NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[gridlore]

The Lord Munchies Pizza in Columbus, Ga has closed. sob

A large sausage and double pepperoni from them was how I celebrated reaching the weekend when I was at Fort Benning as permanent party. (While in OSUT, I barely noticed what day was which.) One of their pizzas, a six pack of Löwenbräu (the real stuff, imports picked up at the P/X) and Science-Fiction Friday on WJSP-TV. I'd watch Dr. Who, Blake's 7, and Survivors while members of my company prowled outside my open door, hoping that I'd fill up and offer free pizza. Rarely happened, since I was an 18 year old infantryman, next best thing to a bottomless pit when it comes to food.

This makes two pizza places important to me that have closed. No Name Pizza in Milpitas is where I met Kirsten, and where we had the after party when we got married. It's been gone for several years now

So, what landmarks from your past are no longer there? And what's the best pizza place you've ever found?

Comments

[weirdodragoncat.livejournal.com]

Oh...there are waaaaay too many to count. Santa Cruz changes constantly. Every time I go down there to visit family, I end up moaning about something else that's gone.

The one I'm still sad about though is the Cooper House. I know they built something new that they're *calling* the Cooper House...but sorry...no...it's not.

[shadowcat48li.livejournal.com]

used to be a regional chain here in Illinois and Indiana called Garcias that specialized in pizza by the slice and deep dish, we had a tuesday night gaming group that called the place home for several years.

[jonathonbarton.livejournal.com]

They did the same thing after I moved to Sacramento, with KZAP in 1992.
http://www.playlistresearch.com/kzap.htm

For Pizza?
Beaujo's in Idaho Springs - they have them scattered all over Denver and Colorado Springs now, but as I'm sure you know, nothing beats the original. =)

[cmdr-zoom.livejournal.com]

Funny you should mention this. Just today, I rode down a strip of street that I saw almost every day, 25 to 20 years ago. Some things haven't changed at all (including the Wendy's I used to work at), but...

Rather than describe everything that's changed, I'll talk about Round Table Pizza. The chain's still going (http://www.roundtablepizza.com/RTP/HI/), and they have a store in the town across the river, and it's almost tempting to go there. But the one I'm thinking of turned into a Pizza Hut years ago. Hardly an acceptable substitute.

[aurictech.livejournal.com]

So, what landmarks from your past are no longer there?

The Shack (http://muarchives.missouri.edu/beetle-four.html) in Columbia, MO, where Mort Walker was inspired to create He who was to become The Eternal Private First Class, Beetle Bailey (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beetle_Bailey).