šŸ§‘ā€šŸ³ In wake of the news of Pizza Hut closing 250+ stores...here's six choices from the buffet. What's on the first plate?

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I think I have only been inside a Pizza Hut 2-3 times my entire life because I was with friends. I would have to do a hard pass on the items you listed above for the first plate. However, @TerryP, you would be a little proud of me, maybe. The Mrs. and I stopped at Mr. Gattiā€™s a couple of hours ago. I ate two plates of salad, a plate of spaghetti and ONE piece of cinnamon pizza. ā˜ŗļø
 
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alabama mike said:
The Mrs. and I stopped at Mr. Gattiā€™s a couple of hours ago.
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I've no idea what that place is like. If it's like what I see with a quick search?

What's the name of the place? Jim and Dave's? Fast food, under the guise of something else, with games? It was the first week of December of '06 ... the last time I paid money for a place like that to eat, or drink.

And those places can be fun...ain't played "Putt-Putt" in awhile.
 
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TerryP said:
I've no idea what that place is like. If it's like what I see with a quick search?

What's the name of the place? Jim and Dave's? Fast food, under the guise of something else, with games? It was the first week of December of '06 ... the last time I paid money for a place like that to eat, or drink.

And those places can be fun...ain't played "Putt-Putt" in awhile.
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Dave and Busters?
 
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I can't really tell what pizzas are on the buffet, but I'd attack pretty much any of them that had meat, thin crust or pan. Only toppings there I didn't like were jalapenos and pineapple. Many years back they used to send out coupons in the mail for the buffet... $2.99. For a kid in HS or college, that was a damn good deal. They also used to have some thin breadsticks (on a salad bar side) that were like crack sticks. At some point, they phased them out, but those things were good too. And it always seemed like their Pepsi machines were tuned in just perfectly. Like getting a Coke at a Disney property... always spot on.
 
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Brandon Van de Graaff said:
Many years back they used to send out coupons in the mail for the buffet... $2.99. For a kid in HS or college, that was a damn good deal.
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Last summer I remember reading something about an offer for a one topping personal pan pizza. I believe it was $2. I know it wasn't over $3. That's a good deal for most adults. I believe the only "catch" was it was to-go only. Oh, and it was Tuesday's. They call it "Two Buck Tuesday," I want to say.
 
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Brandon Van de Graaff said:
I can't really tell what pizzas are on the buffet, but I'd attack pretty much any of them that had meat, thin crust or pan. Only toppings there I didn't like were jalapenos and pineapple. Many years back they used to send out coupons in the mail for the buffet... $2.99. For a kid in HS or college, that was a damn good deal. They also used to have some thin breadsticks (on a salad bar side) that were like crack sticks. At some point, they phased them out, but those things were good too. And it always seemed like their Pepsi machines were tuned in just perfectly. Like getting a Coke at a Disney property... always spot on.
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Those thin breadsticks were made with thin crust pizza dough. SUPER simple to make. We used to make a bunch of them then snack on them throughout the day. We'd dip them in marinara sauce or ranch dressing...good stuff.

TerryP said:
Last summer I remember reading something about an offer for a one topping personal pan pizza. I believe it was $2. I know it wasn't over $3. That's a good deal for most adults. I believe the only "catch" was it was to-go only. Oh, and it was Tuesday's. They call it "Two Buck Tuesday," I want to say.
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I worked at PH when they had the "all-you-can-eat" personal pan pizzas for a set price (or maybe it was some ridiculously low price like $1.99/ea or something...can't really remember). We used to have these BIG guys come in and order ~10 of them. After 20 minutes or so, they were ordering another 5+.
 
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Krimson said:
Should have picked tortillas šŸ¤£
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Oh, please. After changing my mind a half of a dozen times I ended up with biscuits. I would say there was rationale behind the decision ...
alabama mike said:
I go with lettuce, tomato, cucumbers, black olives, broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, croutons, eggs and blue cheese dressing. See, I like variety. LOL
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Sans the olives, I'd eat that.

I'm definitely adding some meat.
 
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sean said:
Those thin breadsticks were made with thin crust pizza dough. SUPER simple to make. We used to make a bunch of them then snack on them throughout the day. We'd dip them in marinara sauce or ranch dressing...good stuff.
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Based on the texture, that makes complete sense. Didn't they have italian seasoning and garlic or some such on them too? They were right up there with Crazy Bread as far as king of bread sticks... very different types, both solid as could be.
 
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Brandon Van de Graaff said:
Based on the texture, that makes complete sense. Didn't they have italian seasoning and garlic or some such on them too? They were right up there with Crazy Bread as far as king of bread sticks... very different types, both solid as could be.
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Yep, they had the "butter" spread (it was on the regular breadsticks and the cheesesticks, too) on them then the seasoning sprinkled on
(same as with regular and cheesesticks).

Thin breadsticks were made with thin crust dough
Regular breadsticks were made with pan dough
Cheesesticks were just like regular breadsticks, but with cheese added (duh)

Starting sometime in the 90s, the pan dough came in ready-made as frozen discs. The regular breadsticks were the same way. No more making the dough, portioning it out, putting it in deep sigh pans, putting it in the proofer for a bit, then putting it in the cooler. We still had to make the hand-tossed and thin crust dough. I don't know if they were ever went fully frozen on everything, I left not long after that.

i used to be the opening dough-master (that's what it was called, lol) on Sundays. I volunteered for that shift. Most times, I'd leave the club and drive straight to work (yes I stayed at the club that late...or early, whatever). I'd change in the back (I was the only one there for about 3 hours), then get to work making all the dough for the lunch and early dinner shifts. It was nice being in there that early. You could turn on the jukebox as loud as you wanted. There was nobody else there to bother you. And you really didn't have to wear the uniform if you didn't want to. I usually wore shorts and an old t-shirt. It always got hot in the back of the store with all that dough being made, constantly moving around a bunch and pushing those pan carts around and into and out of the proofer and the cooler. Plus, I'd usually turn on one of the ovens and make some food. It was actually kind of cool.

I could never go back to that job (just can't handle restaurant work anymore), but man the awesome times we had back then. The staff we had, for the most part, was pretty good. We had some very down-to-earth types, but man did we have some partiers, too. Our manager was cool as hell. And the other assistant (I was 1 of 2) was like my brother. We became best friends shortly after I started working there. After that, we were always running around getting into shit, together. We partied, drank, went to clubs/bars, had some close calls with the police, and did lots of other stuff that was VERY close to the line you shouldn't cross, legal-wise. We worked together for years and even lived together for a time. He kept me out of trouble, but he also helped me get into some trouble. But that trouble was always funner with him there. He never let me go too far.

I still miss him. He was like my brother. I wish he was still alive. I'd love to just talk with him and relive some of those days and bring up all the shit we used to do. He's the one who's responsible for me having an amazingly awesome 30th birthday.
 
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sean said:
i used to be the opening dough-master (that's what it was called, lol) on Sundays. I volunteered for that shift. Most times, I'd leave the club and drive straight to work (yes I stayed at the club that late...or early, whatever). I'd change in the back (I was the only one there for about 3 hours), then get to work making all the dough for the lunch and early dinner shifts. It was nice being in there that early. You could turn on the jukebox as loud as you wanted. There was nobody else there to bother you. And you really didn't have to wear the uniform if you didn't want to. I usually wore shorts and an old t-shirt. It always got hot in the back of the store with all that dough being made, constantly moving around a bunch and pushing those pan carts around and into and out of the proofer and the cooler. Plus, I'd usually turn on one of the ovens and make some food. It was actually kind of cool.
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...and my first thought is one of empathy for those coming into work that morning wondering why the pizza joint smelled like a brewery.
 
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