Obscure Pizza of Yore
kraken
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> Anybody remember Sir Pizza ?
>
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How about Pipe Organ Pizza
kraken
Kennon Baird
Patrick L. Humphrey
>Anybody remember Sir Pizza ?
Don't remember that one, but how about New Vaudeville Pizza? Used to be one
on the back side of Westbury Square in the '70s, and then another one
(briefly) just down the road from NASA a few years after...
--PLH, it must not have been a very memorable act
Rebecca
Patrick L. Humphrey wrote:
I don't remember either of these places, but I've only been in Houston for 22
years, since I was nine. We lived around Dairy Ashford/Memorial area. Anyone
remember the Pipe Organ Pizza? Don't recall how good the pizza was, but it sure
was fun for me when I was younger. It was also pretty loud! And the line to
get in was always long. I loved the old silent films, and Laurel and Hardy
movies they'd play, and the big picture window in the front where you could see
all the pipes. Man, that was great! Guess that kind of thing died out when
video gameroom/pizza parlors (Showbiz and Chuck E. Cheeses) came around. I've
forgotten where it was. Perhaps Memorial City Mall area?
Becky
dan...@earthlink.net
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> Kennon Baird wrote:
> >
> > Anybody remember Sir Pizza ?
> >
> >
>
> kraken
The pipe organ places have been gone for ages----organ was good but the
quality of the organ PLAYING was less than adequate most of the time.
The pizza was HORRID!
djb
Chris Marksberry
kraken wrote in message <36AB73...@swbell.net>...
>Kennon Baird wrote:
>>
>> Anybody remember Sir Pizza ?
>>
>>
>How about Pipe Organ Pizza
>
>kraken
Yep, used to my kids there when they were little. Wonder whatever happened
to the pipe organ?
And how about Valian's?
Chris
Armando Camarillo
remember Capri Pizza and where it was? Had many of their pies late
night at Astroworld - the 1st "upscale" (i.e., non-Pizza Inn or Hut
type) I'd had. I've tried many times to figure out where they were on
Sheperd - all I know is it was around where Amy's is now.
Ronald Kerr
sing-along with the bouncing ball on a projection screen and a live band
with piano player and banjo player. The banjo player was very cool.
Ron.
Patrick L. Humphrey
>Patrick L. Humphrey wrote:
>> k...@dnai.com (Kennon Baird) writes:
>> >Anybody remember Sir Pizza ?
Pretty close...Pipe Organ Pizza was _in_ Memorial City Mall, back on the
northeast corner where Luby's is today. Never did hear much good about their
pizzas, either, but it _was_ a fun place to go by when the Mighty Wurlitzer
was cranked up. (That was probably why I never tried the pizza there -- I
never _did_ eat pizza at hockey games in those days...:-)
--PLH, foreseeing a trip to Peter Piper Pizza on Bellaire tonight, for some
reason
K&J
CA. Pizza is still good.
Kurt
Ronald Kerr <ron....@spectrum-eit.com> wrote in article
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PIZGRL
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Dave Garrett
> How about Pipe Organ Pizza
There was a place very similar to Pipe Organ Pizza, but with a
different name, that used to be located at Greens Rd. and I-45,
right across the street from Greenspoint Mall. They had the same
gimmicks as Pipe Organ Pizza: large pipe organ with pipes
visible through the front window, game room, silent movies on a
big screen, and edible but undistinguished pizza. I've been
trying to remember the name of this place for quite a while now,
and the inability to do so is driving me crazy. Anyone remember
it?
Dave
Carey Akin
them when I was a kid. I don't know how they were out here, but out west
they were divided into adults only/kids and adults halves.
For a bit of trivia, Shakey was the nickname of the founder of the chain.
Does anyone out there know why his nickname was "Shakey"?
Hint: It is pretty odd.
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:Shakey's was the bomb. Thwy still have one that I am aware of in Anaheim,
:
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Becca
> Does anyone out there know why his nickname was "Shakey"?
>
> Hint: It is pretty odd.
Poor financial stability? Too much caffeine?
Becca
Lazarus
Freeway and Monroe.
Pizza was good but not as good as that organ. I wonder what happened to the
organ. I doubt it would fit in most "normal" homes.. ;)
Larry
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John Moran
<cmark...@hickham.com> wrote:
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> And how about Valian's?
>
> Chris
How about Valians ! in one room the booths had cedar posts, and around
the ceiling perimeter was punched backlit copper with western images.
Across Main near the Shamrock Hilton. (Hotels of yore.? :7 )
jm
Rebecca
times, though I don't remember where the place was.. We usually drove to Foster
City to the Round Table Pizza. Where in Cali. do you hail from?
By the way, Gary remembers a Shakey's somewhere in Bellaire. Anyone know where?
Becky
Carey Akin wrote:
> I, too remember Shakey's. I grew up in California and ate at quite a few of
> them when I was a kid. I don't know how they were out here, but out west
> they were divided into adults only/kids and adults halves.
>
> For a bit of trivia, Shakey was the nickname of the founder of the chain.
> Does anyone out there know why his nickname was "Shakey"?
>
> Hint: It is pretty odd.
>
Rebecca
Becky
kraken
>
> Close. He had the shakes from Malaria that he managed to catch while
> fighting the Japanese in the Pacific during WWII.
>
> (I don't even know why I know that one....)
>
And I was about to say he might of got the shakes from an IRS audit.
kraken
Kennon Baird
>Don't remember Sir Pizza. What part of town was it in?
Weslayan Plaza, circa 1972.
KB
KINGJIM69
i worked there and remember the manager making me get my haircut 3 times in one
week,because he didnt think it was short enough.
what a nightmare
Hane
With that giant shish kabob outside! I loved the room with tiny sparkley
lights in it. And, of course, the black commode... or was it blood red.
I'd never seen anything like that place.
dan...@earthlink.net
>
> In article <36AB73...@swbell.net>, kra...@swbell.net says...
>
> > How about Pipe Organ Pizza
>
> There was a place very similar to Pipe Organ Pizza, but with a
> different name, that used to be located at Greens Rd. and I-45,
> right across the street from Greenspoint Mall. They had the same
> gimmicks as Pipe Organ Pizza: large pipe organ with pipes
> visible through the front window, game room, silent movies on a
> big screen, and edible but undistinguished pizza. I've been
> trying to remember the name of this place for quite a while now,
> and the inability to do so is driving me crazy. Anyone remember
> it?
>
> Dave
Scooby's, I think.
djb
Patrick L. Humphrey
>the one at westbury square was village inn pizza.
Village Inn was there for a while, but I think it was after they left that New
Vaudeville was there for a year or two.
>i worked there and remember the manager making me get my haircut 3 times in
>one week,because he didnt think it was short enough.
>what a nightmare
I got that same song and dance when I was working at the House of Pies on
Westheimer -- too bad I didn't have my current lack of hair back in the early
'70s, I guess...:-)
--PLH, so, I was 25-odd years after my time
L Hirsch
>
> I grew up in Dallas and Shakee's was the joint for kids. They had a
> sing-along with the bouncing ball on a projection screen and a live band
> with piano player and banjo player. The banjo player was very cool.
Shakey's was cool in Houston too. When I was a youngster in the late
'60s, I remember going there and listening to the ragtime music. I was
too young to remember the location(s).
Lance
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K&J
I believe thatShakey's got it's name due tothe owner having a physical
shaking problem due to an accident he had. Hence the name Shakey's
Kurt
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Patrick L. Humphrey
>Ronald Kerr wrote:
>> I grew up in Dallas and Shakee's was the joint for kids. They had a
>> sing-along with the bouncing ball on a projection screen and a live band
>> with piano player and banjo player. The banjo player was very cool.
>Shakey's was cool in Houston too. When I was a youngster in the late
>'60s, I remember going there and listening to the ragtime music. I was
>too young to remember the location(s).
Same here...there was one at Bellaire and Chimney Rock that I can remember,
but the one where I spent a lot of my high school Friday nights (during
football season, after the game) was at the Shakey's on Westheimer at
Winrock. They're all long gone, of course, but I wouldn't mind snagging
another one of those thin-crust pizzas with that incredible
infinitely-stretchable cheese...
--PLH, from pizza parlor to strip bar -- the past 28 years have been
depressing, at that corner on Westheimer
Lazarus
the west side of I45 south (Gulf freeway) at the big circle where Broadway,
Parkplace, and I45 came together.
It might just be my imagination but I think it was called Circle Pizza????
It didn't have any atmosphere but the pizza was the very best..
Larry
Carey Akin
fighting the Japanese in the Pacific during WWII.
(I don't even know why I know that one....)
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:Bellaire at Chimney Rock.
:
Mike
Armando Camarillo wrote:
> Don't remember Sir Pizza. What part of town was it in? Does anybody
> remember Capri Pizza and where it was?
Capri was in the Shepard Square "Triangle", actually right by the "point "
where Shepard and Greenbriar
merge. Great pizza and sometimes you could get a pitcher of beer even if
you were "underage".
> Had many of their pies late
> night at Astroworld - the 1st "upscale" (i.e., non-Pizza Inn or Hut
> type) I'd had. I've tried many times to figure out where they were on
> Sheperd - all I know is it was around where Amy's is now.
>
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parlot there. It was on Pruitt Street. The had a TV screen. I can still
remember watching the Voyages of Sinbad but I can't remember the pizza.
KINGJIM69 wrote in message <19990125235036...@ng40.aol.com>...
>the one at westbury square was village inn pizza.
Ronald Kerr
while in college. The building is now a coffee bar called Cafe Artiste
(at least it was last time I was there about 1 year ago).
Ron.
Larry Kessler wrote:
> I asked in here a few months back if anyone remembered the Chicago
> Pizza Company on Dunlavy (or Mandell, can't remember) near Richmond,
> or if anyone knew of a place that made pizza the same way (very thick
> crust, loaded with coarse-cut toppings). I saw no responses in here.
>
> After the opera Friday night, we found the answer to my question.
> Pizzeria Uno, on Kirby at Richmond, serves an excellent Chicago-style
> pizza. We enjoyed it a lot, as well as the fried cheese sticks we got
> before. Service was prompt too, but we were there after 11pm.
>
> The opera? Stephen Sondheim's "A Little Night Music" -- not bad for
> _nouvelle_operetta_ but it ain't Verdi.
Texizz
best pizza. It was named Humphreys Pizza, and the pizza was to die for.
Patrick L. Humphrey
>I remember a great little place on either Park Place or Broadway that had the
>best pizza. It was named Humphreys Pizza, and the pizza was to die for.
There's a Big Humphrey Pizza on FM 518 out west of the downtown part of
Pearland...a possible connection?
--PLH, who's gonna have to try it some time and see if the name gets me a
discount :)
TJ
Maybe you remember the name of the pizza place that was on Westheimer,
close to Fountainview, where Boise(?) & Kramer would sing (in the late
70's I believe). Later, one of the places the location became was the
Strawberry Patch. I remember good pizza & good entertainment. TJ
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Patrick L. Humphrey
>Hey Patrick,
>
>Maybe you remember the name of the pizza place that was on Westheimer,
>close to Fountainview, where Boise(?) & Kramer would sing (in the late
>70's I believe). Later, one of the places the location became was the
>Strawberry Patch. I remember good pizza & good entertainment. TJ
Ouch...Boyce & Kramer I remember, but I'm damned if I can remember the name of
that pizza place there. Now I'm gonna stay up late nights until I remember
that name...
--PLH, I _hate_ it when that happens :)
Armando Camarillo
"Patrick L. Humphrey" wrote:
That wasn't Village Inn Pizza Parlor, was it? I saw Bill Chase (jazz trumpet
player) there about one week before his plane crashed in '74. Only went there the
one time for the show, all I remember is it was on Westheimer past the Galleria
and served really good pizza and strong mixed drinks.
Patrick L. Humphrey
You might be right, if you're thinking about the one just a bit east of
Augusta on the inbound side, and _not_ all the way down by Winrock on the
outbound side (which was Shakey's)...
--PLH, who may just get some sleep tonight, after all
Armando Camarillo
kraken
>
> Hey Patrick,
>
> Maybe you remember the name of the pizza place that was on Westheimer,
> close to Fountainview, where Boise(?) & Kramer would sing (in the late
> 70's I believe). Later, one of the places the location became was the
> Strawberry Patch. I remember good pizza & good entertainment. TJ
Wasn't that Uno's?
kraken
TJ
Pizza. Besides, the entertainment & food I mentioned, it was also
a great place to meet single women. This was back when the
club at Woodway Square Apts on San Felipe was booming.
Of course that was before the big apartment fire.
On a side note (back to VIP), I'll never forget when we saw
the singer Jackie Wilson performing, when he was well past
his prime. He sang his big hit, "Higher," as in "your love keeps
lifting me HIGHER, etc." It was so sad because he couldn't hit
the high notes anymore. However, that wasn't nearly as bad as
when Tiny Tim performed during an intermission a few years ago
at an Aeros game. He literally had to be propped up as he
murdered , "Tip toe through the tulips." TJ
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Patrick L. Humphrey
>TJ wrote:
>> Hey Patrick,
>> Maybe you remember the name of the pizza place that was on Westheimer,
>> close to Fountainview, where Boise(?) & Kramer would sing (in the late
>> 70's I believe). Later, one of the places the location became was the
>> Strawberry Patch. I remember good pizza & good entertainment. TJ
>Wasn't that Uno's?
Not quite...Uno wasn't here in the 1970s, and when they _did_ come here, they
opened a location on Westheimer just west of Hillcroft. (That one closed down
a couple of years ago and is now a Kim Son. It figures, the one right up the
street from us was the one to close...)
--PLH, who grudgingly makes the trek in to Kirby at Richmond, periodically :)
Mike
more of a "music" venue and had a variety of live music. Really fun place. But
it's real hey day was in the late sixties.
"Patrick L. Humphrey" wrote:
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Rick Mantler
Becky, I love you!!!! Pinkwind, that is, of course......
Pipe Organ Pizza was a videogame parlor disguised as a pizza joint....I
remember the bubble machines and all
of the other amusing mechanized miniaturized stuff they had at that place.
The honestly amazing pipe organ
and indescribably crappy pizza weren't the only draw, as I know we both will
remember.
Hats off to everybody who acknowledges the glory that was Shakey's pizza.
My fondest memory of that place is
when my family lived out in Champions Forest back in the mid-70's (that's
when Champion's Forest really WAS
a *forest*). I remember them playing either 8mm or 16mm full color Warner
Bros. cartoons on an honest film
projection screen while I attempted and failed to play Atari's latest black,
white, and grey videogame by the now
legendary name of "Sprint".
Despite all the artifice, man....that was some really delicious pizza. Damn
delicious pizza.
Third and final.....the one name that I have been terribly shocked to have
seen neglected.....PANJO'S PIZZA! The
mothership was located in the old pre-restoration Town and Country Village
(WAY back when, mind you).
Bottom line: Panjo's cranked out badass pizza. Yeah, they had banjo
players. Yeah, they had videogames. But,
man oh man.....that was some serious pizza. Serious.
I've never had anything like Panjo's or Shakey's in so long that it's about
enough to make me cry. If anybody
knows where the dream lives on, please....please.....let me know.
PLEASE!
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[pizza of the past]
> Third and final.....the one name that I have been terribly shocked to have
> seen neglected.....PANJO'S PIZZA! The
>
> mothership was located in the old pre-restoration Town and Country Village
> (WAY back when, mind you).
Panjo's T&C certainly brings back memories. I worked there for
a while in '77. Really good pizza and, oddly enough, one of
the best burgers in town. Had a little griddle in the back;
no flame broiling there.
I seem to remember kegs of beer occasionally being "liberated"
out the back door while the manager was busy flirting with his
jail-bait employees. Ah, what days.
Does anybody remember Little Italianos, in the Sage parking
lot at W Belt and 10? The first pizza place I'd ever seen
with a full bar, their stuffed pizza still appears in my
dreams occasionally.
Chris
RonDL
Felipe near Voss. Was in love with their pizza and was truly sorry to see
them leave.
There was also a great pizza parlor called New York New York Pizza which was on
Westheimer near Hilcroft. Great deep dish pizza you could not pick up, had to
eat it with a fork because it was so heavy with toppings. It closed down in
the late 70's.
Professor Vonroach
<sirk...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>Rick Mantler wrote:
>
>[pizza of the past]
>
>> Third and final.....the one name that I have been terribly shocked to have
>> seen neglected.....PANJO'S PIZZA! The
>>
>> mothership was located in the old pre-restoration Town and Country Village
>> (WAY back when, mind you).
>
>Panjo's T&C certainly brings back memories. I worked there for
>a while in '77. Really good pizza and, oddly enough, one of
>the best burgers in town. Had a little griddle in the back;
>no flame broiling there.
>
>I seem to remember kegs of beer occasionally being "liberated"
>out the back door while the manager was busy flirting with his
>jail-bait employees. Ah, what days.
>
>Does anybody remember Little Italianos, in the Sage parking
>lot at W Belt and 10? The first pizza place I'd ever seen
>with a full bar, their stuffed pizza still appears in my
>dreams occasionally.
>
>Chris
Pizza of the past: Vallian's at corner of Holcombe and SMain St.
First place in Houston I can recall selling pizza. Pizza had usual
ingredients lots lots of anchoves. A fun place for late dining across
street from Shamrock. A Cellar Door later open on that corner, but I
don't think it is still there - nothing special. (Pizza was common in
New Orleans and Chicago long before it appeared in Houston) Presently
my favorites are NY Pizza on Holcome and Pizzaria Uno on Kirby.
Armando Camarillo
Panjo's which apparently has been there for thirty years or so. I think it was
related to the ones in Houston back then. I didn't eat there so I can't tell you
if the pizza is similar to the ones we used to get here.
I just looked up the review I read from the Corpus paper. It's from February 98
and says the place has been there for 37 years. The URL is:
http://www.caller.com/entertain/review94.htm
RonDL wrote:
> I remember both Shakey's and Panjo's. Used to eat at the Panjo's off of San
> Felipe near Voss. Was in love with their pizza and was truly sorry to see
> them leave.
>
> There was also a great pizza parlor called New York New York Pizza which was on
> Westheimer near Hilcroft. Great deep dish pizza you could not pick up, had to
> eat it with a fork because it was so heavy with toppings. It closed down in
> the late 70's.
>
Professor Vonroach
<acama...@central.uh.edu> wrote:
It's a small world Armando, I was strolling in Ann Arbor, MI about
1960 and came across a hole in the wall cafe with a sign proclaiming
`Jame's Original Coney Island', being a longtime fan of the place on
Walker (now closed), I had to give it a try. Sorry, had the name -
nothing else. Sorta put franchised locations around Houston in that
same category. Some atmospheres are very hard to duplicate.
KDraut
was little. I think they were in Louisiana as well as Texas. Big, greasy
square pizzas and you got a big thermos if you bought a pitcher of soda.
Kirk Draut kdr...@aol.com
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Professor Vonroach
wrote:
>I sure miss the Panjos, guess the last one to close was up on
>1960/Champions area.
>
>My girlfriend worked at the one on Braeswood and she would give me
>the "cost" price on a large loaded pizza. ($0.88, that tells you how
>long ago that was...)
Humm... also suggests a reason for going out of business.
Sabrina
remember their pizza fondly. It was down in the Montrose area somewhere.
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Donna Boucher
few years back, but they're still open and going strong. The original
location is off 59, between Greenbriar and Sheperd (across the street from
the Whataburger and the 59 Diner). I think they also have another location
in the Heights now.
Donna Mae
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some new property on Washington to open a new store when their Heights
location lease is up.
Linda
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Now see what you've done. You have me craving a Joe's.
Caroline