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During my college days in the early 90s, Little Caesars had $1.50 "crazy bread" that was basically just a large pizza crust, no marinara sauce, baked, then cut into strips and topped with like Parmesan cheese, but then served with marinara sauce on the side in a little bucket.
For my nearly broke ass, this was like two days worth of food, three if I could stretch it. I was so mad when they increased the price to $2 lol
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poppabk
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Yeah I grew up in the 80/90s in the north of England, we did have take out pizza bit it was complete and utter trash. It was either the chip shop or Chinese for take-out.As a kid we didnt have pizza in ireland, so when the folks decided to get a takeaway in we'd get a Fish supper and be just as excited..
Joshmyersbv
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Pizza Hut mainly for this
Nydius
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Growing up, my parents wouldn't order pizza delivery from any chain pizza place because we lived about half a mile from a legit small restaurant whose husband/wife team immigrated from Sicily. If anyone wanted pizza, it was either pile in the car and go to that restaurant or pick something else. The only time I got chain pizza was either the Book It stuff in school or if some activity/group ordered bulk pizzas for their party (like my old Saturday morning bowling league used to have end-of-league pizza parties catered by Little Caesars).
I didn't start buying chain brand pizza until I lived on my own.
Edit: Actually, I do have one pretty big pizza memory. During our finals in high school, we'd only have half days with two 2.5h final classes per day. In between the two courses, because the cafeteria was already closed for the year, if we wanted something to eat they had tables upon tables of cheese and pepperoni personal pan pizzas from Pizza Hut for $2 each.
I didn't start buying chain brand pizza until I lived on my own.
Edit: Actually, I do have one pretty big pizza memory. During our finals in high school, we'd only have half days with two 2.5h final classes per day. In between the two courses, because the cafeteria was already closed for the year, if we wanted something to eat they had tables upon tables of cheese and pepperoni personal pan pizzas from Pizza Hut for $2 each.
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I grew up in the 90s. Lots of fond memories going to Pizza Hut and stuffing our faces with pizza and a huge ass pitcher of Mountain Dew on the table. Some years, our mother would take us to their lunch buffet on the last (half) day of school. What a time to be alive! It's funny because I LOVE pizza today, but Pizza Hut has got to be just about the lowest personal ranking of any pizza out there.
I remember this as well but damed if I can find a picture of it. I recall them always doing square, almost crustless, pizzas, at least at the one near me.
Maybe we are from the Berenstain reality?
I went to a boarding school for the last couple years of high school and the pizza deals we got were INSANE. $5 got you half of a legit large pizza that would feed you for the entire weekend. Problem was keeping the jackals from getting it, so everyone developed quirky topping choices that only they liked. Anchovy onion on one side, pineapple jalapeno canadian bacon on the other, so those 2 kids didn't get their slices pilfered
darkonaut
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CiCi's, a legend, seemingly last holders of the AYCE pizza buffet torch. And the apple pie pizza was/is amazing with streusel topping and icing drizzle.
NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt
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Nah, it needs to be south shore bar style. (Guess a lot of people haven't heard of that.)
StreetsofBeige
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Back in the late 80s or early 90s, suddenly a chain called 241 Pizza popped up selling cheap pairs of pizza for a budget price. It was solid value for your dollar. It would be like two loaded medium pizzas for $12. Our fam did it all the time.
And a guy in high school had parents who owned one. So every once in a while, he ordered pizzas for the class for the heck of it. He did it at least twice in classes I was in with him. Super nice guy.
And a guy in high school had parents who owned one. So every once in a while, he ordered pizzas for the class for the heck of it. He did it at least twice in classes I was in with him. Super nice guy.
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Everyone on tv in the 80s was either despising anchovies or getting sucked into a pit of quicksand.
StreetsofBeige
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As crazy at it seems, I have never seen a long oval shaped pizza like that. As a small flatbread pizza ya, but not a big pizza. Circle, square and rectangle yes.Every Friday we would order a pizza from the local pizza joint and rent a VHS movie right next door, great memories! The local joint is still in business and unbelievably busy every Friday and Saturday, the tradition continues with my family getting a pizza most weekends.
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Fuck I love round table
Audiophile
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Cold pizza out of the fridge the next day is even better..!
GeekyDad
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Imagine it's the 1970s...
And the vegetarian lifestyle is hip, and Richard Simmons is a cultural icon. My dear, dear mother was trying everything to get our family to live a healthy lifestyle, and started frequenting a vegetarian pizza restaurant. The stuff had a lot of love, and was extremely well-made. But instead of sausage and pepperoni, it had copious amounts of fresh broccoli -- not steamed or anything -- fresh, just the cheese melted over it. For a six-year-old kid, damn...man. I loved my mom for what she was trying to do, but for a family that moved from New York, it was inedible.
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Chuck Berry
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Fridays were pretty much Pizza & Movie Night at the the Berry House. It was either from this in town place called Apollo's or we went Caesars. I feel like 75% of the time it was Apollo's. Most of our movie and game rentals were from mom and pop places too.
In the mid-late 80s I feel like Pizza Hut was considered borderline fine dining like Red Lobster. I only ever went there for Book It and the occasional dinner with my dad after going to see a flick at the theater. Fondly remember having a Hut dinner with pops after seeing Stargate with Kurt Russell.
In the mid-late 80s I feel like Pizza Hut was considered borderline fine dining like Red Lobster. I only ever went there for Book It and the occasional dinner with my dad after going to see a flick at the theater. Fondly remember having a Hut dinner with pops after seeing Stargate with Kurt Russell.
Dural
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It's not actually oval, I must have had my phone on wide angle and it skewed it. Normal round pizzas.
Something else I forgot to mention was a large 1 topping pizza at that local joint in the 90s was $5. They're still pretty reasonable but not close to that cheap.
I was so obsessed with book it and finishing as many books as possible that I legit credit it in part to my success as an adult. When I have kids I'm going to institute some in house book it copycat programi read The Indian in the Cupboard for this
ShirAhava
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Little Caesars was like a block away from my house I must have carried that long bag of pizza countless times! the FLAVOR that came from that bag when you got it home was UNREAL
LC was nothing like it is now. Very high quality pie cooked with love and care back then.
Soodanim
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Ordering pizza was a luxury I didn't have growing up, but I adore even frozen pizza. So my happy pizza memories are pretty much every pizza I've ever had from when I was first eating them through to present day.
I don't remember the last time I wasn't in the mood for pizza.
There's a pizza in the oven as I write this.
I don't remember the last time I wasn't in the mood for pizza.
There's a pizza in the oven as I write this.
