Abandoned 80s Pizza Hut | They left everything INSIDE!
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 21. 10. 2020
- We found an abandoned 80s Pizza Hut with everything left inside! Join us as we take a peek behind those old red curtains.
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I haven't been to a Pizza Hut like that since 2002. It bums me out that Pizza Hut doesn't have their old iconic look anymore. All restaurants are starting to look homogenized now.
It's true, such a bummer! Most of the ones around here are "delivery only" restaurants which is so unfortunate because we have lots of happy memories in those old-school eateries, sigh.
Remember the Neapolitan pizza and the bigfoot pizza?
They was so good
@@Our80sLife 100% every restaurant is very cookie cut now and have the same matte look and finish. Food is just for consumption at this point not experience
It's just got this cozy vibe to it like I can't describe. Like it's full of family memories that I never got to experience.
I swear their pizza was so much different in the 80-s early 90s
You're right! In case you missed it, we also made a video where we made the ORIGINAL Pizza Hut sauce recipe. Here's a link to that one: czcams.com/video/tymWuID-AAA/video.html
It was all fresh back then.
Pizza Hut in the 80s/90s was the shit. Something about the _vibe_ of the place...
Those transparent red textured cups, the exposed brick, the Pac-Man arcade, the overall low lighting, the Tiffany style lights, the waxy wood tables, the hologram Book It pins. Not to mention the genuinely excellent pizza...that signature thick crispy almost fried crust with thick cheese in those heavy black cast iron personal pans....sprinkled generously of course with that cheap grated parmesan cheese.
The entire a e s t h e t i c of 90s Pizza Hut will always live in a very special part of my mind... To this day I honestly sometimes have dreams that take place in environments that are similar in an uncanny way....
I love the way you described your memories with such vivid details. Thanks for watching!
The best thing about that time was that nobody ever said vibe.
Unless you're our age, no one quite gets why there's a great nostalgia for 1980s Pizza Hut. Because Pizza Hut was sit-down, this is a place you went for a special or semi-special occasion. You'd go in and wait to be seated. They were dark inside. And in their most Golden of Golden Ages around 1980-1985, the juke boxes were playing music from Huey Lewis and the News, Kenny Rogers, Olivia Newton-John, Men at Work,. John Cougar. And then when everyone finally agreed on what kind of pizza you were going to order---because no family could ever easily agree on either Thin n Crispy or Pan Pizza, you could enjoy your Pepsis in their red glasses and the pitcher they'd bring. Maybe dad ordered a beer, becuase this wasn'a pizza shop. It was Pizza Hut. And then while you were waiting for your food to come, you'd go over and play Pac Man if it was available. And then when it came to the table, you had that great music, the red and white tablecloths, the overhead lights, the candles on the table, and then the waitress would serve everyone their first slice from that piping hot pan. And that smell (Really? Fairy Dust?) All of your senses were experiencing something great,and because this is a place where you went as a step up from a pizza shop, our memories of 1980s Pizza Huts are very special to us. And, oh yeah, at the end of the meal after you paid the bill, they gave you little peppermit disk candies.
Somewhere in the 90s Pizza Hut became more about something else that I can't pinpoint. But the quality started to go downhill around then too. Only recently (since COVID-19) does their Pan Pizza actually resemble the taste of 1980s food. But Googling PIzza Hut in the 80s, I stumbled across a somewhat sarcastic article about nostalgia for 1980s PIzza Hut. Unless you lived it, you just won't get it. I'm glad you guys get it and can help share the magic of these memories.
Wow, thanks Rick!! We loved reading your nostalgic description of Pizza Hut in the 80's, and we share many of those same memories! I distinctly recall listening to the juke box, and my friends and I got so excited to discover new songs. I remember selecting "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da" by The Police because we thought that name was the funniest thing ever. It turned out to be an awesome song, and I still love it!
Their pan pizza tastes like the 80âs now?!!! No way!!! I live across the street from a Pizza Hut! Iâm so gonna order one now!
WOW. I occasionally pick up pizzas for my teen from there & always think about how sad & empty it is now, how great the salad bar was & how great the BOOK IT program was (it's amazing how getting that free personal pizza & button could motivate a kid, but it worked, in our school anyway). That's as far as my mind can go before my order is up. So reading this was GREAT and took me right back. Thank you!!!
I work at pizza hut we still get frozen dough so I doubt its 80s material
Back when Pizza Hut made good pizza. The thing that I remember strongest beyond the visual aesthetic, was that fresh pizza smell that would hit you when you walked in. There's nothing else like it. I remember birthday parties there too. Or doing the book club thing of read so many books to get a free personal pan pizza. They were placed to be then. I can remember calling a pizza order in, going to my local video store, renting VHS tapes, picking up the pizza, and going home to watch movies and eat pizza. Those were the days.
I kinda like how fast food buildings are mostly aluminum with glass. Makes it easier to see the view outside while it's warm inside, plus I love the wooden floor that goes well with the aesthetic. The problem is it's more designed to call them up and takeaway nowadays. Not many pizza joints are dine in anymore
I live in Maryland and we still have tons of Pizza huts that still resemble the same exterior and interior design from its past. Itâs ironically one of the very few franchises Iâve seen not make drastic changes. Pizza still tastes great and I love the memories. The Pizza Hut next to my house is literally a spitting image inside and out of this video you took. And itâs fully operational!
That's wild! They've practically gone extinct here in the midwest, mostly just take-out places now. And we haven't seen a buffet in years! We did notice some locations called "Pizza Hut Classic" have popped up in a few places (but none in Kansas where we live, so far.) I'm glad to know they're alive and well in Maryland though. Thanks for the update!
This literally brought a tear to my eye. The green carpet, the checkered table cloths, the lamp shades... Just so many good growing up memories. My dad wasn't always around, one of the best childhood memories, was when my family and I would go eat at pizza hut on Sundays after church and then hit up the movie theater. Such happy times. This Internet/delivery world we live in is "convenient" but it's definitely taking away from all the get together places. Like malls, movie theaters and restaurants. Where family and friends could get together and just enjoy being out of the house. Looks like the only thing thriving these days are bars. đ
It's a sad testament to today's instant-everything society for sure. We have lots of happy memories of Pizza Hut and similar places too, mostly surrounded by family and friends like you mentioned. Thanks for stopping by our channel and sharing your thoughts.
@@Our80sLife hey thank you for making such a great entertaining vid. Wish you guys nothing but the best and here's to the good times đ
I still don't understand why these closed? Everybody loved the place. I loved there salad bar also.
Theres still one in Puerto Rico.
Thereâs thousands still open. Who knows how long though.
They didn't adapt quickly enough to the consumers massive demand for delivery options in place of sit down restaurants. Their older sit-down family meal style locations got fewer and fewer visits and all the customers just started ordering, from which Domino's was cheaper and faster, and they also changed their whole pizza profile so it started to taste better according to most consumers too.. whereas Pizza Hut just didn't transition in the same way very well. I miss it badly. I don't want our culture to move toward more isolation, which delivery and social media have contributed a lot, and will continue sky rocketing until we all live in our own cubicles on life support.
@John Wu I would say that it isn't your nostalgia clouding your opinion. I think people look at nostalgia in such a negative way sometimes when they are totally missing the picture. You wouldn't have nostalgia for something that wasn't good in the first place. Now maybe compared to today's standards it would not be quite as good comparatively, but that doesn't mean it wasn't good or that it wouldn't still be good today. Just because there is better, doesn't mean you were wrong. And a lot of people think nostalgia is unhealthy. If it were unhealthy to our survival and well-being, it wouldn't be a trait that evolved this far. There's a reason we remember things fondly the way we do, and it's ok to look into those moments, even to relive them a little here and there. What people are afraid of, is "looking lame". They don't want to feel like they've peaked in life and become that old person saying, "back in my day...". But I disagree with them. Just don't be bitter about it and keep growing, and the nostalgia won't hurt you.
@John Wu I went to a dine in pizza hut the other day and it was delicious!!
why am i crying over a abandoned pizza hut video đą wtf is wrong with me, this was hard to watch it just reminded me of a saturday or sunday afternoon with the familly eating pizza and ice cream at our pizza hut in the 90s. iconic place totally gone from out city. funny that block buster was mentioned .... really hammering the final nail in the coffin of that era.
Pizza hut buffet đ
Yum!!
Pizza hut was the best in the 80s now not so much.. very education videos
It's true... and most of the locations are delivery-only. Anyway, thanks for watching our videos Jim!
I loved going to PIzza Hut in the 80s.....fountain drinks, pizza buffet, arcade games!!
Yes!! My favorite was the jukebox! I can remember listening to some sweet '80s music on that thing, fun memories!
There was nothing more chill, then a deep dish on wooden pan, and a pitcher of bepsi!
Right on!
It's a shame they started using frozen ingredients instead of fresh ones. To eat at one of those restaurants back in the 80's was a very cool experience.
We totally agree! In case you missed it, we also made a video where we made the ORIGINAL Pizza Hut sauce recipe. Here's a link to that one: czcams.com/video/tymWuID-AAA/video.html
I was born in 1971 im a 80's girl all the way totally. I miss the 80's
We are close to the same age. I think our generation is SO lucky to have been raised in the 80's... the best time to be a kid/teen!! Welcome to our channel Susan!
@@Our80sLife thank you đ. The 80's were the best đ â€
That's so sad I love old school Pizza Huts They taste so much better the looks and smell make you so hungry we have one here In Baltimore and it's great
So true!! Glad to here you still have an old-school Pizza Hut where you live, that's great! Thanks for stopping by our channel and watching our video!
Sadly there aren't that many sit down Pizza Hut restaurants now. They demolished the one in Salina just to turn it into either carry out, delivery, and now drive thru.
Right?! We've heard that Pizza Hut has saved some of their older restaurants and created "Pizza Hut Classic" restaurants with the old-school charm. Unfortunately there aren't any in our area, but we're hoping to visit one of these places whenever we travel.
I was born in 2005, and I love my era to death so much. But I must admit the 80s had the best Pizza Hut design. lol great video
Thanks for stopping by our channel!
Surprising that roof is still in that iconic red color. Normally when an original Pizza Hut closes up shop for good, they change the color of the roof to not only mask labelscars, but differientiate it from an open one.
It's funny you should say that because a few months after we made this video, the old red roof was replaced! I thought maybe a new business was going in there, but nope... just a new brown roof on the still-abandoned building, sigh. Glad we captured it when we did! Thanks for watching :)
The good ol days.
Yes they were! Thanks for stopping by our channel Melissa!
I was born in 1990, but I am pretty sure the Pizza Huts I went to growing up were in the style of the 80s. Good times!
I'm sure you're right... the style didn't change much for a while, maybe a decade or so. Interestingly, Pizza Hut is renovating some of its locations to look like the old-school 80s style and renaming them "Pizza Hut Classic." We hope to visit one of those places soon!
They should turn it into a pizza hut classic
That would be awesome!!
There's a Pizza Hut restaurant still open here in Lemoore, CA. It has the iconic exterior look, but the interior has a few crane arcade machines, no buffet setup and tables spaced far apart. I rarely see people eat there. It's mainly takeout. It stays in business, so that's good.
Nice!! Love your avatar, by the way. Burger Time is one of our favorite arcade games! We recently visited an old-school Pizza Hut in Shell Knob, Missouri that you might enjoy seeing. Here's that video in case you missed it: czcams.com/video/iVoFteaSOr4/video.htmlsi=PnH44_zAvcmhPDx6
Donât forget Book It!! They still do it, but my kids donât get to experience the big button that you put the stars stickers on!! The Pizza Hut in Shell Knob is pretty much like stepping back into the 80âs!
Yes!! That's an awesome program, and I'm definitely in favor of anything that gets kids reading! We love the Shell Knob Pizza Hut on the water! We were really hoping to film there on this last trip, but we just ran out of time. Maybe next year we'll do that! It's quite unique how you can arrive by land or by boat.
So awesome to see this! I am a restaurant General manager for a Pizza Hut in my town and this one looks so awesome!!!!
Cool! Thanks Lisa!!
I was born in 91 and I'm getting nostalgia I rember my mom used to take me and my brother to a vintage pizza hut in Marina del rey CA. Back in the 90s
@@MexDurango11 Happy memories! đ„° Thanks for stopping by our channel.
I miss those Pizza Huts. They had a really inviting atmosphere where you kind of enjoyed hanging out there.
It's so true! Before we had Mtv or music-on-demand, I used to listen to my favorite songs on the jukebox at Pizza Hut (while playing tabletop Pac-Man, of course.) Those were truly the good old days!
that moment when you realize its not nostalgia goggles and things actually were better back then
It's true, sigh :(
Great video guys. I hate to see these places closing like that, so sad. Pizza hut used to be one of my favorite places. I actually googled where they started when the video first came on then you ended up telling us anyway. Way cool. Yummy looking pizza at the end too!
Thanks for stopping by Ronnie! Yep, Pizza Hut is an original Wichita business. In fact, the founder used to live on our street when we lived in our old house. He has a modest but beautiful home. Zoe always liked trick-or-treating there because he gave out full-sized candy bars, lol! Nice guy :)
I remember going here after school in the late 80s and early 90s. I used to get highlights magazines from the pizza hut Bookit club. Brb, Im gonna go cry in nostalgia
Thanks for stopping by our channel and sharing your memories! I remember reading the Highlights magazine at the doctor's office, lol! Not such a great memory. But I was surprised recently when I saw one on the magazine stand at my grocery store... guess they still make it!
I remember when Pizza Hut was actually good. It was a treat to go there with a good atmoshere and good food. Not the fast food vibe serving cheesy cardboard that it is today
So nostalgic! I'd buy the property and just move in there if I could. Eighties themed pizza parties for everyone!
That sounds amazing!! đ
@@Our80sLife I'd be down for 80's themed Pizza Parties!
With the following musical selection choices:
Monday nights could be dedicated to one artist/group
Tuesday Nights would be double shots (two songs in a row from group/artist)
Wednesday Nights would be TV/Movie Songs nights
Thursday Nights would be Throwback nights (all songs played that night would be from one particular year. To clarify, going by when the single was released; not necessarily by when the album said single appeared on was released.)
Friday Nights would be Headbanger's Night (Motley Crue, Bon Jovi, etc)
Saturday Nights would be slow dance songs night
Sunday nights would be Album nights (pick a particular album and play both sides of it).
We did Book-It for the free personal pan pizza all through elementary school in the mid 80s. There was always an hour wait for a table on Friday nights and I remember being sooooooo hungry! Good times.
We totally remember Book-It. What a great way to get kids reading! It's funny to think about waiting for a table at Pizza Hut, but ours was usually pretty busy too. Happy memories! Thanks for watching :)
I just love retro Pizza Huts!
The Retro DEcade Revival Project will bring Pizza Hut back into the public mainstream, starting with their dine-in restaurants.
They still have the old school pizza hut like this in my home town of Wahoo, Nebraska and yes its still running and popular as ever. Pizza hut pizza is still my favorite pizza.
Cool! We're glad to know some of the older restaurants are still thriving. We've never been to your home town, but love the name (and Nebraska!) Thanks for stopping by our channel :)
I'll always remember walking into a Pizza Hut in the winter and that incredible smell and warmth near the kitchen. And, after we were finished, we'd wait in the entryway alcove for my dad to pull the car next to the door. Good times.
Thanks for stopping by our channel and sharing your memories! Now I'm hungry for some pizza, lol!
We never went into a pizza hut to sit down and eat like a restaurant. We went to a place called round table or Zesto's was another huge popular one in Washington state.
We've heard of Round Table, do they still exist?
@@Our80sLife in my little neighborhood of las vegas they do
@@vintagevegas9067 Nice! đ
This interior design looks so better than the New interior!!
Right?!
Thereâs a Pizza Hut museum?!!!!!! NO WAY!!!!
Yes way!!!
Back when Pizza Hut used to be good. Every since #YumBrands took them over, theyâve become awful since they got rid of the brick restaurant
True. It's unfortunate when companies like Pizza Hut abandon their roots. Thanks for watching our video đ
I can tell by the quality alone. A combo pan pizza back then was so good! Now there is something off about it and doesn't taste the way it use to anymore.
Pizza hut used to be a Every other Friday night holiday back in the day
I was first introduced to Pizza Hut in 1969 as a six year old child. I thought it was a very unique restaurant, the brick interior walls, the trapezoidal windows, and most striking to me, the Early American mate's chairs. The thing that was so striking to me about the mate's chairs was the guitar shaped solid wood seat. I wondered which came first, the guitar or the mate's chair. There were two periods when they had the mate's chairs. They had them when I was first introduced to Pizza Hut in 1969, and then in 1973, they changed them out for those stupid cafe style bentwood chairs, with the rimmed cane seats. But in 1976, they went back to the mate's chairs. They had them until 1984 when they went to those stupid bentwood chairs again. The guitar shaped seat was one thing that was striking to me about the mate's chairs, but my first student desk, which came unfinished came with a mate's chair. Over the years, I did a lot of artwork and homework in that mate's chair and had lots of interesting people sit in it. In high school, I refinished that chair to match a new Eathen Allen desk. I now have a bass guitar that has a mate's chair seat for the body, which came from a sadly mutilated mate's chair found at a curbside put out for trash pickup.
Also when I was introduced to Pizza Hut, I fondly remember the Wurlitzer Americana juke box, which I first heard many of my all time favorite rock classics on, CCR "Proudmary", Shocking Blue "Venus", the Beatles "Hey Jude" and "Revolution" the Rolling Stones "Jumpin' Jack Flash" and "Honkytonk Woman", and most fondly, the Rolling Stones "Shaddered". Sitin' up there in that old mate's chair, I laughed my socks off at the way Mick Jagger sang "Laughter joy and loneliness and sex and sex and sex and sex and look at me! I'm in tadders! Uh Shadoobie!' I'm shaddered!" Today my friends and I have a hip lingo that comes from that song. We first made it up when I was in 8th grade. "Shaddered", means chilling and having a good day. If you're shaddered, and somebody asks you, "Are you shaddered?", you say "Shadoobie!" That mean's "Yeah I'm shaddered".
I was hoping for a third period for the mate's chairs, but it never happened. I made up an elaborate fantasy about Christine, Stephen King's demonic '57 Plymouth Fury, being the one to bring back the mate's chairs for the second period. Filled with a car load of mate's chairs, and her radio blaring out the "Falling Pebbles" 1968 hit, "I Wanna See Her Sit'n My Mate's Chair", she pulls her starboard side up to the customer entrance in the wee hours of the morning. She opens her starboard door, and you can hear her radio blasting. She uses her supernatural powers to unlock and open the Pizza Hut door. Inside, the bentwood chairs scoot out from under the tables all at once. The mate's chairs drift in mid air, out of Christine and into the dining room, placing under the tables. Christine then extracts the bentwood chairs in the same fashion, piling them into her. She then lets go of the door and relocks it, closes her starboard door and puts her wheel hard a starboard. She turns around, pulls out, and heads for the next location. On the way to the next location, she uses her reversal odometer snd supernatural powers to transform the bentwood chairs into mate's chairs, piece by piece. She repeats the same process at the next location.
I loved going here as a child!!!!!
I think that was late 80's or early 90's look.
I think you're right about that.
As them if you can go inside. I'm from Boston (area) and I grew up with Papa Gino's. They used to have hand painted Italian murals on the walls, a juke box, a birthday party room and a waitress would bring your pizza, subs or spaghetti to the table. Mine was beneath tge company's hq still is and now, it just looks like a shitty fast food restaurant with disinterested employees and no decor or value at all.
I've driven by there occasionally, and it's still just sitting there abandoned. At this point, we don't even know who the owner of the building is, but it's definitely not Pizza Hut. Last year, they removed the red roof and replaced it with a traditional brown one. I thought maybe a new business would be opening there, but nothing ever did. Sad :(
Grew up as an 80s boy in Canada and I donât remember there ever being a winter during the 80s đ you guys are lucky living in a warm state with nice weather. Keep it 80s!!
Welcome to our channel! It's so funny because we usually have nice weather, but we actually had a freak winter storm yesterday and today! Hopefully we'll get our nice autumn weather back in time for Halloween this weekend. Long live the 80's!!!
That's amazing! I remember going to pizza hut in the 80's. Especially for the back to the future 2 sunglasses.
Nice!! I don't remember those, but they sound awesome!
@@Our80sLife there's videos here on CZcams. Do you remember pizza hut sponsored book-it program? If you read a certain amount of books for school, and the teacher signed off you get a free personal pan pizza. I grew up in the middle of nowhere, so just going to town was fun. Pizza hut was a huge treat, especially if we were allowed the salad bar too. I remember the smoking section đ . Yeah look up pizza hut back to the future 2 sunglasses. I really wish I had mine still.
Hey guys i still remember the arcade and the book club in school
Yes!! Book-It was a great program to get kids excited about reading! đ
Itâs the music and the view for me.
Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for stopping by our channel! đ
Thank you for taking us back to some Great Days. I enjoy revisiting those times.
Youâre welcome, thanks for watching!
There's a sitdown Pizza Hut in my hometown. However the food has declined significantly.
I had my 2nd birthday party in 1982 good memories
Wow! That's so fun, thanks for sharing!
They Didn't Have The Older Pizza Hut Light Fixtures In There ? I Would've Told Keith To Grab Some Of Them Jokers And Roll Out đ€Ł Take Them Fixtures And Bail Dawg !
Sadly they were missing those cool stained glass light fixtures, but I think they've brought them back in some of the "Pizza Hut Classic" locations. We're hoping to visit one and see for ourselves. Thanks for watching our video Jack!
@@Our80sLife "Well That Sound's Cool, I Hope Y'all Enjoy Your Trip To Pizza Hut When U Go...That Might Be The Last Place I Need To Be Going These Days đ€Ł I Need To Lose A Few "If You Catch My Drift"..Yeah! I Did Follow U Guy's On Tiktok Recently... Different Name Tho, Seems like Everybody On The Tok Has A You-Tube Page Aswell.
Almost made me cry, So many Friday nights at the the all you can eat. The food was good quality and was awesome to meet up and there and have a good time.
It is sad how times have changed. We miss places like that, meeting up with friends, and all the carefree fun we had. Thanks for watching our video!
@@Our80sLife Yes, As a teenager we all had motorbikes and would ride over from the nest town meet at Pizza Hut stay for probably far to long and ride for a couple more hours etc. We did this many Saturday nights.
Omg, he worked at blockbuster's, I use to love that store. The last one in my state which is Washington went out of business in 2010 or 2011, sad times.
Yes! Sadly, the Blockbuster where Keith worked has been turned into a meat market. There's one left in Oregon, which we're hoping to visit some day. We found an abandoned Blockbuster in our own town! Here's that video: czcams.com/video/ZZQTgKihfn0/video.html
Still have one building open in Menomonee Falls Wisconsin with a different color roof of dark gray silver.
That's cool, but I wonder why they changed the classic red roof?!
Probably part of modernizing and upgrading nostalgia.
Definitely miss good old days when kid play pacman thanks for sharing
Thanks for stopping by our channel Simon! đ
It's like an 80s time capsule.
Yes!! That's what we were thinking too! Thanks for stopping by our channel Brian! đ
I definitely remember going to Pizza Hut as a kid! We had close to us that I remember taking our cousins to almost 20 years ago when their baby brother was born. I remember they had a really good buffet with breadsticks you dipped in pizza sauce. Sadly that location has been demolished but a takeout Pizza Hut opened right across the street. Definitely not the same!!
Ahhhh the good ol'days! You're in my brother's neck of the woods :) So cool! I'm coming home tomorrow - maybe we need to do drive by on this one :D
Yes, if you're in the area it's worth driving by! The location is on Maize Road, just off the 96 exit. Safe travels :)
Was class of 1980 wish was still open the crazy. Things. We did in 80s
Pizza Hut I remember from my childhood. Used to go there as a child. They all used to look like that until they changed in the 1990s. Their pizza used to be good but I think the quality has gone downhill in recent years.
Yes, this one was like stepping back in time for sure! It looks very similar to the Pizza Hut from our childhood back in Texas. Sad to see them all moving toward pick-up/delivery only stores in strip malls. Thanks for stopping by our channel Stephen!
I just bought a pizza after years of not eating it. It was gross.
I haven't been to dine in Pizza Hut since the late 80s. I read on wikipedia that Pizza Hut restaurant style dine-in still exists but I haven't seen one in the Bay Area in decades. Uno's in the 90s, Patxi's in the 2000s, and Zachary's in the 2010s... who will be Pizza Dine In King for the 2020s?
That's funny! I guess being from a large metropolitan area, dine-in Pizza Hut restaurants would seem extinct; however, they do indeed still exist. We have a few here in the smaller towns in Kansas that are still old-school. Maybe we'll visit one soon and make another video. Our favorite local pizza restaurant is called Ziggy's. As for which chain will become the next dine-in king, time can only tell... Thanks for watching our video Rey!
Marysville California! But the pizza is not the same as it was in the 80s.
That pizza hut reminds me so much of the one in my town that just closed down a couple of years ago. We never had delivery at that location, but they did have the buffet, however it always closed at 1 PM in my area which was so strange to me. We prefer to eat around 2 PM when the crowds leave, but we couldnât do that there so we hardly ever went. I really miss it. I grew up eating there even back in the late 70s when I was really little.
Same here. This one isnât in my hometown, but I have some lovely memories of the one I grew up going to... the buffet, the PAC-Man game, the jukebox, Those were definitely the good old days! đ
OMG this brings back so many memories for me, and I think Yum! Brands made a HUGE mistake by not embracing this model. I LOVED Pizza Hut growing up. What was Dominoâs or Little Caesarâs, right? đ
We totally agree! These companies should take advantage of the recent surge in 80s nostalgia... missed opportunity! Thanks for stopping by our channel and watching our video!
@@Our80sLife Youâre so welcome! Iâll be keeping an eye on this channel, see what yâall do next!
I miss those days
I wanna cry đą I remember to this day the jukebox playing reo speedwagon journey......after football games in high school!!! Good days. I'm 52 from south of st louis mo âŸ
P.S. I hate change lol
We agree, those were definitely the good old days! Thanks for stopping by our channel Natalie!
Thereâs an abandoned Pizza Hut in Belleville, KS. That building looks exactly the same as this. It would be interesting to see if they left everything in that one as well.
The Pizza Hut in Concordia, KS still has the red roof, but has been remodeled on the inside with new furniture.
Interesting, thanks Bailey!
BRING BACK THE 70s and 80s!!!
Yes!!! đ€©
We'll be going back to the 1680s very shortly. Have fun with that đ
Watching this on Dec 25th! Wonder when it closed Dec 24th? Although still open in some areas they just arenât the same as back then. Memories!
Itâs been at least two or three years. Since we filmed this, they changed the roof line and painted it. Guessing that something new is coming in at that location soon.
Cool Starcourt T-shirt,everything was so cool in the 80s,miss them so...
Thanks đ
I'd love to reopen it and have a bunch of arcade games in it too
That would be awesome!!
Me too.
Oooh my god!!! You are now officially my favorite CZcamsr!!! I am a vintage Pizza Hut fanatic!! I am obsessed with Pizza Hut!!! Youâre gonna think Iâm a total nut case when you hear my story. On my 38th birthday, I made my parents take me to an old Pizza Hut that hadnât been remodeled and still looked like it did in the 80âs, that was 45 minutes minutes from their house and 2 hours away from my house! I called the restaurant first and asked them if they had remodeled the place in any way. Hahaha. I went out and bought red and white checkered table cloths and a plastic red coke glass! I brought them with me to that Pizza Hut. I also brought my Pizza Hut Barbie and Pizza Hut ken dolls with me! I posed for pictures with my Pizza Hut barbies inside and outside the restaurant. And...the manager loved my Pizza Hut barbies and wanted to buy them from me! He also asked me to take a picture of him holding one of them! Needless to say, I didnât sell my p.h. Barbie! Ahaha I have vintage Pizza Hut magnets. I have vintage Pizza Hut coolers. I saved the boxes from my latest pizzas and cut out the retro logo and hung them on my wall in my bedroom. I looove the old 80âs style Pizza Hut. In fact, I sent several emails to their corporate offices asking them to bring back the old logo and the table clothes. I never got a response, but I just saw a commercial recently that had the old logo and the red and white checked table cloth!!! I like to think that maybe, just maybe I was responsible for them bringing back their old logo.
That's awesome!! I agree, the old Pizza Hut style was the best. They definitely need to bring back the retro look of those old-school restaurants. If you ever come to Wichita, you'd LOVE the original Pizza Hut museum. It's a tiny little place, but they have some cool memorabilia including the Pizza Hut Barbie doll! That's so cool that you have those!! Your retro Pizza Hut birthday party sounds amazing!
@@Our80sLife I would love to come and visit that museum! Thatâs next on my road trip list for sure!!
I would go to a Pizza Hut lunch buffet as recently as 2003, which I now realize was not so recently anymore. Even then, a lot of Pizza Huts had been closed and turned into other things.
Wowww what a find. Everything inside looks like the place is still in use. Even garbage cans with liners are there. Amazing.
I know, right?! I wonder if anyone will ever come back and clean it out. Not sure what year it closed, but it's been almost at least one year. Sad :(
Great vid as always fam and thanks so much for sharing
Thanks for watching!
It seems they sometimes had different layouts. Ours, in Westwego, Louisiana, had a sectioned off entrance with a cigarette machine, a salad station, and a little island in the middle where they poured beer into pitchers. Everything else was the same. I used to love the jukebox too.
Interesting! I think the one I used to go to in Dallas seemed bigger too, with the little entrance like you described.
I grew up in the 80âs and 90âs but the 80âs was better to me
Same here.
Wow!!! This was so cool!! None of the pizza huts here in NY look that retro! Thereâs only one that does, and itâs back in Maine. I love that red roof!!! And remember the juke box! That was the best part of going there! The arcade game too!
Our Pizza Hut still looks exactly like this one!
Wow!! Better give them some business so they don't close their doors. These retro restaurants are becoming quite rare! Thanks for stopping by our channel Kristy :)
I work in 2 similar stores 1 from 80's other bigger one form 90's
Neat! Have you been to any of the "Pizza Hut Classic" stores?
I used love old school Pizza Hut great memories
Im from new Zealand but I miss pizza hutt here too they closed them down over 10 yrs ago :( we always went for the 10 dollar all you can eat pizza pasta and dessert Lunch :D Best Pizza ever ! and even had a few birthdays there preferred that to mcdonalds someone needs to buy this store and hopefully revamp Pizza Hutt again!
Yes!! Thanks for stopping by our channel Rachael, and hello in New Zealand! It's amazing to consider that Pizza Hut got its start right here in our hometown before gaining such worldwide popularity! The buffet was a great deal for sure, and their pizza is still great. From what we've seen, most of these sit-down restaurants have closed in favor of the pick-up/delivery only ones. Do you guys have Pizza Hut delivery there?
GOD I MISS GOING INSIDE A HUT AND PLAYING STREET FIGHTER AND PAC MAN
Yes!!!
I spent a lot of time in Pizza Hut as a teenager. It was the best!!! AweâŠgood memories. â„ïžđđ€
Definitely great memories there! Thanks for watching!
Nice! Baytown, TX had a retro-Pizza Hut for the longest time until they tore it down and converted it into a take-out only Pizza Hut place. I miss those lunch buffets they had from 11:00am to 1:00pm!
That's a bummer. All of ours are also the take-out places. The buffet was great! Thanks for watching our video James :)
@@Our80sLife I forgot to mention you worked at Mazzio's Pizza. Wow! I haven't seen those places in.. decades! The one I remember was in Perryton, TX.
Thanks for this. Used to like their unlimited buffet lunches!
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That red roof design is actually from the 1970s. Here in suburban New Orleans, all our original Pizza Huts closed many years ago but a few of the buildings remain and other restaurants moved in - and still have that very noticeable roof. I loved the original Pizza Hut pizza - I donât like it today, they changed the recipe... There are small Pizza Hut places here again (but in strip malls), and the pizza just isnât as good as it used to be. I think they tried too hard to compete with other chains and they wound up with a product that, if you bring one home in your car, then your car smells like smelly shoes for a few days.
But I love the old pizza huts! This is amazing, I feel like I just took a trip back in time there... thank you!
Thanks for stopping by our channel and sharing your memories Barry! On a recent trip to Texas, we were encouraged to see a couple of older, small-town Pizza Huts with signs that read "Pizza Hut Classic." We looked into it and realized that Pizza Hut is actually rebranding some of their old red roof restaurants with the classic features we love, yay! There are only a few of these concept stores open so far. We will try to visit one soon and make a video about it... fingers crossed their pizza will be as tasty as we remember, but at least the old-school design might be coming back!
You are correct. I worked at a new one that was built in Slidell in 1977. I also worked at Chef hwy, Downman rd, Gentilly blvd, Bullard rd, Covington, and a few others. :)
I wanna go back to the 90s
Us too! Let us know if you get ahold of a time machine, and please take us with you!! đ
I live in San Antonio Texas and about 5 miles from my house they still have one of these 80's/90's style pizza hut's with the red roof,wooden walls, checkered tables and chandeliers over tables...I actually went in today and ordered some pizza Togo for mother's day (my wife was craving it) lol... anyways, great video! Love nostalgia myself
That's awesome!! We actually used to live in San Antonio, but it's been many years. Gotta love those classic Pizza Huts! Thanks for stopping by our channel and watching our video!
This is a sweet idea for a channel! You got a sub!
Man does this take me back friday nights with my parents & there friends at the buffet!
Cool, thanks Chris! Welcome to our channel đ
Did yâall happen to find any recipes Iâd love to buy if you have one for white sauce. Sounds crazy I know but Iâm obsessed with finding the recipe for their old white sauce because I donât like their new white sauce.
On God!!! I loved this place as a kid! Restaurant experience but with a pizza menu pizza was SLAMMING my god please just for one day take me back
Ours was Pratt Kansas it was awesome, took a little bit of a wait, but always worth it. Crushed small ice and red plastic glasses
Cool! Weâve actually been to Pratt when our daughter played in a tennis tournament there. Thanks for stopping by our channel! đ
Those were the days. We don't have too many Pizza Huts here anymore but the ones that are here sure don't look like they used to.
Same here. Ours have pretty much all converted to pick-up/delivery only little shops in strip malls. It's an unfortunate trend. Thanks for stopping by our channel Barry!
Will this ever be reopened renovated and updated please!!???? By the way you almost look like dolph lundgren