And there were a handful of high school students inside... There will be much more on this developing story with our live team coverage the next 96 hours.
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Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Breaking! Papa John's now open on First Avenue
And there were a handful of high school students inside... There will be much more on this developing story with our live team coverage the next 96 hours.
Previous coverage here.
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If you could get a photo of EV Lambo parked in front, that would pretty much make my week. The title could be, "The Beauty and The Beast."
ReplyDeleteYeah, the sheep line up for this bland crap. "Baaaaah"-d pizza, kids - walk to Gruppo if you want a really good slice!
ReplyDelete11B has the best slices in the East Village! Go there, kids!
ReplyDeleteI knowwww right, I can't believe that some people eat food that is not up to my standards, my my. Can you believe people buy Pepsi here too? It's like, have you never had a Saranac 1888 Classic Soda? Savages in this town...
ReplyDeleteHa ha Marty - that would make my week too!
ReplyDeleteAt first I was shocked to see this picture with people actually inside WTF (?) and was mildly relieve to read that they were HS students. I am guessing they were giving something away -not pizza-and that's how they lured the kids in.
Seriously though, I don't understand why people are so SHOCKED to see customers inside...people eat shitty food sometimes, most people most of the time actually...that's what the general public does. What's so amazing about that? I walk by KFC every day and I don't stop and take pictures of the fascinating people inside eating double-downs...maybe I will next time and then write a sociological thesis on it.
ReplyDeleteI love this photo.
ReplyDeletethe mcdonalds and subways in the neighborhood are always busy, and in fact, i can't be mad at mcdonalds they seem to provide one of the few places for the nonmillionaire residents to sit and drink a cup of coffee.
ReplyDelete@Billy
ReplyDeleteI'm not surprised the people are inside... It's a well-known chain with a big advertising budget... And it makes sense that some high school kids are grabbing a quick, inexpensive slice... While I was standing there, the kids coming and going were genuinely excited about Papa John's opening.
I'm really only noting it because it just opened, giving it some news value. Plus, it's another chain making inroads in the neighborhood.
As for the double-down, I would like a shot of someone eating that! I have yet to see anyone try one...
Yeah, call me a snob, but it's appalling that people would eat chain pizza in this of all towns. Burgers, subs, whatever, but NYC is the world capital of good pizza right now, and the East Village is the epicenter of that. A lot of it is sold by the slice. For SHAME, kids. Hey, forget the fancy places, go to 2 Brothers -- their slices are cheaper and a thousand times better than Papa John's
ReplyDeleteI don't think it's a big stretch to be a pizza snob in New York. It's one food that NY truly excels at making, and has a history of feeding New Yorkers something delicious, somewhat healthy, and really really cheap. The only chain used to be Sbarros and only tourists went (still go?) there.
ReplyDeleteIf I was broke I would eat pizza four times a week. I'm sure my teenage son eats pizza more than any other type of food, as I did in those days. There is something comforting to know that I could always scrounge up money for pizza and not starve. It is the number one item on my "what I would do if I was homeless" list of things to eat.
But I'm old and back then a slice and a coke was $1-$1.50, and often I could get the pizza guy to sell me half a cup of coke for half price, but he would usually fill it most of the way up. But I digress into my "why it's good to be a girl" mantra.