Who remembers Pizza Pieman in the 90s and early 00s?
#1
Posted 15 January 2012 - 04:15 PM
Link here:
http://www.urbanspoo...-Pieman-Burnaby
#2
Posted 15 January 2012 - 04:16 PM
#3
Posted 15 January 2012 - 04:22 PM
Don't think that it is the same people
Hi had heard that there was a Pizza Pieman coming to Colwood this year. Anyone else hear that rumour?
#4
Posted 15 January 2012 - 04:42 PM
He ended up working for the Development bank that financed his operations.
I always wondered what the situation was with the shop on Tillicum that sported his logo long after he filed for bankruptcy.
#5
Posted 15 January 2012 - 06:23 PM
My favourite was ham, pineapple and shrimp!
I believe their location is where Cobs is now.
#6
Posted 15 January 2012 - 07:19 PM
#7
Posted 15 January 2012 - 10:52 PM
One branch was downstairs in the James Bay Plaza across from Thrifty Foods. It had a movie projector showing silent films.
It's funny seeing that logo reappear after so many years.
https://www.facebook...260821663983293
What other dormant local chains will pop up in the future? Brownie's Fried Chicken?
I'm sure the 2-for-1 pizza wars of the 80s played a role in their demise.
#8
Posted 15 January 2012 - 11:14 PM
Like Pikabu said, Pizza Pieman existed long before the '90's. They were our pony league baseball sponsor 30 years ago and they were well-known then.
#9
Posted 15 January 2012 - 11:38 PM
#10
Posted 16 January 2012 - 06:45 AM
#11
Posted 16 January 2012 - 07:51 AM
The Pizza Pieman was owned by Bob Darnell and his first shop was in the Town and Country shopping centre in the late 60's. Great guy with a lot of vision.
The shop I worked at would order one from the "pieman" every Friday afternoon and it would come in a rectangular box about 24" long. The pizza was retangular, so no wasted space.
Why not make retangular pizzas today, fill up the box and save a few trees?
#12
Posted 16 January 2012 - 09:31 AM
What other dormant local chains will pop up in the future? Brownie's Fried Chicken?
There was one of those on Quadra & McKenzie, where the deDutch is, now. Up the road at Quadra and Union (I think) used to be Chicken on the Run, which went away for a long time and then was reborn as a takeout fried chicken/Chinese takeaway (with self-purported best ginger-fried beef in town).
#13
Posted 16 January 2012 - 09:49 AM
#14
Posted 16 January 2012 - 10:14 AM
#15
Posted 16 January 2012 - 10:23 AM
Also, a little off topic, but Chicken on the Run has the best fried chicken in town, hands down. The chinese food is pretty good, but the chicken and wedge fries w/ gravy is where it's at. Fast food it ain't. Check it.
Matt.
#16
Posted 16 January 2012 - 10:39 AM
#17
Posted 19 January 2012 - 02:30 AM
Also, the only Tom's House of Pizza I ever knew was the one in the Shelbourne Plaza in the 1980's where Squeeky's laundromat is now. So there used to be another at the Town and Country Mall?
The pizza was retangular, so no wasted space. Why not make retangular pizzas today, fill up the box and save a few trees?
Little Caesar's used to make square pies. I don't know why they stopped.
#18
Posted 19 January 2012 - 06:42 AM
There also used to be a drive-in restaurant at Quadra and Union called "Brite Spot" that was, like any good restaurant, dome-shaped.
I seem to recall that the dome was one freestanding piece of aluminum fabricated in Victoria. I think it was sold to a home owner on Saltspring who had it helicoptered from the Quadra site.
#19
Posted 19 January 2012 - 07:42 AM
Also, the only Tom's House of Pizza I ever knew was the one in the Shelbourne Plaza in the 1980's where Squeeky's laundromat is now. So there used to be another at the Town and Country Mall?
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Not in the T&C Mall...on the other side of Douglas in that little strip mall between Boleskine and Culduthel
#20
Posted 19 January 2012 - 08:49 AM
^We used to call it Chicken with the Runs but the Craigflower location was the only one i've ever known.
Getting a bit off topic, but the original Chicken on the Run was just that.
They had a big Van with the deep fryers in the back. They would pull up to your house and cook the chicken in your driveway.
Piping hot and very tasty.
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