Why does everyone hate Papa John's pizza so much? Is it a hipster thing?
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sunvalleylaw
Yep.
I just looked to see if there were any in my home town of tacoma. Nope. There are a couple still in Puget Sound area though. I think most of the old ones were turned into dive taverns.
sunvalleylaw
Yep.
In my town, that was Pizza and Pipes. It is gone now too, after helping to kill Shakey's on 6th. Shakey's had silent movies, and you could stand on a little ramp and watch them hand toss the crusts.
sunvalleylaw
Yep.
I used to have one of those hats. The one we went to on 6th Ave, which until a spur freeway was built, was the access to the Tacoma Narrows bridge and the gig harbor and kitsap peninsulas, had two doors, one to the pubic house section, and one to the family dining section, with the kitchen in the middle. I think most around puget sound were set up that way.
By comparison, going to Papa Murphy's to pick up a doughy pizza with bland ingredients on it fails horribly.
By comparison, going to Papa Murphy's to pick up a doughy pizza with bland ingredients on it fails horribly.
tiger roach
Urban Bovine Knievel
We went to Shakey's all the time when I was a kid.
Pretty much Americanized pizza as I recall, but I loved it.
Gary Blanchard
beloved, local musician
Back in the 60's there was a non-chain pizza place in Annapolis, MD that had a dixieland band. A bunch of us hippie-types would pile into a car and go there. We'd eat pizza, listen to Dixieland, and freak out the straights. 
Because it was the 60's, I am not able to remember the name of the place, but it was in an old garage.
Because it was the 60's, I am not able to remember the name of the place, but it was in an old garage.
Chad
Slender Hobbit
Where was Pizza Hut on that list? I haven't eaten there is a couple of decades. It took me a couple of time to learn, but after eating there, i thought my entire digestive track was going to explode.
Chad
Slender Hobbit
We used to go there all the time when I was a kid. They had a really good little arcade in ours.
tiger roach
Urban Bovine Knievel
If it isn't cooked and eaten in Naples, it may as well be Red Baron pizza from the freezer.
Help!I'maRock!
Mediocringly Derivative
This is what pizza meant when I was a kid in the 60s. We didn't know any better, so we loved it!
We ate Ellio's pizza as kids.
In the commercial, the boy said, "and millions of tons of cheese goes BLUB BLUB BLUB". Today, when I make pizza, I still refer to the cheese melting as THE BLUBBENING. That's how you know it's ready.
Gary Blanchard
beloved, local musician
You kids and your frozen pizzas. We didn't have freezers when I was young.We ate Ellio's pizza as kids.
In the commercial, the boy said, "and millions of tons of cheese goes BLUB BLUB BLUB". Today, when I make pizza, I still refer to the cheese melting as THE BLUBBENING. That's how you know it's ready.
Theodore
I gotta move
The Red Baron died so you could enjoy his pizza, you ungrateful prick.
Theodore
I gotta move
Back in the 60's there was a non-chain pizza place in Annapolis, MD that had a dixieland band. A bunch of us hippie-types would pile into a car and go there. We'd eat pizza, listen to Dixieland, and freak out the straights.
Nothing goes together liked dixieland jazz and pizza.
And people say Japan is weird.
Gary Blanchard
beloved, local musician
The beer helped...
Chad
Slender Hobbit
We ate Ellio's pizza as kids.
In the commercial, the boy said, "and millions of tons of cheese goes BLUB BLUB BLUB". Today, when I make pizza, I still refer to the cheese melting as THE BLUBBENING. That's how you know it's ready.
We used to eat that as kids too. A few year ago, I saw it in the grocery store and bought it. Let's just say 8.75 pieces were thrown in the trash.