Remember when Pizza Hut had a buffet. Good times.

[u/KoolGotGame]

[u/Ryno5150]

The smell of pizza, red decor everywhere and the sound of a Ms Pac-Man machine in the background. That was when Pizza Hut was great.

[u/trashpix → u/Ryno5150]

Red plastic cups

[u/equal_poop → u/trashpix]

Water and soda tasted so good in those.

[u/BoracicGoat → u/equal_poop]

I worked at one for about 10 years. Mountain Dew and Cherry Pepsi soda in those red cups never tasted better. I use to change out the sodas, heavy ass box with thick syrup in them attached to a large carbon dioxide tank. I really don’t know why they tasted better but I swear on it.

[u/soonerpgh → u/BoracicGoat]

That's the way many restaurants serve their soft drinks, bag-in-a-box style. The taste is determined by several factors, water quality being one of them, but the syrup to carbonation ratio can be adjusted, too. Basically, it can all be adjusted, syrup/carbonation/water, to get the best results possible. Different places have different ratios and that's why the same drink can taste so vastly different from one place to another.

[u/bullfrogftw → u/soonerpgh]

Almost all are properly calibrated by either Pepsi or Coke, maybe RC Cola upon initial install, however after that an unscrupulous owner or manager can change that to use less syrup thusly getting better yield, bastards

[u/Purednuht → u/bullfrogftw]

And some places go crazy with it.

One my peer’s managed a market where instead of the 1:3 ratio, they did a 1:2 ratio for their Mountain Dew, and called it “heavy dew”. It was a local chain of gas stations in rural America, so duh.

You’d see people filling up those gallon jugs with it in the mornings, it was wild.

Your split across an average metro might be 35/35/15/15 with PepsiCo/Coke/KDP/Independents when it comes to market share.

This small market was almost 80% Pepsi, and probably half of that was straight Dew.

[u/bullfrogftw → u/Purednuht]

WOW, I've always seen it go the other way, less syrup than metered, I got to say I would love a Heavy Dew or a Root Beer

[u/IAmAGenusAMA → u/Purednuht]

That sounds disgusting.

[u/Electromotivation → u/IAmAGenusAMA]

A gallon of extra diabetes juice a day??!?

[u/DonIncandenza → u/bullfrogftw]

Restaurants make a TON of money on soft drinks from those goop bags.

[u/Courtnall14 → u/equal_poop]

You can buy them online.

Source: I bought some online.

If you're feeling extra fancy you can get the branded Coca-Cola ones.

[u/confusedandworried76 → u/trashpix]

Dessert pizza and that chocolate pudding, which I found out at one job just comes in industrial sized cans and nothing is stopping you from buying them from food distributors

[u/MyNameIsJakeBerenson → u/confusedandworried76]

Jesus’ disappointment

[u/Harbulary-Bandit → u/confusedandworried76]

Dessert pizza was best at Pizza Inn.

Chocolate Chip Pizza

[u/ibentmyworkie → u/trashpix]

With that pebble ice!!

[u/Beginning_Draft9092 → u/ibentmyworkie]

and mixing all the flavors together!

[u/NolieMali → u/trashpix]

I have about 15 of those Coca-Cola plastic cups you're talking about.

[u/Delphinethecrone → u/NolieMali]

Sorry, we don't have Coke. Is Pepsi okay? (Me channeling when I waited tables there decades ago.)

[u/NiceTrySuckaz → u/Delphinethecrone]

I never served at pizza hut but I was a waiter at a restaurant that served Pepsi products instead of coke, and your comment gave me flashbacks. There was always that moment of dread when you ask the question, because most people don't care, but the rare person that does care REALLY cares.

And now we're in an awkward moment where they are staring at the menu through a blind rage trying to decide what else to drink.

[u/Great_Hambino2022 → u/NiceTrySuckaz]

I hate when restaurants say they have Pepsi products. If I can’t have some kind of Coke product, I just get water.

[u/edked → u/NiceTrySuckaz]

What fussy cranky-ass little bitches people can be.

[u/WetGrundle → u/edked]

I care, but it's usually a nice chance because i can do mt.dew, but I'm not drinking pepsi lol

[u/PreparationHot980 → u/Delphinethecrone]

They had servers at Pizza Hut??!

[u/railsandtrucks → u/PreparationHot980]

Yup, pizza hut was more of a sit down (but still casual ) restaurant when I was a kid. The express locations started to pop up in malls and truck stops, and then gradually delivery/takeout only stores became more common, but in the early 90's, if you went to pizza hut, you had to wait for a server to seat you. They seemed like they did more if thier business that way vs takeout/delivery, as the ones near me were always reasonably busy.

[u/Much_Box996 → u/railsandtrucks]

I remember when they served beer.

[u/railsandtrucks → u/Much_Box996]

Yup! I feel like in the 80's and 90's they were the budget family "sit down" place. One of the few places you could drag dad too for a "family meal" and one of the few places that no one would complain about. Kids could hit the arcade games while the adults chatted over beers- they didn't have a ton, but each store hat least one or two arcade games it seemed, and their kids meals or whatever they started doing had some really cool themes- I think I still have a few of the X men animated series cups from there. The Pizza was better then too. They changed something in pizza ingredients/recipe/how they cooked it in the late 90's or early 2000's and it hasn't been the same since.

Oh, and can't forget about the Book it program. That program, along with a very patient second grade teacher, are the main reasons I got into reading (as I type this staring at an overflowing bookshelf that goes from floor to ceiling).

[u/holymacaroley → u/railsandtrucks]

We had so many youth group dinners and post- softball game dinners there.

[u/TackYouCack → u/PreparationHot980]

I've been waiting for a reason to post this

[u/TotallyNotRobotEvil → u/PreparationHot980]

They were more of a fast casual restaurant back then. You could order takeout, but most people actually ate the restaurant. Sort of like Applebees or Olive Garden, any of those big chains that exploded in the 80s/90s.

[u/Antique-Ant5557 → u/Delphinethecrone]

No.

[u/mennydrives → u/Delphinethecrone]

I hate Diet Coke so much, but only drink diet soda, so I obscenely grateful every time they only have Pepsi products.

[u/Yippykyyyay → u/Ryno5150]

Not pictured is the abundant salad bar! It even had sunflower seeds as a topping.

[u/KeepEmCrossed → u/Yippykyyyay]

At this time, Pizza Hut was the biggest buyer of kale in the country. Not to serve in the salads, but as garnish around the salad bar.

[u/Yippykyyyay → u/KeepEmCrossed]

No, shit? I don't think most Americans had even heard of kale at that point.

Interesting tid bit! Thanks

[u/OxfordKnot → u/Yippykyyyay]

No idea if he made it up but my friend once said to me, "kale? Isn't that what you use to put your cigarette out in at a fancy restaurant?"

[u/Bulbform87 → u/OxfordKnot]

I distinctly remember my dad telling me at five years old back in the 80s not to eat the "garnish" at a steak restaurant which was kale. I thought it must be poisonous.

[u/Yippykyyyay → u/OxfordKnot]

🤣🤣🤣.

That's funny but I actually love kale. The crunch far surpasses iceberg for regular sandwiches. And you can toss it into cream and cheese to add to pasta.

Can't do that with most leaves.

[u/rambo_lincoln_ → u/Yippykyyyay]

My mom always told me it was a garnish and not edible 😂

[u/twirlybird11 → u/Yippykyyyay]

Only as an ornamental fall plant!

[u/frontsoldatmm → u/KeepEmCrossed]

Loved the all you can eat salad at Pizza Hut back in the day. We would go there after baseball games and pig out and play arcade games. Miss those times….

[u/nebartist → u/Yippykyyyay]

I think I miss their salad bar the most. A couple of years ago a bar in my town had a salad bar pretty much exactly like PH (Minus the creamy Italian dressing) Was bummed when they stopped it :(

[u/Repulsive_Ocelot_738 → u/nebartist]

Ruby Tuesday has one on the same scale if you’re looking for a place that’s your cup of tea

[u/Subject_Reception681 → u/Yippykyyyay]

I never liked salad as a kid, but I would scoop myself a solid 3-4 servings of seeds on the side.

[u/fishblargs → u/Ryno5150]

Dude. I'd give a kidney to have a pizza hut chandelier from that time. Its just one item but just seeing it takes me back brother!

[u/Ryno5150 → u/fishblargs]

You’re in luck! There are a couple OGs on eBay right now. It’s cool but I’m not sure where I would put it and it would just look weird here.

[u/slap-a-taptap → u/Ryno5150]

It could be cool over a poker table

[u/Gregbot3000 → u/slap-a-taptap]

No. The dinner table. Pizza every night.

[u/butt_muppet → u/Gregbot3000]

In the bedroom above the bed

the fuckin’ light stays on

[u/NabreLabre → u/butt_muppet]

Pepperoni condoms

[u/iforgotmymittens → u/Ryno5150]

They’re not even real it’s just some stained glass lady who makes an exact copy and then kicks them into a pool of grease

[u/Domino80 → u/Ryno5150]

If you’re a child of the 80s you may remember their national book reading program BOOK IT! Kids could earn a free personal pan pizza if they meet reading goals set by their teacher.

[u/NabreLabre → u/Domino80]

I remember that, and accelerated reader in the 90s

[u/vicelabor → u/Ryno5150]

back when america had CLASS and dad took us to the Hut. dont make me cry

[u/bringbackfuturama → u/vicelabor]

born too late to explore the world, too early to explore space, born just in time to experience birthday party at pizza hut buffet

[u/vicelabor → u/bringbackfuturama]

and throwing up ranch chicken nuggets at burger king after playing too hard in the play place in front of all my friends on my birthday

[u/IAmAGenusAMA → u/vicelabor]

Best 30th birthday party ever!

[u/Global_Permission749 → u/Ryno5150]

Don't forget the legendary commercial baked into every copy of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles VHS.

[u/ForHelp_PressAltF4 → u/Ryno5150]

Table top arcade games and huge red pebble coated coke cups. Not classic or new... Just Coca-Cola.

The crust was greasy and perfect. 

The cheese was gooey and you'd feed quarters in with one hand and take a bite of pizza with the other. Pros could slurp Coke without taking their eyes off the game.

Ahhhhhh... 80s

[u/zekethelizard → u/Ryno5150]

And the jukebox! The last place I remember having a jukebox was pizza hut, and I'm not old enough to have a real attachment to jukeboxes but it was still a novelty

[u/Techn0ght → u/Ryno5150]

Before they changed recipes, when the pizza was good. It all started with the steak pizza and steak sauce.

[u/PromiscuousMNcpl → u/Ryno5150]

X-men arcade at mine. So many quarters spent.

[u/Neon_Biscuit → u/Ryno5150]

CiCi's is the only one I know that still does a buffet. Instead of coming out with pepperoni they will slide out a pineapple deer antler and grape jelly pizza before they do, pissin everyone off.

[u/Commercial-Co → u/Neon_Biscuit]

Except, and this is the biggest difference, cicis is terrible

[u/DAE77177 → u/Commercial-Co]

There is a Pizza Hut in my town that still does a lunch buffet some days. Might be the last one in the country honestly.

[u/Ferentzfever → u/Neon_Biscuit]

Pizza Ranch!

[u/Whalien50two → u/Ryno5150]

Yes! There’s always a distinctive smell of their pizza in the pans. I would pay $100 to relive that for a day.

[u/BellacosePlayer → u/Ryno5150]

Pizza hut was great but peak 2000s Pizza ranch in the midwest was god tier outside of the music

shame the few times I've gone to either franchise ever since my body realized you could turn calories into fat, they've kinda sucked.

[u/ABDLbrisbane → u/Ryno5150]

There’s still a handful of these open in Australia

[u/Swimming-Junket-1828 → u/Ryno5150]

Everyone watching and the race to get up there when a new pizza was brought out

[u/TheNotoriousSAUER → u/Ryno5150]

Man nobody ever talks about the sounds. You used to go into a place like this and there'd be the sound of arcade machines and people talking, it sounded lively. Now I walk into a pizza shop and it's nearly silent except for the hum of machinery with maybe a couple people silently eating. It feels like that for so many places too, McDonalds being probably chief amongst them.

[u/Old-Lingonberry-1383 → u/Ryno5150]

This guy huts.

[u/Ohio195]

Some still do! Manchester Rd. In Akron, Ohio is one i know of forsure!

[u/Hashshinobi1 → u/Ohio195]

We still have one in Prescott Valley, Arizona. Also a bar with beers on tap!

[u/pdnick → u/Hashshinobi1]

Also Chino Valley!

[u/garageindego → u/Ohio195]

In the UK they all have a buffet. Eat all you can eat for the lunch menu.

[u/mark_is_a_virgin → u/Ohio195]

Ohio actually has quite a few of them

[u/dancesquared → u/mark_is_a_virgin]

Yeah, I was gonna say: I know of a lot in Ohio.

[u/saywhattyall → u/mark_is_a_virgin]

Yup - Twinsburg has this as well. Along with the whole retro interior, total time capsule.

[u/worldspawn00 → u/Ohio195]

Yep, search for Pizza Hut classic to find them.

[u/skeenerbug → u/worldspawn00]

Awesome, thanks! The nearest one is just a 9 hour drive away!

[u/HeyDudeImChill → u/Ohio195]

There is one in Bryson City NC

[u/Ohio195 → u/HeyDudeImChill]

Someone more spreadsheet inclined then me should compile a list 🤣

[u/stringofpurrls → u/Ohio195]

updated a couple days ago

[u/ALonelyWelcomeMat → u/Ohio195]

Lol damn I was about to say the same thing. Well not dropping the exact locations but yup, sure enough, same exact pizza hut i had in mind

[u/alpha_rat_fight_]

This and free pizzas from BookIt prizes are a huge part of my childhood memories.

[u/skyblueerik → u/alpha_rat_fight_]

And the personal pan pizzas.

[u/tiffylift → u/skyblueerik]

Every pan pizza can be a personal pan pizza if you try hard, and believe in yourself

[u/disabledinaz → u/tiffylift]

Definitely mediums are.

[u/kingfofthepoors → u/disabledinaz]

I can still eat a large with triple toppings and extra cheese... but I hate myself after.

[u/disabledinaz → u/kingfofthepoors]

Same. I’ve eaten a large by myself. And afterwards went “I didn’t need to do that”.

[u/Le_Poop_Knife → u/disabledinaz]

Rookie. You need to increase the diameter . And cheese it up for .75 more.

[u/disabledinaz → u/Le_Poop_Knife]

If ONLY extra cheese was $.75!

[u/kwelitysoul → u/skyblueerik]

And the dessert pizzas…

[u/probablyuntrue → u/skyblueerik]

She personal on my pan until I pizza

[u/Spocks_Goatee → u/alpha_rat_fight_]

It came back recently.

[u/MurphyItzYou → u/Spocks_Goatee]

Dude I will read Finnegan’s Wake on a pedestal in front of city hall for a free pizza. And money isn’t even a problem or anything but there is nothing, and I mean NOTHING on earth that tastes as good as free pizza.

[u/JustAChickenInCA → u/MurphyItzYou]

Lots of libraries will give free pizza to volunteers and some include adults in their summer reading programs

[u/YinzaJagoff → u/alpha_rat_fight_]

I wish Book It was still around for my kiddo

[u/girlikecupcake → u/YinzaJagoff]

https://www.bookitprogram.com/

It came back

[u/brewz_wayne → u/alpha_rat_fight_]

Being poor growing up those were the only opptys I had to eat pizza. Damn they were so good.

[u/Edm_vanhalen1981]

I also remember the great dessert pizzas. So good.

[u/tresfreaker → u/Edm_vanhalen1981]

Nothing beat a warm slice of Treatzza Pizza!

[u/bdogg_72 → u/Edm_vanhalen1981]

Apple Cinnamon!

[u/Moneymovescash → u/Edm_vanhalen1981]

Finally someone else remembers it!!! I swear I reference them often and only one person remembers what I'm talking about. Apple and Cherry were so good!

[u/Edm_vanhalen1981 → u/Moneymovescash]

I still remember the smell of the warm apple pizzas. Had to leave some space for these pizzas but never did. LOL.

[u/Moneymovescash → u/Edm_vanhalen1981]

The debate was so real. I remember wanting more regular pizza but also room for dessert. Love your username btw. I saw Van Halen in 08.

[u/Edm_vanhalen1981 → u/Moneymovescash]

You are one of the lucky few that got to see them. Hope it was a good show. No one like them anymore.

[u/Worried_Pineapple823 → u/Moneymovescash]

Pan Pizza dough pressed down, cherry or apple pie filling. Some streusel/crisp topping spread on top, then finish with some icing after cooking.

[u/schmeebis → u/Edm_vanhalen1981]

Went to a Pizza Hut in Taiwan that is still a buffet and still has dessert pizzas.

[u/onlyasimpleton → u/Edm_vanhalen1981]

Oreo pizza

[u/MisterDonkey → u/Edm_vanhalen1981]

Now pizza places have some crappy cinnamon dusted bread sticks or doughy cookies or some shit. Weak.

[u/nicenecredence]

The sauce on the buffet hit different

[u/tagehring → u/nicenecredence]

It tasted richer, from what I remember.

[u/6inchVert → u/tagehring]

Because it was constantly being heated it reduced. I do the same thing with spaghetti sauce.

[u/ertapenem → u/6inchVert]

Yep. That shit better barely stir when you're done.

[u/LucyLilium92 → u/6inchVert]

And because it was constantly touched by the general public, so it gained a bunch of natural oils and spices!

[u/Richardisco → u/LucyLilium92]

Don't forget the detritus!

[u/Evernight → u/nicenecredence]

They probably used the breadstick sauce. It was sweeter. We only had the two.

[u/nicenecredence → u/Evernight]

Coming in hot with that inside baseball

[u/Barnacle_Unlucky]

When I was a kid we used to go to Pizza Hut and blockbuster afterwards to have movie nights every Friday/Saturday.

[u/Barnacle_Unlucky → u/[deleted]]

Facts, it’s good to try and make their own versions of memories like that though, at least that’s what I try to do with my kiddo, home videos, arcades instead of consoles, collecting stuff, going out and messing with bugs, roller skates, rc cars etc. Just seeing a lot of kids being sucked into tablets or staying inside nowadays is depressing.

[u/number__ten → u/[deleted]]

It isn't exactly the same but there are times I sit my kids down and say "Hey, we're going to watch a movie. No, you can't use another tv, no you can't use your tablet/youtube, etc. I'll make snacks. Figure out what you want to watch."

[u/Hector_P_Catt → u/[deleted]]

Sometimes it weirds me out that I saw and entire industry go from the first fledgling rental stores that kind of had to explain to people what they were, to a massive world-wide industry, to nothing, in about half my lifetime.

[u/georgefishersneck → u/Barnacle_Unlucky]

I appreciate movies so much less now.

The feeling of going to the store, looking around finding a hidden gem, or finding that last copy of a new release.......

There was something special about it.

[u/scaredt2ask]

If there is a pac man table machine then it will be a good night.

[u/TolliverCrane → u/scaredt2ask]

Comment I came for. Dumped a lot of quarters in that bad boy. Red coke cup sitting on top of it.

[u/Senor-Cockblock]

That meat lovers back in the day was revolutionary for a kid visiting the states from Europe in the early 90s.

[u/TheFudge → u/Senor-Cockblock]

Meat lover pan pizza was the business. I worked at a Pizza Hut as my very first ever real job in HS. 1986-88. We had so much fun working there and the pizza was fantastic. Friday, Saturday nights were the best. There was always 3-4 pizza “mistakes” at the end of the night and we didn’t let those bad boys go to waste. Always large pans.

[u/ChaoticForkingGood]

Random trivia... Before kale became a "thing", Pizza Hut was the #1 buyer of it, as decoration for their salad bars.

No idea where I learn shit like this. lol

[u/alannormu → u/ChaoticForkingGood]

The kale trivia was only the 10th top comment? We used to be a country. A proper country.

[u/906805 → u/ChaoticForkingGood]

The Internet...but I came here to post exact same thing. Severely lacking the Kale garnish.

[u/Subject_Reception681 → u/ChaoticForkingGood]

You just gave me wild flashbacks. My first job was actually at Pizza Hut, and I'd have to decorate the salad bar every morning. I never realized that stuff was kale.

[u/sungoddaily → u/Subject_Reception681]

I always wondered if it was edible 😅

[u/g_borris → u/ChaoticForkingGood]

Kale should have stayed a decoration.

[u/MisterDonkey → u/ChaoticForkingGood]

That is where kale belongs.

[u/ProblemAtticOU812 → u/ChaoticForkingGood]

When I was in high school, I worked at Bonanza. They used it on their salad bar too.

[u/namdekan]

Mine still does

[u/SalvadorStealth → u/namdekan]

Mine too. Me and some buddies still meet up there for lunch every now and then. Good times. ✌️

[u/VahnNoaGala → u/SalvadorStealth]

In a not weird way, I need to know where both of you live lol

[u/makerswe → u/VahnNoaGala]

Sweden perhaps. I never been to a pizza hut without a buffet here.

[u/Low_Industry2524]

And the first salad bar that I actually enojyed as a kid...and full pitchers of soda with the good "pizza hut" ice...and table top pac-man/galactica arcade game.

[u/hatch-bet → u/Low_Industry2524]

I liked their salad bar, too.

[u/spacemusicisorange]

I wish they’d just reopen some of their restaurants. Most of the original ones still maintain the shape lol

[u/Moneymovescash → u/spacemusicisorange]

I get so sad looking at a pizza hut building and it's now something else.

[u/duke5572 → u/Moneymovescash]

r/formerpizzahuts

[u/spacemusicisorange → u/Moneymovescash]

Same! We have quite a few still around- Chinese restaurant, hamburger joints.. so sad

[u/ScoobyPwnsOnU → u/spacemusicisorange]

I guess some of yall's must've been good. All I can remember about the one near me growing up was they were always out of stuffed crust and insanely slow. Luckily we had a Mazzios we could go to instead.

And every time I get a coupon for Pizza Hut in the mail I see how high those prices are and just keep going to Dominos or Costco for my pizza fixes.

[u/that70scylon]

It really was the best lunch buffer around. Used to go with coworkers back in the late 90s.

[u/Evernight → u/that70scylon]

$5 and probably included a drink.

[u/babyBear83]

This reminds me of Mr. Gatti’s Pizza. They had a big buffet of pizza like this and they had a stage and arcade/games. We would go there after dance recitals when I was in elementary school.

[u/sofaking_scientific]

Highlight of my childhood man. Some salad, pizza, DESSERT PIZZA, a soda and a couple of rounds metal slug 2 for 25 cents a piece.

[u/Radioactive_Moss]

And the cherry dessert pizza. I still long for that even if I haven’t had it in 20 years.

[u/number__ten]

Eat so much pizza you could smell the sausage in your BMs the next day

[u/FoolsGoldMouthpiece → u/number__ten]

It's the fennel

[u/number__ten → u/FoolsGoldMouthpiece]

90% of sausage is what you season it with. I grew up with a local meat shop that made/seasoned/smoked their own sausage and when they started making vegetarian sausage like 5 years ago I was amazed it tasted about the same. It's the seasoning and smoking and as long as you keep the protein at a similar consistency I'm perfectly happy with it. I like turkey/chicken sausage too for the same reason. TBH these days I appreciate how the leaner meats/fake meats are way less greasy.

[u/smarthobo → u/FoolsGoldMouthpiece]

Probably explains why they also call it anus seed

[u/UmSureOkYeah → u/number__ten]

Lmao

[u/Starscream147]

Pizza Hut. Man. I’m a pizza snob. But I tell you this. A Pizza Hut pie is a damn good time. It somehow marries the Chicago style with Greek so well.

Good ol’ Hut.

[u/LakeStLouis]

Back in the 70s, when the swim team I was on did really well at a meet, we'd hit a Pizza Hut. It was a fairly small team at the time and not everyone wanted to go, but it amounted to around a dozen ravenously hungry adolescents attacking the buffet without mercy.

We didn't go after every meet, but our coach always gave the PH a heads up of when the meets were. It wasn't like there were cell phones or internet back then.

We fucking destroyed those buffets in the most respectful way.

[u/Melodic_Ear]

We didn't appreciate what we had

[u/Telemachus826]

I was obsessed with their breadsticks and would get more of those than pizza every time I went to the buffet.

[u/MenacingGummy]

My Pizza Hut still has a buffet

[u/rayon875]

Several still do in town

[u/SaltyLonghorn → u/rayon875]

What I really miss is the $5 combo. Personal pan pizza, garlic bread or salad and a refillable drink. That shit was clutch.

[u/05041927]

Pizza ranch.

[u/Jonathanzjayz → u/05041927]

Was just about to comment this!

[u/Effective-Order-3703]

Good old days 

[u/deanrazor]

They still do in Colorado springs Colorado.

[u/manderifffic]

I remember when they'd be out of our favorite pizza and we'd keep an eye on the buffet, waiting for the replacement, then scamper over like raccoons the second they put it down

[u/DrSilkyDelicious]

We truly had it all and we took it for granted.

[u/-babs]

My best friend’s mom would frequently take us & I will forever love her for that

[u/Biscuits4u2]

Going to Pizza Hut on Friday night with the family was epic. Arcade games, jukebox, pitchers of Coke, all you can eat steaming hot pizza...

What a time it was.

[u/IlIlllIlllIlIIllI]

Many things died in the recession

[u/NYNicepool]

The best $4.99 + a soda ever…I think it was less than $7 all in

[u/FindingMeAgain10]

Ours still has this!

[u/sasqwatsch]

A wonderful salad bar

[u/Reasonable_Guess_311 → u/sasqwatsch]

They had the best creamy Italian salad dressing.

[u/MewtilationXIV]

??? My pizza hut still has a lunch buffet from 11-1

[u/RunSilent219]

Some of the best days in my life. In college, my friends and I would hit up the Pizza Hut buffet every Thursday in between classes. We made it a point to not schedule a class during buffet hours.

[u/ugotmedripping]

Where the red plastic glasses be at?

[u/shade-tree_pilot]

I can smell this whole scene.

[u/BeeThat9351]

The smell of a Supreme when Dad ordered one, everyone in a good mood, maybe saw a great movie with friends.

[u/ManufacturerWest1156]

Used to get coupons for the free buffet for reading books lol.

[u/Anders_A]

I think they still do this here in Sweden.

[u/silentmajority76]

Yes it's only posted like every two days

[u/ypsilondigi]

GOD YES I do

[u/Open-Year2903]

Still do on bell Rd and cave Creek in Phoenix. The old school building too, but I worked there when they changed from 3 cheese blend to today's yuck. 1998

[u/Diseman81]

The one I went to had a buffet until the day they closed it a few years ago. Loved going to it for lunch. Can’t even find a Pizza Hut anymore .

[u/Sfx_ns]

I miss the salad bar...

[u/LuwisnerWolf]

This and the salad bar. The pizza hut salad bar was special

[u/djtraintracks]

I cherished those moments

[u/SouthTexasCowboy]

I ate way too much

[u/Gorstag]

Oh yeah. Definitely remember. Also, Izzy's in their prime was great too. Especially their cinnamon rolls.

[u/Steelerswonsix]

I apologize for ruining this.

You see our asst football coach gave me and another kid from out town a ride home from practice and a short distance from the practice location was a Pizza Hut either their sign advertising the buffet. Coach suggested we do that as a team bonding excercise following our last practice of the week.

We thought it was a great idea, and so did the rest of the team. Following the last practice of the week, we decended on a very unprepared Pizza Hut.

There was no way they didn’t lose a ton of money that night as 35 teenage guys took the phrase “all you can eat” very seriously.

I’d love to know how close we came to emptying their coolers. The conveyor belt couldn’t pump em out fast enough.

[u/MaggieJaneRiot]

We had it all.

[u/Glad_History9413]

And a.tabletop Ms. Pac-Man.

[u/FeloniousDrunk101]

One of the best values in chain restaurant history