The Untold Truth Of CiCis Pizza

[@MashedFood]

Have you ever eaten at a Cicis?

[@abigailwilson8996]

Mashed yep all the time 😂

[@JoshuaMTZ-jn3vn]

Yes also love the vids!!!

[@dalesaylors9251]

Once upon a time I did. Been a good 8 years ago. Experience no pizza limit.

[@stk-tko8191]

Yes I eaten there before it was ok

[@pandaiscool9552]

Mashed no

[@padraig-eoindalrymple4047]

Love the dessert pizza. When I was poor, I would eat there and that one meal would last me all day. If I couldn't finish my plate, I could take home whatever I didn't finish. Its not the best, but I have fond memories of being able to afford a full belly cheaper than what it would cost for me to cook at home.

[@gavinhanson9213]

The buffet is $5 it cost less then that to cook at home and have left overs

[@scoobysnacks3740]

Sorry but I gave buffet style restaurants YEARS ago. Not everybody believes in washing their hands after using the restrooms.

[@thehound3202]

I don't think that's exclusive to buffet restaurants

[@jamiscoda5013]

You sre so right. Went to Golden Corral and went in restroom to wash my hands. A guy exits stall after apparently number 2 and doesnt wash hands. Lots of kids at CiCis and I know they have nasty habits like picking their nose.

[@gavinhanson9213]

This happens at all restaurants but it’s the employees that actually touch your food after using restroom with out washing hands, you just don’t realize it.

[@peaceandwealthseeker4504]

Scooby Snacks you are still eating feces

[@tommyjohnson2279]

SAME

[@Unemy]

If you’re mad that you were told to leave a restaurant after more then 20+ slices of pizza then you have SERIOUS problems.

[@shadowstorm7467]

It is a buffet

[@markdouglas1601]

Serious problem = morbid obesity

[@yesitsmecsd]

While I do agree prob not best to sit and eat that much, you can't sell something as unlimited and then try and tell someone they've had too much.

[@wintertheampharos4725]

Mark Douglas don’t forget gluttony

[@3fxz483]

the slices of pizza are small

[@ingloriousMachina]

I've only ever seen one Cici's in my life. The food wasn't bad. Not inredible, but not bad.

[@NishantGogna]

“Joe graduated college with an accounting degree, but after landing a job as an accountant, he realized his real passion was pizza.” - something about this line just cracks me up 🤣😂

[@onetwo6039]

Those cinnamon sticks are damn good.....

[@roxcyn]

They closed all the ones in my city.

[@celestialove_xoxo_4047]

Rats fell through the ceiling in the one in Pensacola near me

[@neil5679]

In Dublin Ohio, all of them got shut down

[@roxcyn]

@@neil5679 - Yeah, I think all the ones in Franklin county shut down.

[@neil5679]

roxcyn a few years ago as well I remember going their with my family, loved it there

[@quack8391]

Oof for you 😂

[@dreadymurphy2055]

I have eaten 25+ slices multiple times and have never been cutoff 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@jimmyoverly3512]

Did you ever shit yourself in the middle of the restaurant for fun? I used to do it every Thursday. I'd eat 37 pieces of pizza and then projectile shit right in the middle. I ruined so many birthdays and made so many memories

[@Ghost-nr5kv]

Jimmy Overly what the actual fuck 😂 you just made my day

[@snickerswo1f519]

How the fvck do you eat that many? The most I’ve eaten was 13 and I got a bad stomach ache and I got sick(I ignored my mom telling me not to get more but I sneaked them). I was around 10😂

[@rileysmith9843]

I have eaten 40+ items off the buffet, and was never kicked out. I was only 12 and weighed only 93 pounds. I’m 19 and weigh 169 pounds, even after eating 40+ items. But I go to the gym daily, so...

[@Dondonmixedflip]

I'm alternate day fasting. I would forget how to act at cicis right now.

[@marlkalone7361]

Probably a good thing that the founder sold the company back when it was more popular. Seems like an amazing guy, and would be heartbroken at the current state of the business.

[@MoonlightLavender89]

I worked for a Cicis Pizza in TN and our pizza was always hot, fresh, and frequently rotated. It was my 2nd best job I ever had.

[@MustafaAli-lb8dq]

Joe Croce is a good man. Its not just pizza and profits. It's also his family.

[@andrepoppi7448]

They got the best barbecue pizza

[@br0q]

"country music and pizza. does life get any better?" why, yes it does.

[@cntoon90skid32]

We don't even have country music playing at our location. More like rock and pop songs.

[@DJ-xx7qi]

So glad they're still around! I had my first ever BBQ pizza there and fell in love... Not to mention the Simpsons arcade game I used to play with my family friend all the time and their 25 cent bouncy balls were so entertaining as well

[@seanbaechle9162]

Well ours doesn't look like that. But they are 🔥. I ate there today actually.

[@davidrichards6974]

Yes, I've eaten at CiCi' s several times, but no more since I had a kidney transplant, and can't eat at buffets, due my immune system is kept low and can get germs from nasty food handling on buffets and salad bars. 😃❤✝🇺🇸

[@mesa4592]

Blah blah blah

[@padraig-eoindalrymple4047]

Did the doctor tell you not to eat at buffets? Asking because im trying to get a kidney transplant and haven't heard that before.

[@Simpleton_X]

That's a weirdly personal thing to say.

[@lamontehughes7318]

I love cici's

[@jinbiezel683]

Why was that kid playing the video game shirtless??!

[@jimmyoverly3512]

Cause it's CiCi's dude. It's basically like if a trailerpark was a restaurant.

[@jinbiezel683]

@@jimmyoverly3512 Hi, welcome to KZbin. This just be your first time here if you don't understand a sarcastic rhetorical comment. J/K. 😂

[@jimmyoverly3512]

@@jinbiezel683 For a while my Thursday night hobby was to go to CiCi's and eat until asked to leave, and then I would shit in the middle of the dining room. Did it every Thursday.

[@jinbiezel683]

@@jimmyoverly3512 Lmao!!

[@encycl07pedia-]

@@jimmyoverly3512 Liar.

[@johntobias3376]

Cici's : We're doing pretty good! Covid: Hold my beer.

[@1retdGI]

At $5.99, I've always felt well satisfied when I left. They won't win a lot of awards but they are to be recognized. Especially at the end when you fill up on those "Hot & Fresh Cinnamon Buns. Those are worth the price of admission on their own.

[@diogowerneck5936]

yes!

[@Ineedpeace215]

The last time I sat down at a CCs restaurant, many-many years ago I watched as someone was going around cleaning the tables. Nothing wrong with that except as he was using a spray bottle to spray the table with cleaning fluid, he was also so careless that as he was spraying, whatever concoction was in that bottle was also being sprayed onto the salt and pepper shakers that were sitting in the middle of the table. I immediately lost my appetite and I never returned to CCs.

[@cntoon90skid32]

Well that explains why people keep asking me at my cicis location(I work at cicis)where is our shakers at for the parmesan cheese and salt and pepper. We don't keep those any more. We got them in small packages now.

[@lilredrobyn44]

angry grandpa: the truth is they wouldn't give me a deep dish pizza!

[@vermin5367]

I loved their desert pizzas.

[@jamesroark8714]

Pizza Huts in the Detroit area had the Lunch buffets as far back as the late 70’s as well as beer.

[@roxcyn]

Pizza Huts buffets were the bomb.

[@beleagueredbeluga5228]

There was a Cicis not too far from here, and I liked to go there to down a lot of pizza on the cheap with brother and friends from time to time. Sadly, one day we went there, and the place had closed down seemingly out of the nowhere. RIP my local Cicis. Still havent found a suitable replacement pizza buffet restaurant ever since.

[@el_mas_mafioso]

Only eat the fresh hot pizzas that come out of the oven or custom order one.

[@gritlup2089]

I ate there a few time's it was delicious. There was this on story I read where this guy and his son were in line at a Cici's for some of those cinnamon dessert roll's and the guy said this big dude finally got his turn to grab one. So he proceed's to (with both hand's) lift up the entire tray containing all of the dessert roll's they had out, walk's back to his table and just start's munching away.

[@el_mas_mafioso]

@@gritlup2089 That guy was probably me 😂

[@suggondeez2949]

thank you this is just what i needed 🥰

[@miguelordonez3323]

Its a good restaraunt they just need more sause on the pizza

[@beefstew4721]

Migs that’s depending on the location my dude

[@silverduck8499]

That's why i like it

[@masterfrank7607]

I have memories of going to Cicis when I was a kid, before it went bankrupt in my area. I wondered for years what happened to my local Cicis?

[@gritlup2089]

I ate there a few time's it was delicious. There was this on story I read where this guy and his son were in line at a Cici's for some of those cinnamon dessert roll's and the guy said this big dude finally got his turn to grab one. So he proceed's to (with both hand's) lift up the entire tray containing all of the dessert roll's they had out, walk's back to his table and just start's munching away.

[@markdouglas1601]

Used to be one in my hometown. After football practice me and some lineman buddies would go and smash pizza..then get a salad after so we could feel healthy. They closed senior year and we had first losing season in like 10 years

[@David-ku9li]

Domino's figured this out years ago. A crucial reason they're #1 is due to dropping the "pizza" part. Unfortunately, Pizza Hut and Papa John's Pizza are stuck with these names and have yet to change them. At least Cicis is taking a step forward. (Former Domino's employee) Edit: If you're keen, you'll have noticed Domino's emphasizes their logo more than words unlike the other big two.

[@joshkaye5303]

So domino's trying to hide the fact they sell pizza?

[@David-ku9li]

@@joshkaye5303 They know how to advertise to new customers without emphasizing only pizza.

[@David-ku9li]

@Natty Fatty Powerlifting The sauce is the best thing.

[@purpledavio]

Take a shot everytime you hear Ceci's

[@encycl07pedia-]

It's Cicis or Cici's.

[@rosy6562]

4:14 I really really really really miss this😩please bring it back CICis

[@ckookiemonster]

I always saw commercials in Los Angeles, but there were no locations nearby

[@vanmoody]

Luv Ciccis

[@OG_LAMONT]

I just turned 30. Pizza doesnt sit right with me anymore my life is pointless now

[@vzzoom8846]

Blessing in disguise

[@torianomalo2151]

I feel your pain! same thing happened to around the time I hit 30. I hardly ever eat it any more. and it used to be my favorite food

[@indiabrown5510]

Wow and this is my favorite pizza 🍕

[@heyitsablackguy9553]

This place will never go out of business, especially due to the coming recession.

[@bigredmachine510]

We don’t have any locations near me but we get their commercials all the time

[@gjsthreefoursevinoneone8945]

Although I haven;t eaten there for five years my memory is that Cicis is the worst carbohydrate I ever ate. I won't dignify it as pizza. Starch with some liquid vegatable juice on top.

[@MrLordpistoia]

Ive lived in 15 different states and have literally never seen a cici's anywhere.

[@Justfacts10000]

You’ve lived in 15 different states ?

[@SuperSuper0]

I don´t know which is more alarming you, have LIVED in 15 different states or Having never even SEEEN a Cici´s Pizza.

[@Justfacts10000]

SuperSuperGodfist lmao

[@democracydignityhumanrights]

SuperSuperGodfist my dad probably did about the same, at least 15 states, and also Puerto Rico. On top of that he also lived in a different country, the Bahamas, for a while where he helped smuggle stone crabs for Nixon when the president was on vacation.

[@DrewberTravels]

Trash pizza... but those cinnamon things... mmmmmmm

[@PerenganitoPerales]

I'm the king of my local cicis. I go there at least once a month and always take the survey and speak greatly of the employees. All the employees know me and its literally my favorite restaurant. I don't go more often because I don't want to buy larger clothing.

[@BoosterDuck9]

just don't eat the rest of the day

[@cliffwoodbury5319]

They should add several kinds of stuffed meatballs you can buy

[@just_a5.7]

Is ciciz only a south thang or yall got that up Nawf too?

[@92horndog]

We had one near me in Ohio, but it’s been gone for a few years.

[@roxcyn]

@@92horndog - They all closed in Columbus, OH. There are a very limited amount in other towns.

[@just_a5.7]

Oh I live in Dallas next to the headquarters in Plano

[@johnnyhotcakes5217]

We have 2 in my part of Ohio

[@KillJoy_Since2017]

Man in the area I live they took away our CiCi’s pizza It was sad

[@matthewhecht9257]

None are close to me, but I ate their very often at college and loved it.

[@Mexicano1768]

#LasVegas loves #Cicis, please come back!! I'd gladly pay twice as much for the buffet 😢 (Joe seems like a very nice man) 😪

[@susanfit47]

I have eaten at Cici's Pizza at San Antonio, Texas from 1996 to 2001.

[@kenrunkle2036]

it's unfair to cast the chain in a negative light because of what happens at a particular location. This applied not just to CiCis. Its' up to each owner to make sure their location is up to par.

[@EveSprinkle]

I need to go check out this new Cicis, haven’t been in years

[@sashacalhoun8163]

Me to

[@citizenofcorona8783]

Problem is they keep disappearing

[@steveskouson9620]

1 minute, 12 seconds, those are NOT triangles! Triangles have 3 STRAIGHT sides. Those are pie wedges. Both for round things cut up, and a "pie wedge" pie chart. steve

[@coccaa]

Lmao first of all you can just put 1:12. Second of all why are you so upset she called them triangles? And third you literally signed your name at the end of a KZbin comment... nice

[@steveskouson9620]

@@coccaa, when you type 1 min 12 seconds, like you just did, it becomes a non functioning link. And, I sign ALL my posts. steve

[@coccaa]

Steve Skouson it does becoming a function link... how are you accessing KZbin? I’m on an iphone and it takes me directly to one minute 12 seconds

[@guanajuatense.8843]

I never thought thought of a pizza buffet for $5.99. Until I moved here in the East Coast. When I go I was always fill out for a personal pizza and is always how I like it DELICIOUS!!. I wish the west coast had cicis.

[@travismorse8556]

Makes me want to own a Cicis.

[@SS40-nah]

Why am I torturing myself with this video?! I’m doing the keto diet and can’t have pizza the way I want it!🤦🏽‍♀️ But I can eat each piece of pizza in my mind. Eating imaginary pizza is a good alternative. 😂

[@roxcyn]

What about the cauliflower pizza?

[@SS40-nah]

@@roxcyn I've tried it. But I really miss the texture of regular gluten bread. 😭

[@ladennayoung2939]

You can always order a pizza at the locations that I have been to, if they don't have what you like or whatever. Or if you want to make sure you get a fresh pizza. It's not a bad restaurant to go eat at.

[@shock4826]

my grandma took me to cicis all the time before she passed away. still slapping pizza though

[@xqiuvmah]

I live in Ohio, I just Google searched cicis, and all but 2 locations are permanently closed. I did this because I thought cicis was out of business.

[@brandibishop2142]

My cici’s does a great job when it’s the $3.99 special 2-4 they keep pizza coming out that’s the best time go because a lot of people come for the good deal and the pizza gets exchanged out and fresh pizza put out I actually loved it plus $3.99 plus maybe a 1 or so for drink can eat for less then $6

[@jonhantsbarger6196]

Actually the salad bar is also very good there. Love this place

[@prxncejuice]

Jon Hantsbarger no ones going there for the salad bar c mon now

[@cntoon90skid32]

@@prxncejuice you would be surprised I work at cicis and I see a lot of people get more into the salad on several occasions then the pizza same goes for the pasta.

[@prxncejuice]

cntoon90skid ????? actually surprised by that

[@presidenthotsauce]

Just take Matt Stonie with you. He'll get kicked out and they won't mind you!

[@freestylinnn_]

I think theirs only like 50 in America

[@mattrc1679]

I love Cicis.

[@leogflames]

It’s gonna be only 2010 kids will remember

[@diogowerneck5936]

one of the best places i went to growing up

[@travisp11]

Man, you eat 50 slices of pieces of CiCis pizza you are going to shut yourself down permanently

[@johnnycabrera17]

That's a lie in my cicis I used to work at we had unlimited toppings and we never asked a person to leave

[@annabaelfire2173]

Like they said, the stores are owned by individuals. What applies where you work does not mean it applies to theirs

[@DrewberTravels]

2:44 Ok... thats a little bit of a stretch.

[@hpdpco6634]

so its not really unlimited at all. its just up to 22 slices of pizza

[@torianomalo2151]

it probably depends on the location. I used to eat 25 big slices when I was younger. and they never told me to leave. of course by that time I was done. I never pushed any further. but my cousins would typically eat slightly over 20 slices themselves. I think we accidentally helped put one location out of business :-(

[@Simpleton_X]

"Beyond Pizza...because we couldn't compete in pizza."

[@holupchief7519]

I used to go there, hated the pizza but absolutely loved the pasta w red sauce and i like the breadsticks and cinnamon dessert pizza thing

[@gavinhanson9213]

Went to CiCis for the first time since I was a kid the other day and the pizza was garbage, had like 4 pizzas to choose from. Nothing like I remember it being.

[@err0r0b0]

It sounds like the Cicis you went to was ghetto. They should have 10+ different pizzas, and a bunch of other stuff.

[@rileysmith9843]

3:17 The pizza huts in my town have a buffet all the time, and offer special items unavailable elsewhere.

[@roadchewerpe5759]

Person at 4:05 really wants some pizza, biting her lip for it.

[@sydneywhitfield7497]

Haven't been to Cici's since I was a kid

[@molochsorcery4357]

52 slices of pizza? Didn't realize they allowed hogs & pigs into restaurant establishments in the first place.

[@tiaraflores959]

NO JOKE BUT MY DAD WORKS AT CICIS, and he owns the company at cali,corona 😎 go there, its gooddd

[@maxxkane7764]

Owns?🤔

[@tiaraflores959]

@@maxxkane7764 ya , ownn

[@freestylinnn_]

people be boo ganging the pizza

[@tjw6812]

Bruh I never heard of someone getting kicked of a all u can eat restaurant before wtf lol

[@Panwere36]

Have to admit, for the price, it isn't bad. However, I admire Mashed for calling out that it is *_specific franchises_* that are guilty of health code violations and such. The Cicis here is pretty careful about that.

[@lilyd1335]

this is why cici's is king

[@ejb7555]

LOL, you have obviously never had good pizza.

[@jasonmalone9833]

Pizza buffets have been around before cicis in Texas Mr Gattis had a buffet years before cicis even popped up. And in high school cicis opened up here it was like 2.99 for a buffet we would go like 8 deep after 2 a day football practice and tear they ass up nobody asked us to leave..

[@tiffanyb6259]

Papa John Shatner lol

[@ST-xw3cv]

Ok but that buffalo chicken pizza slaps hard...

[@ashlight6107]

I've eaten at a different Pizza buffet place in the past called Stevi B's sadly the locations in my state closed due to Covid...

[@TheLofiDragon]

For 5 bucks it's not bad

[@yesitsmecsd]

As any chain it's super dependent on the specific location. I live in NC and have eaten at about 10 different Cicis. One in Pineville stands out as the best and only ill still go to, while just a few miles down the road in Charlotte and Gastonia they operate like it's a crack den and they are anticipating being shut down any minute.

[@Plata-ori-plumbu]

Cheap pizza or not, if CiCi's goes out of business, as a grown man: 1st, I will cry. 2nd, I will sue until they are BACK IN BUSINESS!!!

[@BoosterDuck9]

sue who?

[@Plata-ori-plumbu]

@@BoosterDuck9 The pawn shop across the street.

[@peterdworzanski7177]

I'm not gonna lie, I think I might have eaten enough to get kicked out but they just didn't mention it or something. I went with my family after swimming practice and I was so tired and hungry my family would just bring me plates. I don't recall exactly how much I ate but my family always mentions it. Usually they say at least 3 pizzas worth, a bunch of bread and Mariana sauce, 3 or 4 bowls of pasta, like 5 brownies, and some more. Do note, I was very athletic at that time and around 17. My stomach could handle a lot more that. Example being eating a footlong sub would still leave me pretty hungry.

[@liljoker8803]

I love cicis

[@Ckim27]

Think about if Matty stone, joey chestnut, and Kobe decided to team up for the challenge lol.

[@the_weeb_lord1017]

Too bad the closet one to me is two states away

[@Cornberry]

Is this a Cicis ad, because it's working. Never been to one but I've always wanted to. There's one like half an hour away from me. A little far, but man the PIZZA

[@canebrake2561]

Why when they put all the varieties of pizza out, everyone grabs the pepperoni? 😂

[@paulblackburn931]

I like Cicis. In NWA Arkansas. Below the mall. Great tasting pizza. Self-made salads. The pizza are made to your taste, if you wanted it made to your liking. fast and quick service. Great hot soups. I've tasted. Visit Cicis. You'll enjoy.

[@lins_paula]

my ears are gonna bleed if i hear CC one more time.........

[@shadowstorm7467]

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