Wednesday, January 28, 2026

Did you know? There’s a Pizza Hut on the Lower East Side now

Photos and reporting by Stacie Joy 

We somehow missed this one entirely, but the chain opened an outpost in mid-December at 134 Delancey St. between Norfolk and Suffolk. And yes ... it's that Pizza Hut. 

If you grew up in the era of the classic dine-in Hut, you already know the vibe we're talking about: the giant red nubby cups, the checkered tablecloths, and those fake stained-glass chandeliers that made every booth feel like you were having a special occasion dinner... even if it was just a personal pan pizza and a stack of quarters for Ms. Pacman.

This is not that. This is a very 2025-era, order-at-the-window version ... complete with bullet-proof glass between you and your nostalgia.
Still, it's kind of wild (and weirdly comforting?) to see that familiar name back in the neighborhood mix. 

Anyway, if you've been craving a little throwback… or just want to see what Pizza Hut looks like in its modern, no-frills form… now you know.
Of course, you might recall the Pizza Hut-Nathan's-Arthur Treacher's combo that closed on the NW corner of Second Avenue and 14th Street in 2010.
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3 comments:

  1. WotM8?January 28, 2026 at 9:14 AM

    What's up with the bullet proof glass there?

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  2. brianJanuary 28, 2026 at 9:22 AM

    Bullet proof glass??? Corporate thinks it's still the 80s

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  3. AnonymousJanuary 28, 2026 at 10:05 AM

    I disagree that the launch of a LES Pizza Hut (with a bullet-proof window, no less) might somehow be "weirdly comforting." Even if we might rate the Hut half-a-step above Dominos, Papa John's, et al., the point has been made before that flyover-country franchise pizza brands deserve no space in NYC, where we can get a decent NYC-style slice on most every block. Indeed, I might make the same point about the national junk-food-chain purveyors of hamburgers, chicken, burritos and everything else they sell: NYC teems with interesting smashburger places and affordable ethnic food stands and take-out joints. We NYC consumers have no excuse for ever patronizing a national-brand junk food chain here. (And don't lecture me on affordability; my point compares chain fare to low-cost NYC mom-'n'-pops & delis, not hipster spots and starred chefs.)

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