Why is it so disliked and unpopular in the US? Has launched quite recently here in the UK, and they've been popular and well received since. They've even got drive thru pizzas now
>>21104084they used to be in our malls and were good. but then malls died a slow and painful death and everything in rotted to the core and died. so we associate it with terrible
>>21104084>Why is it so disliked and unpopular in the US?I really like it. People who dislike it here are snobs
>>21104100>they used to be in our malls and were good.>but then malls died a slow and painful death and everything in rotted to the core and died.So why don't they just open up normal stores then? Or better yet, have the stores inside fuel stations. That's what Subway has done here, and pretty much gives you the opportunity for something freshly made and hot, with little to no competition.
>>21104084With the death of malls as this anon >>21104100 talked about, and that they're now pretty much only (outside of the East Coast of the US), in gas stations of all places. That's as low as low as pizza can get. It's been that way for a few years now, so now they're associated as gas station/rest area pizza for many. It's not bad, but it's reputation is situational. I ate at one last year from a rest area in Upstate NY, and it was OK as someone who had been driving for 7 hours.
>>21104103The UK Sbarro pizzas look much better than the US
>>21104110>So why don't they just open up normal stores then?It’s popular in New York City. The tourists go there
>>21104110>Or better yet, have the stores inside fuel stations.They did do that. That's not looked upon as good.
>>21104110i dont think they have the money for that. i didn't even know they were even still around. i think there is a few on the east coast that are stand alone stores but i honestly don't care anymore, everything i loved is dead.You have no idea. In the late 90s you could go into a mall and order fresh lemonade and a corn dog from Hot Dog on a Stick and a cute blonde teenager would bounce her tits while working the lemon press in front of you.
>>21104119>That's not looked upon as good.Really, why is that? At least here, it's seen as normal. Although fuel stations here do look slightly more upmarket than the ones in the US (on average).Fuel stations like Shell and BP do try quite hard to compete with smaller supermarkets, and try to entice you in for more than fuel.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTDdU3G8aLY
If you try this in the Midwest, it's easily the worst pizza you can buyMaybe it's only that way in Kentucky but I've never had a more bland pizza in my life. It's almost flavorless and the dough is also almost no flavor I rate it the weirdest pizza I've ever eatenThe weirder part of this, is that I used to eat it as a kid and it had a completely different taste and wasn't bad at all. They either changed the recipe or the one here is awfulLittle Caesers also recently changed their recipe since 2014 or so it's not the same pizza
>>21104135>It's almost flavorless and the dough is also almost no flavorReally, it's the complete opposite here.
>>21104084I'm nostalgic for it because my elementary school once got it when the school fridge died in the early 90s, but that's all.
>>21104084Heavy, greasy, associated with airports.
>>21104135Try Caseys, most locations suck good and fucking proper now in 2025.
>>21104235Casey's recently penetrated the Chicago metro area, and all the people from Iowa told everyone to try the pizza because it's so good. It turned out to be the exact type of pizza you'd think was good if you grew up in Iowa.
>>21104084If you're somewhere in the midwest, or California, it's probably fine. Anywhere on the east coast has a million better local places, so that's why people shit on it
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>>21104084>Why is it so disliked and unpopular in the US?It is? I rarely order there because there's always a Panda Express right next to it, but it's never been bad.
For me it’s the Sbarro spaghetti and meatballs
>>21104313That's even sadder than Pizza Hut.....
>>21104313Their lasagne is good too
>>21104235It sucks good and proper? Are you talking about pizza here?
>>21104379I'm not a big fan of pizza hut but if I had to choose, I would pick pizza hut. That's how bad the sbarros is near me
>>21104100>they used to be in our malls and were good.They were as good as a buffet. The pizza was simply warmed up one slice at a time. The chafing dishes had pasta ready to eat, and it was just dished out onto your plate. Good as anything you'd make at home, but just not freshly cooked. If you want texture in your chicken parm, a freshly fried chicken breast, still crispy edging, and freshly sauced, you'd order it in a sit down restaurant. Made to order is NOT what sbarro in the shopping mall was all about, but it was a step up from fast food.
>>21104084It became a meme among hipsters/faggots to imply it is far inferior to le real NYC pizza even though it literally tastes like generic pizza you buy in manhattan.
>>21104084Sbarros used to have a concession on a lot of the AAFES facilities on airbases, and every single one of them seemed to produce "pizza" that was swimming in some strange, foul smelling orange grease. The pizza I would find off base in Japan for example, was usually far better, even if it had weird shit on it like mayonnaise and sweet corn.
>>21104084The US tends to frown on driving through malls in general.
The one in my mall pretty much never has a single person going to it, no idea how the fuck it's still operational when I've seen active ones get closed around it
>>21104084i dont like it because new york pizzas are shit to begin with, much less a chain ny pizza
>>21104622The mall food court was always weird. Chains like Sbarro, Panda Express, Cinnabon, Auntie Anne which seemed to exist only in malls, next to weird no-name joints, and all of it was overpriced, but you're at the mall, so whatever. I know it's boomer bullshit nostalgia, but I'm sorry that zoomers will never really "get" malls, I think their generation would have really enjoyed them. There are some obscure Youtube channels documenting dying/dead malls and it's a weird vibe (although I don't dispute that the space would be much better used as an Amazon Fulfillment Center).
>>21104121>you could go into a mall and order fresh lemonade and a corn dog from Hot Dog on a Stick and a cute blonde teenager would bounce her tits while working the lemon press in front of you.God we used to be a real country.
>>21104084they can't forgive him for leading them to the death triangle
>>21104103Looks like plastic
I've never had an issue with the quality of the food in so far as it's a shopping mall food court in the 90sThe issue has always been the price, $5.50 for a slice, are you kidding?Pizza is this weird paradox where the chains have worse prices than the local places
>>21104084I recently had some sbarro and it was ok. Id still go with little caesars tho
>>21104084I like sbarro fine, its not as good as goodfellas but i wont turn my nose up at it.UK isn't exactly spoiled for choice when it comes to good Pizza like the US is so I'm sure it'd do well there.
Car design is fascinating.Seems the trend is toward sharp “cyber punk” lines. I wonder how much Elon and his exo ute influenced this.
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>>21104084I'm sure it mogs Detroit and Chicago style easily.I've never had Sbarro's btw
>>21104084i mean i live in new england and local places can be way better. but compared to dominos or pizzahut or gas station stuff it was pretty good. i havnt had it in like 10 years I think when I stopped on a long drive at a rest stop. i just dont see them around my local area.
>>21104084Why is it written like that? There isn't + language/dialect that uses both the double R sound or doubles it for any reason (spanish, italian, english) and uses the mute EE, S consonant Romantic sound at the same timeIt's like writting 'Yonathans' Bar'
>>21104084We have better options and most of them are only in malls, and most malls have gone severely downhill or just closed.
>>21104084when i was a kid my mom would take me to the mall and we would get sbarro and i'd practice my multiplication tables with her while we ate :)
>>21105790what the fuck are you talking about
>>21104084> Why is it so disliked and unpopular in the US? Because they franchise to any type of foreigner whether or not they have any clue on how to make a proper pizza.Seriously, they are usually run in malls, food courts, and shopping centers by pakis who were too dirty and unorganized to get a subway franchise…. That’s how bad they are.If you are in any city with an Italian or even Greek community, you will find better pizza in any random shop than eating sbarro crap.
yag sbarro…
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>>21104084two reasons, I think. one is that it's a brand in decline. they were mainstays of mall food courts for a long time and these are dying out. it can be very hard to maintain quality in a death spiral, and by the slice operations rely on product moving to maintain freshness and quality. if you're in a dead mall the pizza has been sitting there for a while. since the brand just launched in the UK, it will not be in a death spiral and all franchisees will be on their best behavior.second is that it's a chain that specializes in NY style pizza. new Yorkers are the most insufferable faggots when it comes to discussions about pizza, and any national chain that specializes in it will be a lightning rod for criticism regardless of how good it is. not that famiglia or sbarro are amazing pizza, but there are a lot of shit pizzerias in NYC as well.>>21104261 Iowa has it's own local style of pizza called quad city pizza. it's pretty good and a legit unique variation, but it's a greasesponge. Casey's is just gas station pizza, I wouldn't be surprised if it was from frozen. their breakfast pizza is awesome though. >>21105399People say this but I've never seen a local place come close to matching dominoes or LCs on price.
>>21104100Fippy bippy as usual, I always remember grabbing a slice at the mall back in the day.
