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Love to get some HJ taco pizza when I’m back home in CR. Just had it over Labor Day weekend. Pricey for sure…but certainly my favorite taco. Haven’t found anything close to it in Chicago.
Around here it's the standard and they offer zero deals. Coupon? Lol. I rarely get it, but we just moved rather close to the original delivery/takeout location in town. It's great for slices after 8pm, but the pricing and general customer service is just ridiculous. Called in a large half taco, half pepperoni last week. Of course when you do that you pay the premium for the whole thing, not just the half. $31 dollars and change for a single pizza. The kid working the register (I say kid even though he was probably 35 but the staff is full of overachievers that work a high school job as a career) apparently rings it in wrong at $26. Then gets flustered because I was using gift certificates from the previous trip I was given after waiting a half hour past the quoted pickup time in the store. Calls over what appears to be a manager of some variety. After a lengthy exchange of confusing remarks where he basically calls the guy an idiot in front of me, he deletes the register transaction. Mind you I have pizza in hand at this point, and literally already would have been home. So now I'm pissed off that I'm still standing there after presenting payment with the item in hand, and dude rings it in as $31. I was like hey man, dude told me it was $26. He just shrugs me off and says the other guy was wrong and hands me back less change. Awesome. My inconvenience of waiting 5 minutes with the pizza already in hand was rewarded with adding $5 to the price. And that right there is why that chain is finally failing. The franchises around here are completely of the mentality of you need us more than we need you. Overpriced and staffed by people that hate their job and their lives. I was at the sit down location a few months ago for an end of season pizza party for one of the kids activities. They have been doing an annual group staff photo for both locations since it's inception. It's rather sad to see the metamorphosis of teenagers in the 80s and 90s that are now in their 40s and 50s in the recent pictures still doing the same thing. But, keeping cranking poor service and $31 pizzas because I guarantee you these will continue forever because it's like crack to the people in this city and they complain about it but still throw money at it. Like the Iowa football offense of the last decade.
Didn't it have a kick ass mini putt?They tried to do a Chuck E Cheese style Happy Joe's Pizza and Arcade in Waterloo in the 90s. Big night out. It was a fantastic Pizza and Arcade but it was very expensive for Waterloo. I don't think it lasted 5 years before it was a rental car place.
This might be an unpopular opinion, but Fong's ****ing sucks. I've had it 4 times and their dragon balls app has BY FAR been the best thing I've had from there.Fong’s in Cedar Rapids has two taco pizza variations that both annihilate Happy Joe’s.
Didn't it have a kick ass mini putt?
Bougie crap pizza. You are spot on, my man.This might be an unpopular opinion, but Fong's ****ing sucks. I've had it 4 times and their dragon balls app has BY FAR been the best thing I've had from there.
The last time I got it (probably a year or so ago) it was the absolute worst pizza I've ever had in my life. I had one slice, and threw the rest out, and I am NOT a picky eater. I'll eat damn near anything.Bougie crap pizza. You are spot on, my man.
I remember a waterfall. The reason it was pricey. Probably sunk too much of their own money into it.I think you're right. Not quite like the Airline E place but very good for a Pizza and Arcade type joint.
Good pizza comes from places that look like this:The last time I got it (probably a year or so ago) it was the absolute worst pizza I've ever had in my life. I had one slice, and threw the rest out, and I am NOT a picky eater. I'll eat damn near anything.
That was it for me though, vowed to never order from there again. 4 times was probably 3 too many.
Bougie crap pizza. You are spot on, my man.
Wrong-o.If Fong’s was in the QC you’d be raving about it. 😂
This might be an unpopular opinion, but Fong's ****ing sucks. I've had it 4 times and their dragon balls app has BY FAR been the best thing I've had from there.
They were competing with a roller disco for kids birthday parties. Basically how the roller disco worked is it would have roller disco every night and then someone would win a free birthday party for their class playing 4 corners. Few people ever paid admission, they just loaded up the video games with quarters and paid small concessions markups on items stocked at Sam's Club.I remember a waterfall. The reason it was pricey. Probably sunk too much of their own money into it.
Wig and Penn is overrated. Worst money I ever spent on something in IC HORT raved about. Iowa City and Johnston, actually.
"HORT's" has a better feel to it.I'm going to open up a gas station in iowa called HROT's and sell breakfast pizza, taco pizza, and some kind of choose-you-own-item-from-the-aisle option to fry. Salt, mayo, and ranch will be provided in copious amounts upon request.
No no no no no. Did you eat at an IC area location? I can't vouch for the DM area W & P quality. Eastside IC location is the best IMO, when they're actually open for business which seems to be less and less.Wig and Penn is overrated. Worst money I ever spent on something in IC HORT raved about. Iowa City and Johnston, actually.
They still have the best cheese in the business. Dominos, Pizza Hut and papa John’s all have the same supplier from what I understand so they all have bad cheese. A fresh slice of Casey’s pizza has the cheese of the gods, even if the crust isn’t great and depending onwho cooked it you either have too much or hardly any sauceCasey's Pizza is a shell of its former self, including the taco pizza. There, I said it.
I'm going to open up a gas station in iowa called HROT's and sell breakfast pizza, taco pizza, and some kind of choose-you-own-item-from-the-aisle option to fry. Salt, mayo, and ranch will be provided in copious amounts upon request.
Agreed. I assume they will just drop the name and keep on going. You can tell it’s family run.Just as long as the Dubuque location by the mall stays afloat
Wig and Penn is overrated. Worst money I ever spent on something in IC HORT raved about. Iowa City and Johnston, actually.
Or just light pizza sauce and bacon. Then when done baking, spread mayo on the melted cheese. Add lettuce and fresh tomato chunks. Cello, you have a BLT.I used to work at Happy Joe's. There's no secret recipe, just mix in refried beans with the pizza sauce. Viola, taco pizza.
I actually prefer Godfathers to HJ for taco pizza.Godfathers and Happy Joe's were the 2 big taco pizza places, and both are on the ropes
Not cello or bass violin?I used to work at Happy Joe's. There's no secret recipe, just mix in refried beans with the pizza sauce. Viola, taco pizza.
Would've expected to find burned bodies in the pizza ovens, or something...Wow, this is a bad look:
"This past September 1, instead of receiving our rent check, we received their keys as they had vacated the building and ran in the middle of the night," Sloan said. "(They gave) no notice, attempt to work things out, partial rent, anything.
Happy Joe's vacates Bettendorf headquarters
Says the landlord, "They just up and bailed."qctimes.com
Pizza hut>Casey’s? Lol kOFFICIAL COUGAR63 TACO PIZZA PLACES POWER RANKINGS
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This might be the worst take in a thread if bad takesWig and Penn is overrated. Worst money I ever spent on something in IC HORT raved about. Iowa City and Johnston, actually.
Whiteys should do a hostile takeover and combine operations. Match made in heaven.Happy Joe's Pizza files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Delaware
Happy Joe’s Pizza has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.qctimes.com