The fall of pizza, America's staple food

[nothingandless]

I think the Italians might have something to say about the bastardization of their famous cusine by American companies like Pizza Hut and Dominoes.

i think you mean evolution. check yer history.

 

[iv6789]

I'll eat a pizza hut pizza anyday. I worked for them for 5 years in college and lived off of it for almost a full semester once.

 

[D-rock]

While saying the US didn't invent pizza is true in an very absolute most technical sense, for all virtual and practical purposes it is an American food and was started, popularized, and taken to a whole another level here. It holds a similar stance in that regard to cars where the US ushered in the modern concept even if the first ones weren't invented here in the most technical sense. You might as well consider that they were virtually invited here for all practical purposes.

 

[JacknCoke]

I think the Italians might have something to say about the bastardization of their famous cusine by American companies like Pizza Hut and Dominoes.

Well they may not have pizza if the German's were successful so I guess they just have to deal with it. I am sure pizza is better in Italy then it is in America.

 

[PlasmaTwa2]

i think you mean evolution. check yer history.

So by evolution, Canadians took beer, doughnuts and football and made them better.

Hmm... Hard to compete with that logic.

:thumbsup:

For my part, I will take a slice of genuine Italian pizza over Pizza Hut anyday.

 

[Dean Wormer]

Well they may not have pizza if the German's were successful so I guess they just have to deal with it. I am sure pizza is better in Italy then it is in America.

Pizza in Italy is not anywhere near the same as the Americanized version.

 

[YMIHERE]

Yes there are way to many Pizza Shops. But some of them have a big advantage and will stay in business no matter what. The Pizza business is the favorite place for illegal dirty money to be laundered. It is easy to put the dirty money in the business as sales and deposit it in banks. Once in the banking system the money can be used with no problem.

 

[Mr. Daystar]

This holds true for basically all food products, coffee and breakfast (Tim Horton's, DnD, Starbucks etc...) Burgers and fries (McD's, Wendys)

I agree with you, support the Mom and Pop stores. The food is better anyway. The servings are usually larger and it supports local businesses.

Actually, I hate to say it, but Starbucks makes a great cup of coffee. I would go there before anywhere else, for a cup of joe.

 

[thenar]

you go to the supermarket and they have 50 different brands of pizza tyou can buy and dont get me started on all the crappy pizza chains like domino's and pizza hut
the mom and pop pizzeria is going the way of the dinosaur
i live in brooklyn you used to be able to get really good pizza all over the place now fewer and fewer real pizza places

 

[TheAmazingRed]

Yeah, Pizza isn't going anywhere... The places with bad pizza are the one's that are going away.

 

[Galactic]

way over marketed. I have 20 pizza places in a 5 minute drive from my house, its a little insane. but i love pizza, especially thin crust.

:thumbsup::thumbsup: for thin crust.

 

[anomaly]

It's cheap and many people are hurting for cash! I doubt pizza will be disappearing anytime soon.

 

[marquis2]

There is pizza and there is stuff sold as pizza.
I'm surprised though that it has caught on in a wealthy society like the US;it's basic peasant food designed to stretch out costly ingredients with dough.Quite pleasant but fuel not good food.Mind you, in a country that thinks burgers are good food perhaps it isn't surprising.Raise your sights guys.

 

[Cloude]

way over marketed. I have 20 pizza places in a 5 minute drive from my house, its a little insane. but i love pizza, especially thin crust.

We shouldn't be surprised it is falling, but we should be surprised how saturated it is to begin with.

An analogy is the "Where Are They Now?" shows on celebs. We shouldn't be surprised some have become obscure, but that some became celebs to begin with.

 

[sporty_carr]

Alot of people absolutely love pizza, but yeah it's a bit too over marketed these days. Though people get a little tired of Dominoes or Pizza Hut when they feel like ordering a pizza, and having other pizza businesses is a good thing. For instance, I used to love getting a pizza from a local small pizza business named, "Ninja Pizza". Their slogan was, "Pizza that vanishes quickly without trace!".

Unfortunately, I made the mistake of going there to eat one evening instead of just doing the usual pick up. The two idiots taking my order took forever getting it correct, and they were wearing some pretty convincing animal costumes at that. Why? I have no idea. One looked like a Warthog with a mohawk, and the other I think was supposed to be a Rhino. The guy actually making the pizza's wore a mask, and was literally covered in fucking blades for some reason. Upon leaving this establishment, I saw out of the corner of my eye, what I think, was a large rat wearing a goddamn kimono followed by four turtles disappearing into the nearby alley with a pizza box no less.

I said, "Fuck this", and haven't had any desire to go back since.

I think I may have been there the same day. Was there a hot news reporter covering a story there by any chance?

Anyway, all this talk has made me want a pizza. Later!