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[Uhtred]

Do you remember taking the extra leftover slices to school the next morning wrapped in tinfoil?

 

[DeVeAn]

All Day!

 

[jason10mm]

Do you remember taking the extra leftover slices to school the next morning wrapped in tinfoil?

You mean to work...like I'm doing tomorrow?

Cold 'za the next day.....yum.

 

[Rush2112]

We used to go to showbiz. It was like a classier chuck e cheese with amazing animatronics live band performances.

 

[Plies]

 

[jason10mm]

We used to go to showbiz. It was like a classier chuck e cheese with amazing animatronics live band performances.

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]

Ultimate Friday night in the mid-to-late 90s for me:

-Best friend coming home with me from school for a sleepover
-Mom takes us to Blockbuster on the way home
-We get to pick out two games and a movie (and usually my mom rents a movie for her and my dad to watch)
-Dad swings by Pizza Hut on his way home from work to pick up pizzas and a 2-liter of soda
-My friend and I play the hell out of whatever games we rented, gorge on pizza, play outside for a bit with the neighbor kids, come back inside and play more games, watch the movie we rented, watch a few episodes on TGIF, play more games, then finally pass out way too late
-Wake up to the sound of my buddy already up playing one of the games we rented and the smell of breakfast cooking in the kitchen

Holy shit this was my life

 

[HAYA8U5A]

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[Poppinfresh]

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.

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.

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]

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.

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.

Early to mid 90s Caesars was the tits

They used to give you packets of this seasoning too which really amplified the taste.

 

[Durien]

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.

 

[jshackles]

Early to mid 90s Caesars was the tits

They used to give you packets of this seasoning too which really amplified the taste.

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

 

[poppabk]

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..

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.

 

[Joshmyersbv]

Pizza Hut mainly for this

 

[Nydius]

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.

 

[BlakeofT]

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.

 

[GateofD]

For me, it's college pizza memeories. The local college pizza shop. $8for a large cheese pizza. All day all night long. You can be half the college order every Friday night and they somehow make it all

 

[jason10mm]

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.

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.

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?

 

[jason10mm]

For me, it's college pizza memeories. The local college pizza shop. $8for a large cheese pizza. All day all night long. You can be half the college order every Friday night and they somehow make it all

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]

Then a CiCi's Pizza opened up near our mall. We would go there once a month and I would stuff my face with all the different varieties. I was an odd kid and liked bbq and spinach pizza the most and their cheesy bread, then would finish with their apple pie pizza. Good times!

Going to cici's pizza buffet as a kid was awesome. The pizza itself wasn't anything special, but you could have as much as you want. The cheese bread in particular was probably the best thing there. Not to mention the little arcade they had in the back with stuff like area 51 and nfl blitz

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]

 

[dave_d]

One thing's certain: it has to be deep dish.

Nah, it needs to be south shore bar style. (Guess a lot of people haven't heard of that.)

 

[GateofD]

i like pan pizza (pizza hut personal pan)

also like thin crust, but i feel cheated in 2025 when they charge regular pizza price when its feels like its less. its pretty much pizza nachos

thin crust with extra jalapenos

 

[YCoCg]

No because I always wanted Prosciutto and I was playing on my PC.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

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.

 

[Dithadder]

Imagine it's the 1980s. It's Tuesday night, you're a fictional tv or film character, your parents say the magic words: "Let's order pizza tonight." They ask what you want, and without hesitation, everyone shouts, "No anchovies!"

Everyone on tv in the 80s was either despising anchovies or getting sucked into a pit of quicksand.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

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.

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.

 

[DGrayson]

My friend's mom left us 20 bucks which netted us a pepperoni and dessert pizza from round table delivered with tip, imagine that. Bubble Bobble and Kirby's Adventure was played that night. I tried to recreate the experience later in life with my stoner friend and they stopped making the dessert pizza, fucking cowards.

Fuck I love round table

 

[Audiophile]

Do you remember taking the extra leftover slices to school the next morning wrapped in tinfoil?

Cold pizza out of the fridge the next day is even better..!

 

[GeekyDad]

Imagine it's the 1980s. ...

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.

 

[AJUMP23]

Pizza hut personal pan pizza that scalded your mouth or burnt your hands. They didn't care if that pan was 300 degrees and you were 6 years old. You could handle the heat. I appreciate them for building heat resistance in the roofs of the mouth.

 

[Chuck Berry]

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.

 

[Dural]

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.

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.

 

[スポックヨルダン]

It kills me that pizza hut got rid of the old pan pizza recipe. One of the all time great acts of demoralization in American culture.

 

[スポックヨルダン]

i read The Indian in the Cupboard for this

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 program

 

[ShirAhava]

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.

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.

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]

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.

 

[p_xavier]

We had pizza every Thursday as a kid, as well as garlic fingers with the amazing donair sauce. Great memories. I'm surprised that the town that I live in have those in restaurants as it was mostly an Atlantic provinces thing.

 

[Connificent]

Never seen anybody eat a pizza like that lol