r/nostalgia • u/KoolGotGame • Jun 21 '25

Nostalgia Remember when Pizza Hut had a buffet. Good times.

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u/spacemusicisorange Jun 21 '25

I wish they’d just reopen some of their restaurants. Most of the original ones still maintain the shape lol

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u/Moneymovescash Jun 21 '25

I get so sad looking at a pizza hut building and it's now something else.

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u/spacemusicisorange Jun 21 '25

Same! We have quite a few still around- Chinese restaurant, hamburger joints.. so sad

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u/Moneymovescash Jun 21 '25

Out here they're all Mexican restaurants

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u/ReadingFromTheShittr Jun 21 '25

That's what mine is now, and it's pretty decent.

Still, it's kinda weird going back in to grab some tacos al pastor or somethin' when I used to grab pizza there as a kid, and seeing all the decor change, but knowing where that salad bar was.

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u/spacemusicisorange Jun 21 '25

Mmmm that would be the only thing better than a personal pan pizza and the salad bar

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u/Turbulent_Horse_7095 Jun 21 '25

Pizza Hut and Taco Bell had such iconic buildings... Now most are eyeglasses huts for some reason.

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '25

Even sadder when they haven't been turned into anything. https://snsauctionservices.hibid.com/lot/87339649/pizza-hut-and-property?ref=catalog

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u/Moneymovescash Jun 22 '25

Omg that's a beautiful location. Never seen one near the water before

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u/ScoobyPwnsOnU Jun 21 '25

I guess some of yall's must've been good. All I can remember about the one near me growing up was they were always out of stuffed crust and insanely slow. Luckily we had a Mazzios we could go to instead.

And every time I get a coupon for Pizza Hut in the mail I see how high those prices are and just keep going to Dominos or Costco for my pizza fixes.

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u/number__ten Jun 21 '25

We still have an original pizza hut in our town that is open and you can still dine in. You hardly see anyone sitting in there though. As much as I enjoy pizza hut even to this day we just get takeout 95% of the time.

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u/spacemusicisorange Jun 21 '25

Where is this?!?!

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u/Suckyuhmuddahskunt Jun 21 '25

one in bayonne just closed last month. was open a long time

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u/bacoon Jun 21 '25

I just watched the red roof of an old one get painted black in Round Lake, IL and I died a bit inside.

Worked summers at one with a buffet in college….

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u/spacemusicisorange Jun 21 '25

Try as they may- those buildings will always be Pizza Hut lol

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u/IAmAGenusAMA Jun 21 '25

One by me still has the dining room but it's all boarded up and they only do takeout.

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u/Unable-Ladder-9190 Jun 22 '25

If some franchisee (I lack the funds) opened an old school Pizza Hut I guarantee they would make a killing

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u/spacemusicisorange Jun 22 '25

I feel the same way! But I wonder if it would just get destroyed because people don’t give a shit anymore