Local Pizza: Where a kid can be a kid. #PizzaGate (But not the PedoPizzaGate)

[thisismyusername]

https://twitter.com/ozm/status/1263467296401563656

https://onezero.medium.com/the-artisanal-pizza-you-ordered-might-secretly-be-chuck-e-cheese-afd3744acd3c

So it was a surprise to learn that Chuck E. Cheese pizza can be consumed in the comfort of your own home, delivered via on-demand apps such as Grubhub, as was revealed last month when a Reddit user documented their experience of accidentally ordering from the children’s entertainment center. Pizza made in the kitchens of select Chuck E. Cheese locations is sold under the name “Pasqually’s Pizza & Wings” on Grubhub, allowing the business to generate revenue while technically remaining closed due to the coronavirus. [...] (The name derives from one Pasqually P. Pieplate, an Italian chef character and drummer for Chuck E. Cheese’s resident rock band.)

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Chuck E. Cheese seems to have come up with the tactic of masquerading as a small business to market menu items that might otherwise be unappealing to consumers — an approach that could be adopted by more restaurants as the coronavirus continues to push restaurants and their customers toward delivery.

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The strategy isn’t new, and large chains have created separate brands, or “virtual restaurants,” on delivery apps for years. Like Chuck E. Cheese, physical restaurants operate these online brands out of their kitchens, sometimes serving the same food to customers who are none the wiser. Many are outed by the addresses they list on delivery apps, which are the same as brick-and-mortar restaurants with different names, and customers aren’t always happy when they spot the overlap. In the United Kingdom, for example, fast-casual chains like Frankie & Benny’s sold identical menu items under “trendy” sub-brands to the ire of customers who said they would have avoided those restaurants if they knew where the food was made.

...So, would you?

[Great Rumbler]

I just get pizza from Pizza Hut.

[team filler]

I just get pizza from Pizza Hut.

disgusting, is this one of your "many fetishes" :amirox

[thisismyusername]

I just get pizza from Pizza Hut.

...But is your Pizza Hut pizza actually Pizza Hut pizza, or is it "Pizza Hut" pizza from Chuck E. Cheeses?

[BIONIC]

I haven’t had non-local pizza in what seems like decades.

Not that I wouldn’t eat cheap chain pizza just not what I or anyone I know ever orders.

     

[Momo]

I worked for a company that did the opposite, our products were premium brand so we made a virtual brand to sell the same shit but only cheaper. The wealthy were none the wiser and we got the dirty poor's money as well. 

[thisismyusername]

Honestly, I couldn't care if Chucky wants to sell pizza online. Just be upfront about it. It's also hilarious that the price for this "local" pizza is cheaper than their kid-focused one:

https://www.reddit.com/r/philadelphia/comments/g3xkfl/tried_to_support_local_business_via_grubhub/fnu8vac/

	Large Pizza	Small Boneless Wings	Chocolate Chip Cookie Pizza
Chuck E. Cheese	$14.99	$10.49	$6.99
Pasqually's	$10.00	$5.00	$6.99

Like... you save $5 by buying "local." At that point it's like "why hide it? Just say you're Chucky...?"

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I can't remember how chuck's tasted, but them robots were cool af

[thisismyusername]

There's a horror series based on them: Five Nights at Chuckies.

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[thisismyusername]

I haven’t had non-local pizza in what seems like decades.

Not that I wouldn’t eat cheap chain pizza just not what I or anyone I know ever orders.

     

You know what, I take it back.

Every once in a while I get a pizza from Little Caesars and some crazy bread and sauce.

Also the occasional $1 Totinos party pizza.

Little Caesars... This is the part where I have to REEEEEEEEEEEEtious.

[CatsCatsCats]

totinos gave me e. coli once

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all I ever got was a stroke, what a ripoff 

[CatsCatsCats]

chanterelles b good

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50 dolla pizza night 

[Mr Gilhaney]

were the breadsticks nice

[Great Rumbler]

Don’t worry guys 99 times out of 100 I’m ordering some snooty $30 pie.

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But sometimes you have to come down from your ivory tower to mingle with the people.

riotous plz

[thisismyusername]

Don’t worry guys 99 times out of 100 I’m ordering some snooty $30 pie.

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But sometimes you have to come down from your ivory tower to mingle with the people.

[team filler]

more like fagliacci's 

[Momo]

riotous, that shit's not right. I'm shaking rn

[Joe Molotov]

I've never been to a Chuck E. Cheese.



Showbiz Pizza tho 

[tiesto]

Don’t worry guys 99 times out of 100 I’m ordering some snooty $30 pie.

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But sometimes you have to come down from your ivory tower to mingle with the people.

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The funny thing is when I went to Italy, I had delicious meals at Michelin restaurants that were just over $30...

[CatsCatsCats]

I live in a vacation destination, of course I’ve paid 20-30 dollars for a pizza

[Momo]

riotous, this shit aint right, you're American, where has your freedoms gone?

[naff]

Good pizza as God intended is nigh on impossible to make at home  (got a wood fired oven that hits 400c?). the good stuffs pricey, but shit is not an every day food. a good pie is ez worth 25-30 imo. a truly good pizz' is a delicacy.

ive tried so many times to get the dough as delecate and crispy as half decent places and even with my oven so hot I'm scared ima melt the surrounding cabinets it's just not there. NYC style is easier, but when I really want pizz' I want that melt in ur mouth true Italian pizza mafia stuff.

[BisMarckie]

If I could fully erase today from my memory, I would do it in a heartbeat.

How much Pizza Hut stuff did you eat?

[BisMarckie]

You guys really never seen or bought a $25-30 pizza?

Even the mom and pop's around here not trying to be too fancy can easily get close to that with a few ingredients.

But IIRC this is one of the most expensive places in the country to eat.   Not that we have a ton of super high end restaurants, but almost everything is like $20-30 a plate kinda shit and groceries are extra expensive.

I live in one of the more expensive towns, but I‘ve never seen pizza that was more than 15 bucks around here.

Switzerland on the other hand

[porkbun]

Honestly, I couldn't care if Chucky wants to sell pizza online. Just be upfront about it. It's also hilarious that the price for this "local" pizza is cheaper than their kid-focused one:

https://www.reddit.com/r/philadelphia/comments/g3xkfl/tried_to_support_local_business_via_grubhub/fnu8vac/

	Large Pizza	Small Boneless Wings	Chocolate Chip Cookie Pizza
Chuck E. Cheese	$14.99	$10.49	$6.99
Pasqually's	$10.00	$5.00	$6.99

Like... you save $5 by buying "local." At that point it's like "why hide it? Just say you're Chucky...?"

The local Chuck E Cheese doesn't bother using the fake name and sells the pizzas for only $5.  For that price, it's not bad, but for pizza there are a lot better alternatives around me.  One of the local breweries started delivering growlers of beer and pizzas (alcohol delivery is a big deal in Minnesota due to our shitty liquor laws).  It's pricey, but the beer and pizza is good, and it makes a nice break from cooking every night and it's helping a couple of local businesses.

[naff]

Yeah they have the giant brick oven style bake;  it's delicious.  I order "well done" to make sure I get that slight char on the bottom.   Kinda makes leftovers impossible but pizza is meant to be eaten fresh you dirty bastards.

it's the only way! idk about a heap of char though. I like a crisp, but the inside of the dough should be pillowy almost melting in ur mouth and the crisp shouldn't crunch. i dig home made pizza and shit cheap chain pizza when I'm lazy and just wanna blob, but they're different things.

[thisismyusername]

Hah; tonight I'm pickup up a pizza with a fancy bottle of beer (Floodland, probably only Gundam would know this and he probably also ordered lol)

It was $50;  but those bottles sell for $30 on their own, and like $100+ secondary market.

REEEEtious is this boards what'shisnamethatlivesina"fancy"apartmentandtriestoflexwhiletherestofusarelike"dude,that'ssuperexpensiveandawasteofcash."

[BIONIC]

Guillotinous

[Propagandhim]

https://twitter.com/bobservo/status/707641636717613056

[thisismyusername]

REEEEEEEtious: RN.

You live in Seattle, so those prices are "normal" for you. For anyone OUTSIDE of Seattle, those prices are crazy (bar like NYC or other big cities with high-cost of living). So yeah... it's a "flex," to order a pizza for $30, to me.

Just like Nancy Antoinette showing her $10,000 fridges full of $60 for 5 tubs of expensive ass-ice-cream is. Food is food. Whatever you can get at $10 is going to be the same shit as $30+ to me.

I'm just mocking you for going "oh yeah, I spend $30 on pizza and it's so good compared to these $15-10 Chuckie Cheese/national chain pizzas." I really don't care if you do. It's just funny to me, hence the infamous GAF meme as a "yeah, I'm sure it doesn't look 5-star for that price" sarcasm.

Guillotinous

[CatsCatsCats]

... some of y’all ain’t never tasted wild harvested chanterelle mushrooms and it shows

[CatsCatsCats]

Like, it’s my birthright as an Oregonian to call out the elitism of my northern brothers, this just isn’t it 

[Great Rumbler]

A local Italian place had $10 X-large New York-style pizzas and they were so good.

[Momo]

This thread has me really shook. An expensive pizza here costs $6 max

[Momo]

Wood fired, with figs, feta, avo, bacon and whatever the fuck you want

[thisismyusername]

Yeah, but you're African. You could be eating a pizza and suddenly a Lion will fuck your shit up. That's why the prices are low there.

[thisismyusername]

Don’t worry guys 99 times out of 100 I’m ordering some snooty $30 pie.

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But sometimes you have to come down from your ivory tower to mingle with the people.

[thisismyusername]

Why do you think I liked your post? Because I got it. I'm just poking you because I knew you'd reply.

[Mandark]

were the breadsticks nice

Yeah they are good.

Seattle mainstay called Pagliacci.  They have pretty amazing customer service too.

Chef goes to a doctor. Says he's depressed. Says life seems harsh and cruel. Doctor says treatment is simple, order a pie from the great pizzeria Pagliacci.

"But doctor," says the chef...

[Great Rumbler]

Why do you think I liked your post? Because I got it. I'm just poking you because I knew you'd reply.

Bro I'm mad.

[thisismyusername]

Why do you think I liked your post? Because I got it. I'm just poking you because I knew you'd reply.

Bro I'm mad.

[Momo]

Yeah, but you're African. You could be eating a pizza and suddenly a Lion will fuck your shit up. That's why the prices are low there.

it's worth the 99% chance of rape by lion 

[ToxicAdam]

Chuck E Cheese pizza is on the bottom rung of pizza. Better than some 3 dollar frozen pizza, but not by much.  I think the only major chain it would beat out is Little Ceasers.

[Positive Touch]

little ceasers is hot fluffy bread and loads of garlicy cheese for just $5. you guys need to pull the monocle out of your ass and appreciate quality when it's in front of you

[Joe Molotov]

Little Caesars is trash and so am I.

[Momo]

I generally eat pizza at least once in every country I go to, surprisingly the best pizza I ever had was at a small little shithole in Bali.

[ToxicAdam]

The best pizza I ever had was a firebrick oven place in Cape Cod. But then I went back two nights later and they completely burnt my pizza and then took 30 minutes to replace it. It was some impressive variance in results.

[Coffee Dog]

I've started frequenting little caesars more since they introduced those pizza lockboxes for carryout orders. i can just walk in and grab the pizza without even responding when they welcome me to the store. It's really nice.

[team filler]

pizza posed to be greasy. can't stand all these lil wood fire dried out flavorless crust pizzarias that popped up all over

the best is the new york style's that sell by the slice. you order a slice n add on some topings, grease from meat toppings and crispy crust from being reheated in their oven 

[team filler]

there's a lot of wood fired garbage out there  be careful, brehs 

[thisismyusername]

I don't mind a little grease but too much becomes like:

[thisismyusername]

I didn't mean for my exposé to kill you, Chuckie  :

https://twitter.com/balleralert/status/1271492345360351232

[Joe Molotov]

timu shutting down small local businesses

[chronovore]

Yeah, that’s a business model that’s not gonna do real well in the Covid-19 reality we are living in.

[Tripon]

I haven't had good pizza in a while.

[chronovore]

BTW, in Japan pizza is commonly pretty expensive AND bad. Japan pioneered the use of toppings such as corn, seaweed, squid, potato, and mayonnaise. If you were truly unlucky, that’s one combo pizza right there. It usually costs between ¥2000-¥3000 for a pizza.

[thisismyusername]

I dunno, I'd try corn, seaweed and potato on a pizza.

...Maybe... MAYBE squid.