Jenn TurnerMar 14
kottke.org
There are at least 60 Pizza Hut Classics (red roofs, checkered tablecloths, salad bar) in the US…but the company does nothing to promote them. “They are like wormholes in the chain restaurant galaxy, portals to the past found by serendipity.” https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/dining/pizza-hut.html?unlocked_article_code=1.SVA.-irZ.iDwvbf0a_cnO
Pizza Hut Take Fans on a Trip to the Past

With heaps of nostalgia but little promotion by their parent chain, Pizza Hut Classics take their fervent fans on a time trip back to a simpler, warmer era.

The New York Times
Mar 11 at 9:12pmkottke bot
Show threadChancerubbageMar 12
@kottke our town arguably has one, but they stopped laying out the salad bar, although the island is still there, and even stopped using the island for the all you could eat lunch buffet where they laid out two or three pizzas. Do they still have people who choose to dine in, including the softball league across the street? I don’t know. They still have a dining room, and even got a remodel in the past 15 years, but mostly it is just a waiting room for carry out business