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Up in Iowa there's a pizza chain called Godfather's.
They were not my preferred pizza. Pizza Pit was my preferred brand.
Ames is awash in excellent pizza, by the way.
Many places were much better than Pit, but Pit was solid, reliable and open late.
Your pizza might be best, but if you have banker's hours...
Anyways, I digress.
Godfather's makes a bacon cheeseburger pizza that I sometimes have a craving for. I don't want to make the 1,600 trip just for a pizza and they don't deliver down here.
C'est la vie.
Sadly, the Godfather's Pizza of our youth is not the Godfather's Pizza of today.
ReplyDeleteIn high school, in the early 80s, it was THE go-to pizza party location in my southwest Iowa stomping grounds.
Today, Casey's General Stores make and sell much better pizzas in many more convenient locations.
There is still at least one in Fl. I've seen the sign at a gas station off I-10 leaving Jacksonville. There used to be a few dine-in locations in Jacksonville until sometime in the late 90's, it was one of my lunch options.
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What's left in Florida is the "Express" locations - franchised gas-station locations, essentially, selling Generic Heatlamp Pizza. (We have some here in Spokane.)
ReplyDeleteHowever, all is not lost! A much shorter drive is Savannah GA or Mobile AL, where the "traditional" restraunts exist.
No idea if the current product lives up to the '80s-era pies I remember, though. (Certainly not the "Express" stuff.)
I still like Godfather's, but the nearest outlet to me is 17 or so miles away, while the nearest Casey's is a block-and-a-half away. Still and all, Godfather's has an Italian sausage sandwich I absolutely love. I never did try Pizza Pit, even during the year when I actually got to live in Ames.
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