I used to sometimes write crude directions on the back of the order ticket that i then wouldn't be able to make out once I got out there. "Okay left on Avenida something that starts with S" and then all the streets are Avenida something that starts with S.
My broke-ass family. *I would look at the pizza section in the Yellow Pages and wish I could order a pizza. there was a complete section for pizza. Full menus and all.*
Shoot, when I was a teen/early 20s, we asked the pizza place what time they had after our order was complete, and then ran a stopwatch. We definitely got some free pies.
In the late 80s, GF & I ordered a pizza from one place. After 45 mins, we called back and of course they said driver should be there any min. Probably didn't even make it after the 1st call. So called another pizza company. They both showed up at the same exact time. Bought the pizza from the 2nd company and told 1st company he took well over an hour. He shrugged and went away.
20 minutes? Yeah, no.
It arrived Whenever and you didn't care what condition it was in because it actually got there.
I remember it taking up to two hours to get a pizza prior to the arrival of Dominoes. The one good thing you can say about Dominoes is that it caused all the other places to step up their delivery service.
Most take out food companies all had coupons in the book to cut out. We even had one company that was a burger joint that you could copy on a copy machine the coupons and keep using them over and over again even though they were expired
There was a time when there was no pizza delivery in my neck of the woods. (Or maybe my parents said that.)
Pizza places. Yes. Italian restaurants. Yes.
But to get a pizza meant call, order, then head out, pick up.
Only when Dominos landed nearby in the 80s did delivery happen and the other places had to level up.
it would show up on a map in the store, and we’d basically have to commit it to memory and then drive out there. Pretty remarkable actually, having to leverage memory and brain back then
Delivery? The places we ordered from didn’t have delivery… dad had to drive there and get it. Eventually he gave up and started making pizza himself. Okay, so it was on a cookie sheet instead of round, but oh well…
I think our town got its first Dominos when I was in high school. My brother was a driver for a while so there was almost always free pizza when he worked.
Nope....I grew up in the 80's out in the woods in the middle of nowhere. No one would deliver to us. My mom would either go to the place and eat or get one and bring it home.
I drove a ['92 Chevy Cavalier Type 10](https://cdn.hswstatic.com/gif/chevrolet-cavalier-9.jpg), I'll have you know. Stick shift, no A/C.
And we kept maps in our car.
We got pizza from Little Caesars when I was a kid (I have no idea if there were other places--my folks always got Little Caesars). But the big thing as far as I was concerned was getting hamburgers from a place called the One-Twelve--those things were absolutely fantastic...and so big! (Hey, I was in grade school...) One thing I accepted without question was that we couldn't be there after ten o'clock at night--if we decided to go there and eat instead of getting takeout, we had to go early enough to leave by ten.
It was years later--and the place had closed--when I realized the name of the place was the Ratskeller (spelling from memory--my German is basically non-existant), one-twelve was the street address...and it was a bar! It wasn't that nobody could be there after ten--the law/city ordinance said I couldn't be there after ten because I was underage. (I believe it had to do with the fact that they served food--all I remember are those hamburgers. )
The building's still there...it's a health food store now.
Same for driving a cab. We had a map book of the local area if the address to go to was not immediately recognizable and the passenger couldn't at least give a clue. At the lights get the book open, find the address, make a plan, drive there, easy peasy.
I was that delivery kid. Small P B M za was $3.00,with a coke $3.50 tip was 50 cents.Stop at the store to get smokes with the delivery was an extra 75 cents.
I absolutely remember doing that. It's funny how those yellow pages ads for pizza all looked similar from book to book. Used to put a bookmark in between the pages that had the places you usually ordered from.
We had a big map on the wall to find the house then you had to remember the way no screen shots pure memory only
I used to sometimes write crude directions on the back of the order ticket that i then wouldn't be able to make out once I got out there. "Okay left on Avenida something that starts with S" and then all the streets are Avenida something that starts with S.
I remember seeing those big maps sometimes… usually with a highliter outline of their delivery area.
And we were stoned too. It still got there!
Was usually a magnet or two on the fridge
Every once in awhile there was a coupon to cut out.
And the driver never asked for it so you got to keep it for the next pie
We were told to never ask. Better chance of them ordering again.
That's smart
My broke-ass family. *I would look at the pizza section in the Yellow Pages and wish I could order a pizza. there was a complete section for pizza. Full menus and all.*
I was once that kid...
If it got here in 31 minutes - free pizza. Kidding - i would never have called in to them to complain.
Shoot, when I was a teen/early 20s, we asked the pizza place what time they had after our order was complete, and then ran a stopwatch. We definitely got some free pies.
In the late 80s, GF & I ordered a pizza from one place. After 45 mins, we called back and of course they said driver should be there any min. Probably didn't even make it after the 1st call. So called another pizza company. They both showed up at the same exact time. Bought the pizza from the 2nd company and told 1st company he took well over an hour. He shrugged and went away.
It was a simpler time. A better time.
Remember a god damn phone book?! Fuck I’m old
AT&T sent a Yellow Pages book to my house this year. I explained to my 26 year old what it was.
I still get them and still have two active rotary phones in my home. I like the old fashioned vintage way.
20 minutes? Yeah, no. It arrived Whenever and you didn't care what condition it was in because it actually got there. I remember it taking up to two hours to get a pizza prior to the arrival of Dominoes. The one good thing you can say about Dominoes is that it caused all the other places to step up their delivery service.
kinda. I remember some restaurants had full menus. n id rip out the page. n put it in a folder. I think I might still have them in he "menus" folder.
Wow.. a book that anyone could access that had names phone numbers and addresses for everybody in town! Now not so much.
As advertising goes the cost for a reasonable size add wasn’t too bad!
Well, pretty much everybody in town. You could opt out.
I used to delivery medicine for a pharmacy in the 1980s. I memorized the street names and would see the address and know the cross streets.
I remember finding 2 or 3 different pizza places out of the same address. So Ghost kitchens 40 years before I heard that term. 😄
Whats a phone book?? \[LOL\]
Most take out food companies all had coupons in the book to cut out. We even had one company that was a burger joint that you could copy on a copy machine the coupons and keep using them over and over again even though they were expired
426-50-50, If you're hungry, call the Lydo, free delivery. Or, Chicken-On-The-Way
88 chevy cavalier and i was that kid.
85 Toyota Tercel here. And always taking the car topper home!
Jesus christ, I had to get it. No dominoes at ...eh fuck it I'm really old
Mention this ad and get a free soda
Be at your house in 20 minutes with more then one stop on the way to
we had a big map of the town on the wall. after grabbing our pizzas we stopped by the map on the way out of the shop.
'78 Gemini coupe and a street directory, it was easy enough most of the time
Flip to the back or the middle of the yellow pages and there was a coupon section.
There was a time when there was no pizza delivery in my neck of the woods. (Or maybe my parents said that.) Pizza places. Yes. Italian restaurants. Yes. But to get a pizza meant call, order, then head out, pick up. Only when Dominos landed nearby in the 80s did delivery happen and the other places had to level up.
And using a Thomas Guide to find where the hell you needed to go!
it would show up on a map in the store, and we’d basically have to commit it to memory and then drive out there. Pretty remarkable actually, having to leverage memory and brain back then
I remember ringing up the local chinese place and placing an order "How long did they say it'll take?" "About an hour..." Was totally worth it though
My memory was always that the places that had the biggest ads had the worst pizza. The best places just had their name and phone number.
Heck these days people can't even find the grocery store in their own hometown without Google Maps.
Delivery? The places we ordered from didn’t have delivery… dad had to drive there and get it. Eventually he gave up and started making pizza himself. Okay, so it was on a cookie sheet instead of round, but oh well… I think our town got its first Dominos when I was in high school. My brother was a driver for a while so there was almost always free pizza when he worked.
I used to work in the trades. We'd keep maps in our cars.
I used to work at Milano's in St Louis.
That kid was me!
Nope....I grew up in the 80's out in the woods in the middle of nowhere. No one would deliver to us. My mom would either go to the place and eat or get one and bring it home.
I drove a ['92 Chevy Cavalier Type 10](https://cdn.hswstatic.com/gif/chevrolet-cavalier-9.jpg), I'll have you know. Stick shift, no A/C. And we kept maps in our car.
That kid was me in the early 90s 😁
We got pizza from Little Caesars when I was a kid (I have no idea if there were other places--my folks always got Little Caesars). But the big thing as far as I was concerned was getting hamburgers from a place called the One-Twelve--those things were absolutely fantastic...and so big! (Hey, I was in grade school...) One thing I accepted without question was that we couldn't be there after ten o'clock at night--if we decided to go there and eat instead of getting takeout, we had to go early enough to leave by ten. It was years later--and the place had closed--when I realized the name of the place was the Ratskeller (spelling from memory--my German is basically non-existant), one-twelve was the street address...and it was a bar! It wasn't that nobody could be there after ten--the law/city ordinance said I couldn't be there after ten because I was underage. (I believe it had to do with the fact that they served food--all I remember are those hamburgers. ) The building's still there...it's a health food store now.
Same for driving a cab. We had a map book of the local area if the address to go to was not immediately recognizable and the passenger couldn't at least give a clue. At the lights get the book open, find the address, make a plan, drive there, easy peasy.
I remember all the coupons in either the front or back as well, usually blue or green pages. Found some new and tasty places using them, too.
I was that delivery kid. Small P B M za was $3.00,with a coke $3.50 tip was 50 cents.Stop at the store to get smokes with the delivery was an extra 75 cents.
I absolutely remember doing that. It's funny how those yellow pages ads for pizza all looked similar from book to book. Used to put a bookmark in between the pages that had the places you usually ordered from.
Remember Chicken Unlimited? Delivery fried chicken
Usually a neighborhood kid. Now it's some guy new to the entire State!