Blog Documents The Weird World Of Former Pizza Huts. Here Are 9 Examples.
For many readers of a particular age and geographical origin, Pizza Huts were a part of growing up. Remember the $4.99 lunch buffet? The Land Before Time puppets? Remember Book It, the company's shrewd marketing plan that gave kids the opportunity to "earn" a free personal pan pizza for reading a certain number of books in school? Yes, school! Meaning parents had to drive their kids to Pizza Hut, pay for their own Pizza Hut Big Foot Pizza and do it all over a month later when the next certificate was brought home. All in the name of literacy! Oh, Pizza Hut.
But the lasting memory of Pizza Hut are the iconic structures that housed the Pizza Hut. You know, the one that resembles a hat with the red shingled roof and the trapezoidal windows. An architect named Richard D. Burke is credited with the original design, which debuted in the 1960s. The chain hit its peak in the early 2000s with over 6,000 stores worldwide, but a lot has happened in the fast food game over the last decade — namely a spike in competition from the traditional burger sellers, along with chains like Subway, Chipotle and Panera Bread. With that, Pizza Huts, and their hat-shaped structures, have been disappearing at a rate of around 50 a year, leaving the structures sitting abused and abandoned. But as they say, one man's junk is another man's treasure. Or, one man's former Pizza Hut is another man's souvlaki shop.
Blogger Mike Neilson created Used To Be A Pizza Hut to create a "global atlas" for former Pizza Huts. He currently has posted 79 of them, with a list growing almost daily (you can send in your local former Pizza Hut via email). Here are 9 of our favorites.
Fat Pocket Pawn in North Versailles, PA.[/caption]
Cashland in Piqua, OH.[/caption]
Lazy Moe's in Forest Hill, Victoria, Australia.[/caption]
Nirlep Indian Restaurant in Charleston, SC[/caption]
La Parrilla Rotisserie & Grill in Margate, FL[/caption]
Dragon China in Moraine, OH[/caption]
Carewell Urgent Care in South Dennis, MA[/caption]
Souvlaki Hut in Dandenong, Victoria, Australia.[/caption]
Seoul Hoikwan Restaurant in Belfield, Australia.[/caption]
