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OllieFromCairo t1_j6y1w8x wrote

Reply to comment by periphescent in What happened they literally just finished building the upstairs hand out spot? by Dismal-Bumblebee4932

In college, I called this the "$10 pizza theory." (Adjust as necessary for inflation.)

You should never pay $10 for a pizza. If you're buying pizza, you either want cheap, greasy crap, or you want something really good. $10 never buys you a pie that's good enough to justify buying something that costs more than a Little Caesar's Hot-N-Ready.

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NotBlaine t1_j6yeain wrote

I'll cosign that as long as the theory makes allowances for other sub $10 pizzas? I'd personally take a well-done Antoon's over Little Ceasars. Last time I checked they were roughly the same price (like $7ish).

But yeah, totally agree.

And as you get older it becomes a little less about the money and more about the calories. Like if I'm getting pizza and putting 1,500 calories in my body in a sitting... It's gonna be worth it.

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peon2 t1_j6ygopa wrote

I’ll fuck with a large 3 topping $8 pizza from dominos

Thin crust, bbq sauce, chicken, bacon, onion

Or thin crust, garlic parm sauce, chicken, mushroom, spinach

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UselessLezbian t1_j6z1uwq wrote

Yoo, domino's pan pizza is where it's at. Slight up charge, but so worth it. Bacon pineapple pan pizza is my go to.

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itsSUPREMEXIV t1_j6zyevl wrote

My man, this is what I get everytime. Me and my roommates get Dominos and I get crucified for my order every time.

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turp101 t1_j7272hc wrote

>domino's pan pizza

Usually (as in the 5 times a year I get it) I would get their thin crust but tried this last year and I was seriously surprised at the quality for it being Domino's

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jkguitar1 t1_j6z05s9 wrote

Honestly the most disappointing thing of my time as a Pitt student is that Antoons is now $11 for a large and yet pre-pandemic walking home from a party at 1am I could get a large from them for $6

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HarAR11 t1_j6zcs26 wrote

In 2002-ish, they were $4.06. Pre pandemic them only being $6, a $2 price raise over 18ish years isn’t bad at all. But $10+ is ridiculous.

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HarAR11 t1_j6zck50 wrote

I was just in Oakland a few weeks ago for an appointment at Presby. I drove past antoons and was floored…$10+ for that large pizza. When I was going to Pitt (2000-2003) an antoons pie was $4.06, including tax. An antoons pie is nowhere close to being worth $10+, unless they drastically change the quality of it.

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Yelloeisok t1_j71ubqj wrote

I know i am going to get downvoted, but a lot of stuff has gone way up in price in the last 20 years.

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blueboot09 t1_j72t2u0 wrote

When cigarettes went up to 57¢ a pack, people said if they ever get to $1 a pack I'm quitting. Thinking they'd never go up to a buck, obviously.

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Muff_Doctor t1_j6zku85 wrote

I was getting $5 pizzas from Antoon’s and Sorentos in college.

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Pale-Buyer-9887 t1_j701bh6 wrote

2012, we were getting three 1 topping pizzas from Sorentos for like 17 bucks. Shit was pretty good too!

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mexicocitibluez t1_j721ly4 wrote

man, that antoons $5 pizza was really something back in the day.

> In college, I called this the "$10 pizza theory." (Adjust as necessary for inflation.)

I disagree. My dad owned a pizza shop and sold 20" pies for 9.99 and they were awesome.

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ClammyHandedFreak t1_j6zw8gr wrote

I mean nowadays, yeah. Back in college less than 6 years ago $9.99 got you a College Special at the best pizza joints in Pittsburgh. Nowadays if someone is making a Pizza for $9.99 you should question everything you're doing.

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