The Decline of Sbarro...What Happened?

[@TheLostWorldFanChann]

*"The Decline of Sbarro...What Happened? "* Charging $4.89 for *ONE* slice of pizza that's been sitting under a hot lamp for 48mins. That's what happened.

[@crazydubwise]

Once I have a $15 lunch, not tasty art all. Expensive and bad.

[@1985toyotacamry]

@@crazydubwise I tried it and it sucks

[@donatoiacovino6968]

lol exactly

[@idkijs435]

that shit still good asf...

[@IsaacMendoza0301]

Yup

[@brettrobinson9713]

How come company man always sounds like he is shrugging his shoulders

[@MLHunt]

Dude you put your finger on something I've been feeling subconsciously!

[@MrTeamFoolish]

He's actually an investor in all of the company he talks about - regardless of their success.

[@shamaal123]

He's reading this shrugging😂

[@daisysaurora888]

YES TRUEE

[@wow-si6th]

I literally could not figure out why his voice sounded weird but this explains everything

[@DreSama336]

Why? Charging 6.50 for a slice of room temp Pizza that’s why

[@80s_Boombox_Collector]

Also shopping malls are losing lots of shoppers

[@baam25th31]

For the quality it shouldn't be more than $2 per slice

[@Goldaction0]

Came here for this comment lol l was going to say the same thing two slices and a drink is like 15 dollars THATS INSANE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That’s literally a large pizza and wings anywhere else

[@ACiDKAtZz]

@@80s_Boombox_Collector before the virus my mall was non stop packed all the damn time. So much traffic in that area

[@dvon1097]

Dre Sama U can go to a REAL pizza place by REAL Italians and get a good dollar-2 dollar slice unlike shitty Sbarro

[@solomongrim982]

This guy that is presenting this content is alright with me. Very informative without coming across snobish or aloof. I honestly, automatically get in a good mood when I watch Company Man he has a Mr. Roger's quality about him and true fan's of Mr.Roger's know that is a genuine compliment to this content creator. I wish him success and growth of his brand.

[@companyman114]

Thank you for the kind words. You've lifted my spirits today.

[@Uhwatchdogsforthewiiu]

agreed! I’ve always love the tone of voice and the company’s I’ve liked to learn about and why there declining one of my fav channels for sure!

[@Wooster77]

They could merge with Subway and call it Subarro.

[@ArtemisiaDS3]

-_-

[@benitopulatso6637]

Modern problems call for modern solutions.

[@Robert0Pirie]

Merge Subay, Sbarro, and Izzo's Illegal Burrito... Subarrito... BOOM you just made a million dollars!

[@nicotti]

Funny. Subway expanded their menu to include mini pizzas a few years back. I assume it wasn't very popular as I don't see them on menus any more.

[@dawsonfoorfour]

Or they could merge with Subaru and call it Subaruroo.

[@alphakub]

Funny enough, the Sbarro at the local mall closed about five years ago and became a hummus shop. After two years, the hummus shop closed and become a Sbarro again!

[@Virjunior01]

Like a pigeon, rising from the barrel fire.

[@shabustinkslol]

Lol! About 5 years ago our Sbarros (which was there since the beginning of the mall, around 1993) ended up becoming the first Kebab place in our town. It's still there, it's pretty good.

[@Virjunior01]

@@shabustinkslol good trade

[@modgoat2594]

By chance this a mall in southern California in a place with tons and tons of oak trees?

[@alphakub]

@@modgoat2594 sure is, at least a thousand of them oak trees. You know your Sbarros!

[@nocap4739]

Carmela and Gennaro along with their three sons: Left, Naples, Italy.

[@BStop22]

Omg!! Dying! 😂😂

[@stevendiazzalduondo1899]

😂

[@vilmapaints1186]

Lmao 😂😂😂

[@mehrdadcerti]

Not funny Didn’t laugh

[@xoxoLeony]

Yes.

[@Kalikus808]

I was a general manager for Sbarro in Hawaii. The upper management was CLUELESS on how to operate a restaurant. My area manager especially. He had some good managers below him, so he looked "okay" numbers-wise, but was truly clueless about how a restaurant worked.

[@iavalui7614]

did you work at the one in pearl ridge??

[@NazriB]

Lies again? Spank Bang USD SGD

[@sauvignonblanc0]

This happens when 'more money than sense' is added to the equation. Daddy's money or 3 higher-level degrees do not replace 10 years' experience. I speak generally from what I have seen over the years

[@jay_suby1718]

I used to work at mililani one lol

[@imkuat]

I wonder how the Ala Moana one is doing

[@ME-hm7zm]

We used to have a saying: "No one ever plans to go to Sbarro, you just kind of end up there."

[@Flexin010]

🤣😂🤣

[@MoistChungus]

Denny's

[@erichobbs4042]

I used to say that about Denny's.

[@christophervergara4234]

That was an old joke about Dennys.

[@elegant.destiny]

Facts

[@JustAnotherPest]

1:00 "Along with their three sons: Left, Naples, Italy" Took me a second to realize you weren't naming them off.

[@katelily7619]

Same here. LMAO 😂

[@Kenchinito2207]

IKR? I was like "those are some weird names for your children"

[@aaronpatrickmusic]

When he said that, I did the "excuse me, what?" blink and head movement that the guy in that meme did

[@paintlover2010]

SAME! 😂

[@EffingAndJeffing]

Same! Lmao

[@M0JBK]

If I'm spending 5.00 on pizza, I can get 1 piece from Sbarro's, or a whole pizza from Little Caesars. Hmmm... Edit: I get way too many notifications about how crap little Caesars is. It's cheap pizza, not gonna deny there's better stuff out there. Really just trying to focus on the fact that Sbarro's is a terrible value.

[@ApollyonZKX]

Little Caesars is gourmet compared to Sbarro. Was really disappointed with Sbarro last time i went.

[@JohnJohnson-ik5zp]

Or dominos or fast 5 pizza or 7/11 haha

[@mabadillo5293]

Little Caesars is using cheap materials to make the pizza

[@John_Lee_]

I'd rather go hungry than buy a 5$ dollar pie

[@ridge4649]

2 different things. A little caesars isn't gonna be at a mall or airport. Sbarros is for when you're shopping with the family and you need something to hold you over til you're done shopping, or you're hungry before a flight and want a quick slice. Little Caesars is pizza you eat at home

[@KennieBby]

I actually like Sbarro as a kid. It was the only pizza place in the mall, and like others have commented, the slices were huge. We also had one on my college campus - UNR - but this was several years ago. I’m not a pizza connoisseur, but I enjoyed it and idk if it’s the nostalgia or me actually liking the pizza, but I crave it at times. Too bad the nearest one is about 20 miles out from me

[@GriffinMinotaur]

I’m Italian and 48 yard old. I can tell you when I was a kid, Sbarro made REALLY good food. I swear they must have changed their recipes when the old man died and they went public.

[@desertguy1362]

Most likely when the kids took over it was go cheap and go big margins. Should of stayed small and focus on quality but greed wins again

[@Chironex_Fleckeri]

Kids also enjoy Chuck e Cheese pizza, sooo... I don't remember it being great, just decent.

[@williams7368]

Bongo Drummond In the beginning, they would have been selective about their ingredients. Eventually, though, the drive to reduce costs means cheaper commercial ingredients, pre-prepared pizza crusts and fake cheese.

[@johnbrentford5513]

I'm 47 and back in the 80's their pizza was good.

[@Scott-yf1zn]

Bongo Drummond it probably is also tied to with your nostalgia for your childhood.

[@yeln4tsmusic]

Because they lost one of their biggest clients Michael Scott

[@G8GT]

Everyone’s favorite New York pizza joint

[@ThePhantomLurkin]

He's the godfather

[@lunnalocca9376]

I’m screaming 🤣🤣

[@Buapo]

He had to get his New York slice

[@gregturkington6330]

That was actually a product placement

[@xMarkerz]

How could Sbarro be declining? It's Michael Scott's favorite NY pizza joint.

[@juicyfruit133]

xMarkerz lol that scene came to mind

[@Nagatem]

bongo, free pizza for life

[@pleaseimjustahuman]

How did I forget about that?

[@Talisayin]

“I’m gonna get me a New York slice!”

[@zoomed8515]

Travels all the way to NY then 1 day later sees one on the way to work

[@Dominus4776]

I don't think their pizza is any worse than a typical chain. It's pretty good if you can manage to get it fresh out the oven

[@PacDork]

When I was like 10, Sbarro was my favorite pizza...loved getting it at the mall. It was probably trash, but when you're 10, pizza is pizza.

[@ballista7367]

This guy gets it

[@uliflores2408]

True sbarro was my favorite when I was younger and I sware the slices were huge but maybe it was just cause I was small lol. I tried it again when I was older and it was trash and I gave it another try at a different location to make sure it wasnt just that one experience but the second time was trash too and I never went back after that. I still am in search of that sbarro pizza flavor from when I was young but have yet to experience it anywhere else sadly

[@tomhill3248]

@@uliflores2408 Have you tried, making your own? Sometimes there's instruction on the back of flour bags. There even instant crust packets sold in grocery stores. How hard could it be?

[@Nestle245]

Same as me but everyone I know says it used to taste way better many years ago, now it doesn't taste the same, they changed it up.

[@ChriSaito]

When I worked at a mall not long ago I'd frequent Sbarro. The pizza isn't great but isn't bad. What really kept me going back though was those bomb bread sticks.

[@damian_cross]

I met Mama Carmela Sbarro back in the 90's. The original deli was still open and my father had ordered a 12 foot sandwich for a catered event. She handed him this giant sandwich...this tiny old woman was STILL WORKING at that deli even though she was already a multi millionaire. It still blows my mind.

[@nightstar3765]

Things that never happened....

[@bgreene110]

When people say the extra ingredient is love that’s exactly what they mean even mediocre food made will care and passion will at worst be ok

[@JoseMartinez-gk2ke]

@@nightstar3765 this sounds very believable. Why didn’t this happen?

[@damian-77]

Cap

[@tru3293]

That's awesome

[@TheMysteryDriver]

"The food isn't good" "They switched to fresher ingredients, not sure if that was part of the problem. " Lol Low quality ingredients don't taste good even fresh. The problem wasn't the pizza sitting out, because even if you got it fresh it wasn't good. Malls charge a lot for their space too, that's always been against them and keeping a slice cheap, which Sbarro couldn't.

[@valreal6049]

I think the point was that fresher ingredients don't matter when you serve stale pizza.

[@TheMysteryDriver]

Val Real I think it matters a lot. I've been to pizza by the slice when it isn't fresh and they pop it in the oven to heat it and it tastes good. Ingredients are always key to flavor.

[@ADogNamedStay]

Malls are the reason malls don't work anymore.

[@Shenaldrac]

@@TheMysteryDriver Yeah, but I've also had pizza at places that use good ingredients and had the pizza still taste like crap. Ability of the staff to actually cook matters a lot too. If you're ever at Hot Lips in Portland, for example, those guys have no idea how to make a goddamn plain-ass cheese pizza without *covering* it in air bubbles. It's a goddamn travesty. The bubbles mean large swathes of the pizza are empty, just air inside a fragile bread cave, no sauce or cheese. I stopped going there. Doesn't help that they skimp on the sauce. Anyway, what I'm saying is I'll take food made using less than stellar ingredients made by a really skilled cook than food made with the freshest, best-quality ingredients made by some dispassionate college kids working part time who aren't even bothered to learn to properly knead dough.

[@Trayxxxx]

@@Shenaldrac Amen to that

[@auxc.6805]

I remember going to this place in a mall when I was a kid with my father. It’s one of the best core memories I’ve had with him. I wish time could go in reverse. Truly one of a kind moments back in the day that cannot be replicated now due to social media.

[@Bluzlbee]

replicate? the world is collapsing, lol social media is a tip iceberg problem

[@necoji4910]

LMAO what the fuck is this supposed to mean😭😭

[@auxc.6805]

@@Bluzlbeeyeah that’s what I was trying to say….I want to go back in time when it was the good days. What are you talking about?

[@F4billionyearzag0]

I feel you 100%! Nothing like the good old days! I wish I had a time machine. Is your father still around?

[@blampfno]

I can't even imagine a Sbarro sign without fully visualizing the food court as well. Hear the mall noise, too.

[@ArcherSF]

This comment wins .

[@Asiansxsymbol]

What's a "mall"?

[@andrewbeadle3660]

And the smell 🤤

[@doldemenshubarti8696]

Sbarro failed because it's not exactly something fancy. Sure food court in a mall is not supposed to be Michellin star level dining but if people wanted Mcdonald's, they wouldn't go to a mall for that. Which is exactly why Mcdonald's/burgerking and other fast food do horrible at food courts in any mall but cheapest types. They didn't market themselves as fancy and was at Pizza hut tier in terms of quality. They would've done a lot better as corner stores near factories, warehouses, and university cafeteria.

[@shanecharles4589]

I also remember their food quality always being low and i would only go to them when my craving for pizza was stronger than getting some good Japanese or Chinese from the food court. Which was rare but definitely happened quite a few times.

[@beansperkins]

Along with their three sons: Left, Naples, and Italy

[@user-su9py5qm6f]

That's literally how my brain processed that 😂

[@cmdraftbrn]

funny names for kids.

[@patrickbrown8557]

I definitely thought this is what he was saying for a second as well.

[@apexone5502]

It did come off that way when I heard it. 😂😂😂

[@brettfriedman587]

@@user-su9py5qm6f Me too lol

[@RossCampoli]

So sad to see the decline of Michael Scott’s favorite New York pizza.

[@zooyo]

And I’m gonna get me a New York slice!

[@albear972]

Nobody ever said that Dunder Mifflin's Michael ever had taste.

[@enriqueolaez6930]

😆

[@Robert0Pirie]

I'm honestly surprised to learn that it's actually a New York pizza place... that Michael was actually right in thinking it was one.

[@georgesouza1772]

Hahhah

[@SquirefromtheShire]

What’s craziest about the decline of Sbarro is the number of restaurants that have tried to copy their model. There’s a place called “Slices” here in Seattle that does the exact same thing of leaving pre-cooked pizzas out all day and re-heating them when someone orders a slice. And they charge nearly $10 per slice. It’s ridiculous.

[@dutchvanderlinde4713]

$10?!?!?! My dude that is highway fucking ROBBERY!!

[@DefundTheChurch]

10 bucks a slice is wild af for heat lamp pizza , that’s more like wood fire we makin slices all day fresh type beat

[@chrisjenkins203]

Ain’t no one charging $10/slice. This guy is telling lies.

[@chrisjenkins203]

I just looked it up and found the menu. Five fifty for a slice of plain chz, which is a crazy rip-off but the op cappin claimin it’s ten bucks.

[@SquirefromtheShire]

@@chrisjenkins203 well I did say nearly, and unless your getting cheese the next cheapest slices are $6.5/7.10 after tax. Also that’s at their one location downtown. They serve their pizzas in vending machines a few of the nearby hotels and those are legit $9-11 just to have the hours-old pizza warmed up by a robot toaster oven for you.

[@Gaudy6523]

Each time I smell a Sbarro in a mall, I'm reminded that I haven't Sbarro in a while. Each time I have Sbarro, I'm reminded of just why I haven't had Sbarro in a while...

[@jamessanders145]

It's just not the same anymore.

[@r.g.431]

Gaudy6523 couldnt have said it better!

[@logan502]

RIGHT!?!?!?

[@DiiceForeveroO]

the cycle of life

[@LordVoldemort31]

I have this same exact experience with Panda Express.

[@paulw176]

Greed killed em. I walked past them for years - too expensive.

[@auc9691]

almost the same story with Subway but they re alive

[@vaderladyl]

Yes more expensive than at a small pizza parlor outside the mall.

[@frightenedsoul]

That doesn’t necessarily amount to greed. They certainly didn’t make much as far as profits, but restaurants don’t ever make that much money.

[@mylow5833]

@@frightenedsoul Yeah, that's what I'm thinking. The video mentioned they had a high debt/equity ratio; they were probably trying to compensate

[@SVW1976]

They capitalized on hungry shoppers in malls that will obviously eat anything.

[@collin4215]

It’s been six years since my local Sbarro closed down at my mall, so it’s hard for me to remember the taste. But to be honest, I think Sbarro is screwed. With pizza chains like MOD and Blaze, they can’t compete with taste. I think in order to survive they will need to make the pizzas fresh, like their competitors. The modern consumer is willing to wait a little longer for good tasting pizza. But to do this they will need to drop their entire business model. The company is outdated and I can’t see a turnaround being enough to save them.

[@CameronEly]

Blaze Pizza is wonderful. Their blood orange lemonade is great!

[@twinkiebandit0933]

They opened a MOD next to the local mall. Honestly I don't see the Sbarro in that mall lasting much longer.

[@BoricuaBoy88]

I don't think the convenience business model is outdated. Look at Little Caesar's. It's been working fine for them. I think marketing is the answer for Sbarro. Besides the obvious being improving quality control, they need to put their brand out there and fight to attract people. Relying on dated word of mouth in the wake of increased competition isn't helping anymore. Also, take a middle approach between malls/airports and standalone restaurants: Open up in prominent outlet and strip malls. They tend to generate more traffic these days than traditional shopping malls. Airports are fine for them, but have a glass ceiling since people only go there for one purpose. They need more exposure.

[@bigdeej3831]

I think all chain pizza sucks! Get a local shop that actually knows pizza or go to dominos!

[@thedudeishere13]

I like your name, mate

[@Tirleaf]

Personally, I really liked Sbarro pizza, the stuffed pepperoni and sausage, with extra marinara sauce on top. At the time, that was favorite pizza, second only to Numero Uno pizza. Always made a point of stopping by and getting my fix whenever in a mall. Rarely ordered the "traditional" pizza slices, but do not recall it ever being bad. Damn! Now I have a craving for some Sbarro 😁

[@RebornLegacy]

That stuffed meat lovers slice with marinara sauce was addictive as hell in College.

[@AozoraUltra2006]

Sbarro, if they haven’t already, should look into selling frozen pizza and branded merchandise

[@sploogecarp814]

*Sbarro becomes a designer clothing trend* 😂

[@TheRealBizWiz]

Kyla Clarp Sbarro cologne

[@TikalKeria]

I'm imagining Supreme clothing but "Sbarro" replacing the name 😂

[@TikalKeria]

White long sleeve tee. "Sbarro" in Supreme text on the front and back. Italian flag checkered sleeves. I'd wear it.

[@WatchTheVideosOnline]

stg cus i use to like they’re stuff..

[@21boxhead]

SBARRO IS FAILING BECAUSE IT'S EXPENSIVE FOR ONE SLICE 5 BUCKS AND MOST LIKELY REHEATED COLD PIZZA

[@thethrashyone]

5 bucks a slice for subpar pizza? Talk about highway robbery. You could get an _entire_ subpar pizza at Little Caesar's for that much (plus tax).

[@PrinceSwaggy]

@@thethrashyone exactly

[@trublacking8572]

"Oh well sir eat cold-ass expensive pizza and sir eat grease and die" it what they say in my mind

[@BethJehovah]

@@thethrashyone Not in the mall. Lol

[@shesuschrist4472]

The damn pizza was the size of a dollar pizza

[@wes2262]

Sbarro was one of those pizzas where you’d eat it if it was the ONLY thing around and it’s was okay but wouldn’t go outta your way to get it

[@chartle1]

yes I've mostly only seen at places like toll road rest stops. I don;t go to the mall anymore.

[@rcairforceone]

That's exactly it... Wander through a mall: "Hey, there's Sbarro..." 'That must be the food court, what else is there?'

[@spencers4121]

I can remember it from the early 90's, I honestly don't remember it being that great. I do remember it smelling great walking by the place though lol.

[@alexosow]

I'm pretty sure everyone thought that way

[@OmegaPhlare]

I feel like their current business model is ripping off teenagers who got dropped off at the mall by their parents and won't be picked up for several hours so they have no other choice. Or people who want to grab something quick to eat because their movie is going to start in 15 minutes. Or people that are with a group of friends eating at the food court and Sbarro was their best option.

[@mewebb]

I travel the south and eastern US quite a bit and I've been seeing them in truck stops a lot. This would be a great alternative to malls where you've still got a captive audience and much less immediate competition. That can't be bad for business.

[@Fudgeey]

I'd totally buy Sbarros out of a gas station instead of the Hunt's Brothers pizza we have now.

[@theontologist]

Absolutely! If they could maintain the standard Sbarro's "quality" they would do much better sales than, say, Godfather's kiosks. Sbarro's could also do really well at 7-Eleven or Circle K -- again, if minimarts could maintain the Sbarro's standards, such as they are.

[@harrywisniewski5017]

@@Fudgeeyhunts brothers is awful

[@JamesSavik]

Sbarros was so tied to malls, with the decline of so many malls, they went down with them.

[@Joshuralize]

Yeah we watched the video too.

[@tigerburn81]

Yeah, they should find a way to sell their pizza online, with next day delivery, to fat lazy Americans who will pay for it with an nearly maxed-out credit card at 25% interest from the comfort of their couch with the convenience of their $1000 phone.

[@thenewmisterwehrmacht893]

James Savik That’s for US-based branches. Here in the Philippines, the malls is still alive and still cater to everyone, family or not.

[@tigerburn81]

@@thenewmisterwehrmacht893 yeah, when I went to Brazil, all malls (called "shopping" there) were in cities, very busy, and very much for the monied middle class.

[@Kruppt808]

@@tigerburn81 only stupid people max out credit cards. Maybe your projecting. We can order any kind of food online and phones haven't cost 1k for 10 years or more, your comments feel dated.

[@mblegend3056]

When your business is located mostly on shopping malls, then it will sink with the ship too.

[@collinhoeferlin43]

this. 1000%

[@twothreebravo]

It's almost as if that was the one hidden lesson in the last video about Kohl's who avoided malls like the plague.

[@regmarshall5619]

Don't forget airports.

[@timeshaft5088]

Both Chick-Fil-A and Orange Julius started in malls.

[@charlieanddadreviewsandcha2243]

incinerator1016 they used to have Orange Julius in Malls on the east coast. They just never really caught on.

[@comicog3]

Hot take: when you get a taste fresh Sbarro slice they're actually pretty good. They're terrible when they're not fresh though

[@cancel1913]

I was going to say exactly that. If you get the pepperoni pizza (most popular) fresh off the oven then it's actually good. The ones that are not so popular and sit around are awful.

[@douglasdeguzman7729]

yes! when the crust still got a crunch to it!

[@Autotomize]

“Actually pretty good” doesn’t come close to how incredible fresh slices from other pizza chains are

[@Michelle-ym8yw]

@@cancel1913 Right, they should cut their menu way down and only sell pepperoni and cheese pizza. Not only do they save money be eliminating waste, the pizza will be fresher. NYC is full of pizza by the slice places that are delicious - the fact that it's premade isn't Sbarro's problem. Secondly, they should pop slices into the oven for a few mins if it isn't just out of the oven (if they don't already). This is what NYC slice places do.

[@jenm9099]

Living in Atlanta after being raised in NYC and New Haven, CT, IMO, Sbarro's fresh pizza is pretty good for Atlanta. Although, I think frozen pizza is better than most pizza here. It sucks.

[@robertbeckman2054]

I agree with most of what you said concerning the quality and taste. BUT, this one time, I was at the SLC airport and it was breakfast time as I was waiting for a flight. A Sbarro’s just opened up for the day. I ordered and ate in quick fashion the freshest, most delicious Stromboli I’ve EVER had. Damn, that was good.

[@circuitcity1997]

my sbarro hasnt closed yet but its in a dead mall so its days are numbered ;-;

[@SouthRails]

That’s sad

[@virginiansupremacy]

15th

[@1995martin]

F

[@alexosow]

Same except the mall in my city is an unusual case and is doing fairly well

[@artemtankov938]

Party probably it is unique in some way, the pizza the quality in general, and I think it could just as well be the last one to survive.

[@soulsick410]

"Along with their three sons, Left, Naples, and Italy...." is what my dumbass understood

[@redbarchetta5620]

I heard it that way too

[@poutinedream5066]

Right! I'm like, what kind of names are those?

[@lawlessx9]

Same!

[@RpJesus_1]

Me to man 😂

[@yondie491]

The narrator has a LOT to learn about verbal pacing. I wish I understood the modern style of being completely and utterly allergic to pauses. That's exactly how anyone listening would transcribe it as if they didn't know better.

[@Guildmarm]

the pizza is mediocre but sometimes when you find yourself at a mall it almost feels like tradition to get a slice or two. It may not be great but it's nostalgic at the very least.

[@robknob8437]

A captive audience is all they have going. They should start getting prison contracts.

[@purplecrayon7281]

Living in NYC, I will never understand why people would buy pizza from Sbarro, when any street corner pizzeria serves better tasting pizza than Sbarro and at a cheaper price.

[@TheWTFsauce]

Not gonna lie I actually loved their pizza but I never was like “let me drive out of my way to a mall just to get ONE slice”

[@WatchTheVideosOnline]

this is exactly how i feel about it

[@Artbug]

F in the chat for your tastebuds

[@Kruppt808]

It was the only pizza option in the food courts in the mall during the 90s and early 2000s. I never remember it tasting amazing or bad. After awhile the other options at the food courts got better so I stopped going.

[@caldreamin4250]

You lie, but understand

[@ThatMilkJuice]

TheWTFsauce IKR 🤣🤣🤣

[@TheBlueLightChannel]

I could listen to this man talk about rocks. He’s so good at what he does. Keep these videos coming Company Man!

[@calebmoore9964]

C L O S E D I think he did talk about pet rocks once. Look it up

[@justsomeguy5470]

@@calebmoore9964 Yes, he did

[@kaylew108]

"This feldspar just isn't cutting it anymore...the public wants something new and modern"..

[@companyman114]

I really appreciate the compliment.

[@laddibugg]

@@companyman114 have you ever done a video about De beers?💍💎

[@TheSecondVersion]

"Sbarro: Fresh Italian Cooking" It ain't fresh, it ain't Italian, but at least it's cooked

[@Raskolnikov70]

Is it? Or are they just re-heating pre-made frozen products? Sorta how Applebees' lies and calls themselves a restaurant chain when they're just a place where your food is microwaved before they serve it to you.

[@Raskolnikov70]

@Smitty WerbenJagerManJensen Are the period and shift keys on your keyboard broken?

[@nordisk1874]

Hey they have one of the best Stromboli outside New York!

[@EliteGeeks]

their pizza is shit, I have had it 2 times in my life, once in 1988 and again in the mid 90s... never again

[@nordisk1874]

EliteGeeks yes but not the Stromboli

[@conradblume4274]

EXCELLENT channel! You should do a video on how you research these companies

[@puertoricanguy999]

Anyone who quotes ReviewBrah/TheReportOfTheWeek, even for great meme purposes, is okay in my book. Thank you, Company Man.

[@virginiansupremacy]

74th

[@jase7722]

If only he'd put his name or channel name somewhere

[@Silvergun_Raven]

Jason He put his name on the bottom left of the video when the clip was shown.

[@jase7722]

@@Silvergun_Raven oof didnt see, noice!

[@julesdotmp4]

i gasped when my boy showed up, ngl

[@artmonkey24]

Like many others, Sbarro is a nostalgic childhood memory for me.

[@aocplusme5676]

What others?

[@NathanRios2000]

Same here

[@starvinmarvinoff6045]

Facts

[@chico7469]

Yes indeed... Evergreen plaza, River oaks mall, Lincoln mall, very nostalgic.

[@prtdiva]

Same! I loved getting sbarros at the mall. I thought it was good. But, it could’ve just been good for my 10 year old taste buds. Who knows? 🤷🏾‍♀️

[@williammartin4368]

I was a manager for sbarro's and have never been treated better. I loved working for them.

[@eddieschwab864]

I never worked for them myself I work for a a joining restaurant at a mall that had one but it always seemed like it was a mistake that they went from having both Pizza and Pasta to being pizzacentric. I always thought their pasta was worlds better than their Pizza. Just for context I had their pizza maybe three times in my life, none of them I was particularly impressed, but their pasta it's pretty damn good for Mall food...

[@steveomac385]

@@eddieschwab864I always got their pasta. The pizza sucked, but their pasta was more than good enough for the quick mall experience.

[@redstone5149]

@@steveomac385 …have you lost your mind? That pizza still good as af😁

[@SatoriSoul]

@@eddieschwab864 Pasta has pan roasted fresh Garlic by default, I love it to.

[@thomasfontaine3002]

Tough job

[@KingShade1]

I had not heard of this pizza place (Canadian here), but I'm curious to see how the pandemic affected this company. Hey Company man, new series idea! "Company Revisits" Where you revisit a video from a company 5 years later and see how it's doing.

[@Elias-df6ki]

They had them in canada too

[@RingoLoadagain]

Yep. Convenience. That was the ONLY reason I EVER went to a sbarro's growing up.

[@PWiz30]

I loved Sbarro pizza when I was a kid. Kids aren't very picky about the quality of their pizza.

[@taylorfrench6722]

That's why frozen pizza is so successful among kids and so many adults. It's for people who want convenience just like Sbarro and I say this as someone who eats them every once in a while.

[@PWiz30]

@@taylorfrench6722 Yeah, pizza is a food where even if you've had some of the best examples of it, you can still appreciate a basic, convenient version in the right situation.

[@LifePlayDream]

As a kid I always thought this was shit pizza, I never understood the lust for this garbage.

[@jakekrugman4466]

Yeah I would eat uncooked hot dogs

[@skdjirrrdjdm3926]

@@LifePlayDream age 12-13 is when I started figuring out it was shit.

[@aje-olokunsChile]

I feel like taste often is compared to price... At least to me Sbarros was "terrible" because it was $5. But it would taste pretty damn good if it was $1. But this is coming from someone who would see a shirt in the store and be like "i love this shirt omg how much is it??" Then look at the price and say "Ewww not for THAT price" 😂

[@frankpeck1448]

Classic example, why there's this thing called 'Double Blind Study'!

[@bratzboyz]

You know...mmm, yeah, I think you're right. When I envisioned Sbarros pizza slices for a dollar each, just a few seconds ago, I felt thrilled and suddenly felt a "craving" for Sbarros. I'm pretty sure it was the price that made that place awful.

[@mikeg3439]

I grew up kind of poor, struggled over a long time and eventually after half a century I found some success. But I still look at one T-shirt for 14.99 and think "I can't spend that much on a T-shirt" then get totally excited when I find one for $8. It will probably never change.

[@jackhammer2193]

Your logic is damn right tho just like I have no right to complain about something that is damn near free

[@VaporeonEnjoyer1]

Little Caesar's pizza sucks, but it's like the same price as Sbarro and you actually get a whole pizza, not a slice. And you just walk in, get it, and leave unless they happen to run out of what you wanted.

[@TheTabe]

I love Sbarro. Just had some! I think that it tastes better than a lot of the big chains like Pizza Hut, Dominos, and especially Papa Johns. As was said, everyone has their own tastes.

[@ZMCarsandMore]

As an avid pizza maker, freshness is important for pizza. The longer the pizza is out of the oven, the less moisture the pizza (dough) retains. Then when you add a lamp to keep it warm, only accelerates the process. This affects the quality heavily. This is why Dominos and other large pizza chains are very strict on making sure the pizza reaches the customer as soon as possible.

[@colviolet4066]

For instance, at marcos pizza, we will make extra large pizzas and cut them into 6 slices to sell by the slice, we make that pizza around 11am or so give or take a half hour... and around 1pm, 2pm, or possibly 3pm.. we take it away cause it will resemble a dryed out cracker if we left it till 5pm If I remember correctly we sell slices for either 3 or 4 hours per day.

[@dogchow99]

Dominos tastes like hospital 🤢

[@SuperFlamethrower]

My local pizza place will make a pizza when I order it and it have it ready when I arrive. It's not rocket science, it's basic customer service. Your local pizza place will do this for you too!

[@toruinouelover]

@@dogchow99 omg I thought I was the only one who didn’t like dominos. I feel like the pizzas taste has changed overtime

[@m74796]

Domino's could get there in 5 seconds it still tastes like s***. I can't believe there expanding they should be declining

[@brennanr.697]

I loved their pizza. I just remember them being too expensive.

[@Chasstful]

Yep, it was always way over priced and not really good enough to justify the price

[@greedpower565]

Yup

[@freddyandfoxy7526]

Yeah they 6 dollars for a slice.

[@Nightowl333]

100% I agree I always LOVED their pizza, but always remember looking at the menu, even as a kid like shit lol this is kind of expensive. I don’t ever remember having a slice I didn’t enjoy, I miss the smell and that grease.

[@adrianr4095]

Yeah the pizza was legit. But the slice was a couple dollars overpriced. Especially when compared to their competitors in the same food court.

[@SAnn-rf3oz]

It's what happens when a nice "mom and pop shop" goes corporate. Starts a downward spiral of cutting corners and cheap ingredients.

[@robradical7213]

They probably weren't that great as a mom and pop shop either.

[@randysvids4774]

@@tacticalpossum7090 that mostly happens when small businesses get bigger and bigger. Their are a few exceptions like Chipotle where they make a bunch money and the food is actually good. I uses to go to sheetz all the time when I was younger because the sub sandwiches were amazing but then they got bigger, and the food was not as good as it once was

[@Valce]

I worked at a Stevi B's (similar to Cicis) for a couple years and on two occasions, the recipe for our dough changed. We would originally mix water, flour, oil and yeast at timed intervals, then we stopped needing the oil, then the flour came mixed with the yeast. I mean the crust was never that great to begin with, but by now it had become like cardboard and despite complaints in-store and online, nothing changed. People stopped coming and so four locations in four cities here closed.

[@Lasershadow]

Ah yes "going corporate", AKA finance and marketing take over all decision making and grind the company into the ground with min/maxing. It has happened before and will happen again, and again, and again, and again...

[@I_Santos_]

@@Valce so that’s what happened to our local Little Caesar’s crusts. In the last year I noticed a drastic change in their dough. Cardboard is a great description. They used to be a decent cheap pizza, but damn, even for the price it got lousy..

[@icdeadpipol]

In the Philippines, Sbarro was a place of luxury and always found 1 branch per major shopping mall. Pretty hefty serving of Pizza but I usually had to settle for a Baked Zitti as it was less expensive. Unfortunately noticed around 2018, most branches started closing one-by-one and one branch at a nearby mall (Robinson's Galleria) which reopened in 2019 has now shutdown as of 2022. Still have fond memories of family and friends eating at their branches in SM North EDSA & SM Megamall.

[@cwcsquared]

I first encountered Sbarro at MOA.

[@paleoph6168]

​@@cwcsquaredmy first encounter was the branch at _Market! Market!_ which is still there up to this day (as of October 2023). If there's anything I miss from it, it's the Fish Francese because sometimes I used to have it ordered with the Baked Ziti when I was kid. It may not be as good as I remembered, but I still wish to try it just one more time to relive those good memories.

[@Mujahideen_khinzir]

I was in the Philippines for vacation i think i saw it in greenbelt makati. If im not mistaken

[@keyboard_slap]

inB4 Sbarro files for bankruptcy again. Most of their locations, malls and airports, are particularly hard-hit by COVID

[@kathrynck]

true that. there's a lot of restaurants i'm really concerned for surviving, sbarro's isn't one of them though. Sbarro's kinda makes most of the country think NYC pizza tastes bad hehe.

[@usefulidiot7885]

I wish I had access to good ny style pizza I love sbarro just for the fact I can’t get good pizza anywhere

[@Simpleton_X]

*by extreme responses to covid

[@Bluebelle51]

just the airports, malls were already going away

[@ardreambystander6988]

They way you said “Left Naples Italy” made me think it was thier names lol.

[@publicenemy123]

I understood it as left nipple Italy

[@kcototheyoyoyo]

I know me reading the names and him saying different things confused the hell out of me for a second🥴

[@E3gamefreak123]

I was thinking the same EXACT thing!

[@lillianbegay3013]

Dead ass😂😂

[@lvlupent.7334]

"Left Sbarro" imma name my son that someday

[@miniuniverse5070]

The things with malls is that sometimes they get lucky. My mall was probably saved by getting the Cheescake factory in the mall. Safe to say that mall is not closing for another 5 years.

[@Pwn3dbyth3n00b]

Anchors like that cannot save a mall. Something like cheesecake factory only attracts folks to the cheesecake factory unless its slapped in the middle of the mall. Most of the time it's on the outskirts or a separate building near the mall.

[@johnmcglasson5444]

Birmingham?

[@matthewdrayton1767]

Luckily, my mall is one of the largest in the US.

[@madamii]

The Christiana mall in Delaware is doing great from what I've seen when I went there. There's a mall closer by where I live, but it's not doing so well, probably because they are going to the bigger Christiana mall.

[@stvojay]

The movie theater in my hometown mall is keeping it alive. It’s that and a Von Maur that’s about it

[@scowlistic]

I made the pizza at a Sbarro's for a few months back in '99. It was excellent, craftsmanship is the key.

[@jpaxonreyes]

"It wasn't extremely gross." -Reviewbrah

[@billreed3785]

TheReportOfTheWeek kid, if you didnt know

[@jpaxonreyes]

@@billreed3785 - oh, I know. I'm one of his Patreon patrons.

[@tavern2468]

Sbarro is a default mall meal. A “I’m starving , irritable and everything else in the food court is suspect and I’d rather eat old pizza instead of mall sushi” scenario. It looked better than it tasted. Recently my mom had a craving for it and it was still listed on google but said it was permanently closed. She was sad. I’ll always remember sharing a slice , and baked ziti and a garlic roll with my mom after torturous hours of walking around the mall.

[@MrPatchPlays]

[Everyone liked that.]

[@TheHivesbane]

I still sometimes drive 40 minutes to the old mall just to buy a pepperoni stromboli.

[@tavern2468]

DelfinManny that’s quite a commitment. I wonder if they sold frozen grocery store food they woulda still been successful. Test out the market, Get the loyal /nostalgic customer base without the mall overhead and you get the connivence of not driving to a mall. It’s not any worse than digorno or red barron

[@tavern2468]

Mr. Patch Plays aww 🥰

[@RuiRuichi]

Sbarro is oddly doing ok here in the Philippines. A branch even opened in my small hometown's biggest mall. It's not exacty gourmet since there are plenty of better alternatives at even cheaper prices but it's a go-to when you just want a quick meal when you're tired of the same choices some times.

[@jackflash5659]

The Sbarro sons stopped caring about quality food when their father died. That's a fact. When they sold business to corporation the food went from bad to worse. I guess the new owners should've went to a Sbarro mall location and tried the pizza before buying biz.

[@JHockeyFan]

jack flash Just like empires of centuries past. The father dies, the son takes over and the empire starts to decline and eventually falls.

[@Orzel600]

Jonathan Z dude just compared a pizza company to Rome

[@JustaguyPAUL]

Orzel600 they both are Italian so I guess I works haha

[@joshcohen4571]

I grew up with one of the son’s kids (so Gennaro‘s grandchildren). The mom was actually pretty nice, but the rest of the family members were some of the most entitled people I have ever met. The youngest kid was particularly awful, even into our late teens/early 20’s. It’s been about 5 years since I’ve seen him though. I hope he’s grown out of it.

[@APin23]

Wilhelm II in a nutshell

[@mattgraham9515]

This was such an interesting video. Thanks for making it. I always wondered what happened to this chain, which I first saw on one of my first visits to America in 1995, in NYC. Now I live here, and I barely see a Sbarro anywhere. I always wondered what happened to them...

[@DPSFSU]

We used to have a Sbarro in our local mall. They were there for so many years. Then closed down and became an Arby's. Years went by and the place changed many times. Recently that same spot in the mall became... a Sbarro! Full circle.

[@jg_in_hd]

The one in our local mall closed and became a Chinese restaurant that also closed

[@anti-ethniccleansing465]

@Cold World Who buys clothes online though? Pass on that!

[@jerrywoods4066]

@Cold World strange but true

[@heavenshound6775]

@Christine not exactly, higher end malls still rake in tons of cash, you are exaggerating it.

[@dl30wpb]

Sbarro is inevitable lol

[@ryanbarker5217]

for a pizza that smelled so good and looked gorgeous, it sure did taste like a tombstone. an actual tombstone, not the pizza brand.

[@alf8916]

Lmao

[@brian4019]

Should have cooked the pizzas or slices fresh, but I suppose it would have been too slow for food court service.

[@Juniorinhawaii]

Best calzones

[@juicyfruit133]

ryan barker lol

[@noanswer531]

Christopher Stuart little caesars is def better

[@JUSTTHEDIGI]

Many people talk about the quality, but not the quantity. Those slices were HUGE and when you're a kid walking around the mall and you see a giant pizza slice, your eyes light up like a christmas tree. Other than KBtoys, sbarro's was always the highlight of going to the mall. I miss that whole experience and still crave sbarro's to this day.

[@Novhlol]

Yeahh. Finally somebody who loved it like me. The pizza was always good. It wasnt flavorful or anything but it was pizza. Hot pizza. Will always be my favorite mall place. I dont know how or why people are saying its disgusting

[@ricardometalhands]

That’s the experience right there

[@JoeMama-po4tk]

Great way to explain it. I loved their pizza but then again my family hardly ate pizza or went to the mall lol.

[@JonO387]

I never ate sbarro even once. Pizza is not a good mall food.

[@Novhlol]

@@JonO387 missed out

[@dwayne601]

They would need to partner with businesses like Walmart and Target to get their traffic. Also, partake in every fair and theme park they can get into. Airports would be a good way, too.

[@diogowerneck5936]

bro u should pitch them that idea

[@veronicainkorea]

When I worked at a clothing store in the mall during college, Sbarro was a haven. We had a mall employee discount, stamp cards and really friendly employees who remembered what you liked. I honestly didn't think the pizza was bad, and the sides were pretty darn good too, especially their potatoes with ranch dip...One time my friends and I went to the movie theater at the mall for a back-to-back viewing of the Lord of the Rings Trilogy extended version + director commentary, a 12 or so hour endeavor. When we had an intermission we went to the food court to get something real to eat besides popcorn, and everything was closing down for the night. The Sbarro employees gave us their leftover pizza for free and we were so grateful. I might be biased since I was a fellow mall worker at the time, or just lucky, but I always had good experiences with Sbarro.

[@samueljaworski5737]

I remember getting a calzone there in 2001.

[@adonirammccarthy3994]

Yup, I worked in a mall for a couple years, Sbarro's was always in the lunchbreak rotation. I never ate pizza though, always calzones.

[@deeprose4]

itsveronicaguys I worked in the mall in the late 80’s, I always went to Sbarro, I never thought their food was bad, especially the calzones.

[@GplusGains]

Thank you for your insight. That was rather an enjoyable read.

[@craigmcpherson1455]

I'd you worked at the mall, you probably had a scheduled lunch break. That meant the privilege of eating their food freshly made. It's also hard to beat free pizza, even if it's so-so. I'll bet Carmela timed her pizzas perfectly with the workers in Brooklyn taking their lunch breaks.

[@warrenjehosephat231]

In the early 90's, Sbarro's was friggin delicious. Of course, in the early 90's I was like 10, so...

[@ralo390]

Literally my thoughts exactly as a kid it was like a white table cloth restaurant 😂🤣😂

[@dlw1221]

Yep in the 90s EVERYBODY would go to the mall just for their pizza

[@truedepth6315]

Yep. Sbarro had the best large pizza slice around. I loved going to the mall and getting it. Now it tastes like crap, they are greedy and way overpriced.

[@michaeldesilets7853]

In the early 90s I was also 10 and also liked sbarro

[@WhoCares3001]

I feel like the only person who's never had their pizza. Always opted for their ziti or lasagna as a kid. Anyway it was good back then!

[@briansundayatc]

“I’m gonna get me a New York slice!” -Michael Scott

[@virginiansupremacy]

25th

[@Agtsmirnoff]

“At my favorite New York pizza joint”

[@undisclosedevr644]

Sbarro always reminds me of Michael Scott after that episode!

[@k.chriscaldwell4141]

A perfectly executed sight-joke. Scott makes that statement as the the camera pans right to capture him jogging over to a Sbarro's storefront. Hilarious.

[@superquinntendo89]

There it is.

[@415boomboom]

Sbarro and an orange julius was the staple combo meal for the mall ❤good times

[@Blakelikesfood]

"What happened?" Lunch costing $18 happened.

[@bratzboyz]

yep

[@locke103]

*laughs in new york* sorry, i couldnt resist. but yeah, i absolutely hate trying to buy lunch within most places around here.

[@sujimtangerines]

My BF at the time worked there and the only way we could afford to eat there was at the end of the night when they let the closers take home whatever was left.

[@tanabza9094]

OMG lmao so true. Whenever I would be in the city, this place never failed. Getting their lemon spaghetti

[@Chadius]

@@locke103 You could get better NY Pizza for around $7 from local chains in NYC. Why would you waste time and money at Sbarro's?

[@louisvillejesters7841]

As a teen, I ate their pizza a lot. Why? I hangout at malls. Probably haven't ate at a Sbarro in 8-10 years.

[@maryandreana1753]

Two things: first when my husband and I first got married back in 1985, we lived right by where Sbarro's originated in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. On 65th Street and 17th Avenue. We would come home off the N train and walking home would pass by. And occasionally stop by. I remember Genaro , who was a big, sturdy man, would offer us tastes of different things. I can still remember his voice telling us to "Taste-a-please" . He was such a sweet man.Second thing, one of the news headlines byline captured my attention. Jonathan Stempel, which piqued my curiosity, since I worked years ago with a Jon Stempel in brokerage. Did a search and found out that he and two other brokers I had worked with are doing extremely well and are all within the same firm. So that was just a trip down memory lane.

[@VinceLyle2161]

That's a great story.

[@nut6315]

I love this

[@420f37]

pretty awesome

[@robertace821]

You took my time and my life from that 😴 fest

[@bitchface235]

wow that is so mundane it makes the color grey look exciting

[@cadibug133]

The Sbarros at my local mall is going strong! I occasionally grab a slice when I'm scoping out the mall for christmas/birthday gifts

[@MH-br3th]

The family was smart to sell out when they did. This brand is forever anchored to mostly malls, and they can't compete in the regular market against the other chains. The malls in America are in a rapid decline and this particular franchise will die with them.

[@gigi-gc8gu]

That was depressing

[@gibberconfirm425]

@Sixgun Symphony It's amazing how "Sbarro as mall pizza" co-exists with stereotype of NY pizza being superior. All pizza in NY is kind of like Sbarro. I eat it! I ate it a lot when I lived there! I'm not against it! But the real question is how Chicago thin crust would compete (not the dumb deepdish argument,) thin crust in Chicago is better than New York, and the chains here like D'agostino's seem to like their high prices, instead of trying to destroy Domino's. Although I'd consider ordering Sbarro, if one was by me, too, so it just exposes how fickle pizza opinions can be.

[@Forcasify]

@@gibberconfirm425 ny pizza trash and so are you

[@FIXTREME]

Fun fact: Sbarro is the largest, most popular, and fastest growing American pizza chain in Bolivia

[@troygrant5418]

Right on

[@vipset87]

where they now have a total of 5 stores

[@teamtinyturtle9103]

What bugs me is that it's pronounced as _'Sabarro'_ even though there's no _'a'_ between the _'S'_ and _'b.'_

[@fuzzywzhe]

I'm absolutely certain they aren't using the same ingredients and recipes they were using in the United States. It's not what they served that was revolting, it was the recipe that made whatever they served revolting.

[@SquidProQuo80]

Which isn't saying much...

[@trekkiejunk]

When people say, "No one likes Sbarro's pizza," you have to remember who is saying this. If it's Millennials, it's because they have only eaten there in the last 10, 15, or even 20 years. Growing up in the 80's in Chicago, i was used to GREAT pizza. And when i went to the mall, i always went to the Sbarro, because it was as good as NY pizza, or any Chicago thin crust.

[@ZED20DAY]

I’ve been guilty of throwing mud at this place but after I watching this video and seeing how much effort the original owner did their best to no compromise by franchising I now believe you and wish I had tried it in its heyday.

[@Dukelikestonukeonbubes]

Okay Boomer

[@jamalydude]

@@ZED20DAYhey don’t feel too bad the video says the Sbarro family sold it at the perfect time

[@seeharvester]

@@Dukelikestonukeonbubes Okay stoner.

[@keithg460]

Sams Club charges $2.50 for a slice of pizza and a drink. Sbarro charges $7.00. That's the problem. It isn't $5 a slice of pizza. That slice costs them less than 50cents to make. Generally, restaurants charge 3x costs. Pizza is cheap to make, so a lot of them charge more, but 10x costs is too high. Either they had much higher production costs than any other places, or they are greedy.

[@SuprousOxide]

I remember the old saying. Pizza is like sex. When it's good it's REALLY good and when it's bad... It's still pretty good. And that's Sbarro. It's bad pizza, which means... It's ok, I guess.

[@jojivlogs_4255]

Not true. There's some pretty terrible pizza out there

[@seahawks1185]

Deep dish extra cheese and pepperoni is actually good.

[@tavern2468]

jojivlogs_ I had pizza in Philadelphia from a place called Station pizza WORST FUCKING PIZZA I ever had. Couldn’t even finish a slice. Took one bite and I was done. It was $5 for a whole pie. We figured how bad could it be.

[@Sergio-fu7mv]

I’ve had some bad pizza that was REALLY bad. That’s not true. It can be bad.

[@thethrashyone]

@Tohur At least Little Caesar's has actual crust. It's not like those _especially_ terrible pizzas where the texture can be described, without exaggeration, as "cheese on cardboard".

[@SheldonAdama17]

The only reason I know Sbarro is because Michael Scott always goes there when he’s in NYC for his “New York slice”

[@gooblegobble78]

🤣🤣

[@derealized797]

I was actually going to comment on this. Every time I see Sbarro that's what comes to mind. His favorite NY pizza place.

[@fieldrook1613]

Same, I didn’t even understand the joke at first

[@bgreene110]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@prtdiva]

Lmaooooo 😂

[@russmode]

The novelty of getting it at the mall, good times.

[@robc4191]

My mall had a mom-and-pop pizza place on the second floor, then Sbarros moved in to the lower floor by the center entrance. I thought the food was over priced and crappy, but everyony thought they were up scale, high-brow or something. Couple years later the old pizza place shut down and sbarros remained. It stayed for a couple years, but by then you -never- saw anybody eating there. Its gone now, turned into a weird off-brand hippie store that sells bongs, crystals and Greatful Dead shirts.

[@JMyoutube1]

@@robc4191 sounds like what's happening to America now

[@robc4191]

@@JMyoutube1 yeah, its a sign of the times i guess. We also have a kiosk now on the ground floor that sells MAGA gear, red hats, camo hats, pictures of trump, pictures of rambo with trump's face, pictures of trump walking along a beach with Jesus, little gold statues of trump, trump chess sets, trump flags, trump calendars, trump plates, trump lighters, trump t shirts, knock off trump tower lego kits, trump the super hero coloring books, trump shot glasses, and yes, they didn't forget.. 2 foot by 3 foot. President Donald J Trump velvet paintings.

[@robc4191]

@DroboN3w no dude, I am 100% serious.

[@ademirsegura6307]

As well as Service Areas I remember when I went to VA with my family we always stopped at Sbarro in Delaware (before the remodeling) to eat pizza there

[@buckfutter1327]

My go to mall food as a kid was always the locally owned Chinese place. The owner's son always hung out at the arcade and we were nice to him. Because of that we started getting discounts :D

[@user-yk5by3uc2b]

The first Sbarros is now an Asian restaurant. I remember walking in there for lunch and carmela sabarro would hand you delicious prosuto balls to try.

[@Raminator243]

D D F in chat for Sbarros

[@RevBrotherJackMusick]

F

[@jamesgretsch4894]

Now they serve Peking Pizza.

[@dubya724]

You lucky so ‘n so😩

[@theteacher7619]

I actually am one of those people who likes Sbarro's, but it sounds like my local one did it right, The pizza was fresh and good, each to their own I suppose

[@akiraasmr3002]

Yes my local one was the best in stratford square mall but the other ones like in my school depaul and the woodfield mall ones sucked for me. It really depends on location

[@adrianr4095]

I think people are just pissed at the price and it not being fresh. I actually love reheated in oven pizza more than fresh. Cause it gets crispy well done.

[@LauraAnn210]

I like their stuffed pizza, basically 2 pizza’s on top of each other

[@tmowbray77]

I wouldn’t call the pizza “bad”. I’ve had bad pizza, and Sbarro is above that for sure...but it just isn’t great or otherwise remarkable either

[@TheJer1963]

I love their pizza........

[@georgejones8745]

Exactly. Sbarro pizza isn't bad, it's just unremarkable. Without the mall food courts, they couldn't compete with any of the other pizza chains.

[@JulioLopez-xz5kx]

Sbarro is like the Budweiser of pizzas: Not bad but not great either.

[@shinon748]

Yea they're really middle of the road. They're just...idk neutral. I'm not grossed out by them but I'm never excited to get a slice.

[@cius2112]

@@georgejones8745 what major chains even have good pizza?

[@stingray11214]

I remember Sbarro as an Italian Salumeria on 65th and 17th Avenue in Brooklyn. When they forgot what made them is when they lost it. When Mama Sbarro died, Sbarro was finished.

[@dominick253]

I liked their pizza. Just isn't healthy which is why I stopped going there. For a truck stop place it's one of the better ones for sure.

[@TheMysteryDriver]

dominick253 just got to dab up the grease with a lot of napkins. Then it's fine.

[@thaiboypsp3000]

dominick253 pizza....healthy?

[@TXnine7nine]

Sometimes the greasier the pizza the better the pizza 😂

[@sparttin117john]

I think I remember liking their pizza, it was just expensive for our family.

[@valenjessy87]

sparttin117john exactly. It was good just too expensive

[@TheBusFoamer]

Yea exactly

[@ReALliFe4nOw]

I thought I like it, but I think it’s just the memory of hanging out at the mall with friends and going to the arcade. The pizza just went with it. About a year ago I was at a mall and tried their pizza and it was definitely not great, not horrible but not great.

[@Caseylawton]

I actually loved Sbarro's pizza pre recession. I feel like they changed ingredient around then to save on costs and it messed with the flavor

[@ricochetey]

Ya same with pizza hut, not only does it taste bad it even smell bad.

[@codyhayes5499]

Yes. Sbarro in 2005

[@DV-ou1yu]

The taste did change though

[@Caseylawton]

I'm glad it's not just me haha. It definitely used to taste better.

[@rvl480van5]

During the eighties, loved both Sbarro and Pizza Hut. During the nineties, both companies began to decline in quality especially Pizza Hut.

[@thenerdnetwork]

I was driving on the interstate a couple years ago, and I saw a sign for Sbarro... I was like "OMG, I haven't had their pizza in so long! This is gonna be awesome!". So I stopped at the service plaza, and ordered 2 slices of arguably the worst New York style pizza that I have ever eaten, at the highest cost ever. I just will never eat there again. They took the pizza that was sitting in the display, threw it in a Subway looking oven microwave thing, and proceeded to burn the crap out of it. Nasty.

[@rswear]

I remember Sbarro pizza being better in the 80's. But maybe that's just me. Interesting that so much started changing for them in '85 though.

[@GreenAppelPie]

Same here, the last time I have a mall with one was the late 80's, but I went to the McDonald's not 50 feet away after I saw their prices.

[@zackbrand9311]

When I was very young in the mid 2000’s I loved their pizza but I feel like the quality has gone down soooo much in recent years I could barely eat my last slice I got a year ago 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@shaodynasty1017]

It's just your nostalgia memory

[@rswear]

@@shaodynasty1017 I do not disagree with that thought :-)

[@John_Locke_108]

Everything tasted better in the 80's. Or maybe that was related to my 10 year old taste buds.

[@kriswempa5171]

I grew up in NJ and only saw Sbarro in malls. I ate there only a few times. It wasn't bad, but definitely nothing special. There is NO WAY it could compete to the many great local pizza shops that are scattered throughout the state. Being tied to shopping malls just made their situation worse. It's easy to understand their downfall.

[@rebeccawhite5128]

I moved from NY?NJ to the south. When our mall first got a Sbarro's it was the first Northeastern Pizza I'd had in years and I was just dying to get there as much as I could. Then the quality just declined.

[@gregkeller80]

The one that was in Woodbridge center was great back in 1980…😂

[@twindrill2852]

Funny, there was a Sbarro in my local NJ mall too. It’s closed down now.

[@Fromagreatheight]

Why put a quick NY pizza joint in NY? Thats like putting a non Chicago deep dish franchise that's a poor imitation of Chicago deep dish, in Chicago itself

[@vincenzovieri3743]

true but not every place is new york new jersey boston. most of the u.s. doesn't have good pizza shops. that's why so many franchises exist. but i agree with anyone thinking opening one of these franchises in a city or state that's known for good pizza, that they're out of their mind if they proceed.

[@shammydammy2610]

Lol...as a teenager in the late 80's, our view was the smell of sbarro reminds you to go eat...somewhere else.

[@Spiderpunkrocks]

"Hmmm the smell of over priced food" that's how it went for me.

[@shammydammy2610]

@D Di P Nooooo? (I did not reference prosciutto anywhere.)

[@princessmarlena1359]

As little kids in the late 80’s, even my twin brother and I knew not to eat Sbarro. The rancid grease could be smelled from across the food court at the mall.

[@juicyfruit133]

shammy dammy lol

[@afjer]

I always hear the mall argument but the malls around where I live are booming to the point it's often difficult to find parking in the massive lots.

[@ljnkrabby]

I loved Sbarro as a kid, so I thought it was just nostalgia that was the reason I liked it so much. But then, I found a Sbarro restaurant near my apartment, paid it a visit, and it was just as good as I remembered it. I respect that not everyone thinks this way, but that’s the beauty of life right there; there’s no definitive answer for what’s good or bad that everyone has to follow.

[@maddycarrillo3434]

yea i thought it was good too kinda surprised everyone hates it :0

[@DoctorCyan]

Blessed

[@b_nast19]

@@maddycarrillo3434 I ALWAYS got excited to go to the mall to get sabaro pizza. I loved it 12 years ago and I still do now! I guess we just have an unpopular opinion...Who cares lol

[@arianvlogs4876]

Brett Griffith I love it too

[@nostromer]

I had the same experience lol, It's totally good. I love it.

[@derekdevore3002]

I loved sbarro’s when it was at the mall in my hometown, it closed around the time of the recession and I still miss being able to go there.

[@taylordively4567]

Sbarro also has many locations at rest stops, especially on the Pennsylvania Turnpike and Ohio Turnpike.

[@PhilRubio11]

Facts I never had sbarro but those identical rest stops were my childhood when visiting family in south bend, IN from No. Virginia...always Burger King Panera Sbarro and some super nice bathrooms

[@CarPitStop]

E

[@aidanoconnor1854]

Definitely on the Pennsylvania turnpike

[@jadenshah]

Yes man I used to always get sbarro on the Ohio turnpike it's honestly one of my favorite pizzas

[@SixFlagsNewEnglandFan]

I went to one on I-87 near NYC

[@autisticat-5649]

we had sbarro at a local mall, i remember eating it with my grandpa who was from Italy. Good memories. I miss him.