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09-21-2007, 07:52 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: the yo'
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Cici's closed
Dammit, they built a location within walking distance from my house last spring, and now it's gone. I dunno if their lease was screwed up, or what, but I am very dissapointed. I know their food is not the greatest, but their 6 dollar carry out pizzas were always a good snack. Bummer. Hopefully they find a new location in town.
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09-22-2007, 12:26 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Tulsa
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That sucks. Cici's is great. Love the alfredo cheese pizza. Too bad there isn't a Cici's within 30 miles of where I live
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09-22-2007, 12:36 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Early, TX
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I loved Chi Chi's. It made me sad when they were bought by Outback.
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09-22-2007, 02:40 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Indiana
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That's weird. We are getting a CiCi's Pizza very soon, they started building this week. I guess we took yours from you. Sorry dude.
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09-22-2007, 03:35 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: San Jose, CA
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$6 carry-out? If you want shitty pizza on the cheap tip, Little Caesars is always good. $5 for a large.
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09-22-2007, 07:05 AM
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Little Caes went out of buisiness about 10 years ago around here. |
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09-22-2007, 07:56 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Dayton, OH
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Why would you get a $6 carry out when you can get a $4 buffet?
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09-22-2007, 07:58 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: The Black Hole
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I love CiCi's. Great food for the price.
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09-22-2007, 10:40 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Covington, Ga.
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It amazes me how cheaply they can make pizzas, and they are still decent (not quite what I'd call good, but edible). We have a knock off around here called Stevie B's which is basically the same thing. I had a manager tell me that unless you eat like 12 large pizzas in one sitting, they will always make money off you. Considering the food cost we used to have at Dominos (roughly 20% of price), they must get food much cheaper.
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09-22-2007, 10:45 AM
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Location: Decatur, GA
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Threads like this make this Jersey boy twitch
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09-22-2007, 10:46 AM
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Location: The Town of Flower Mound
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Decent stuff for being so cheap. The runs are worth it...
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09-22-2007, 11:54 AM
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We have about 2 little caesars left around the Greater Cleveland area around here.
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09-22-2007, 12:03 PM
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Location: homeless in NJ
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09-22-2007, 12:13 PM
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We had one around here when I was a kid... loved the place. |
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09-22-2007, 02:20 PM
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Yeah. I think it's because of the amount of people and touching the same serving utensils as them while eating with your hands that gives you the runs. Last time we went we used hand sanitizer before we ate and that got rid of the runs. |
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09-22-2007, 07:40 PM
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There's a Pizza Street here (same idea, better pizza, at least here) and they're trying to run CiCi's out of business in Lawrence. Either that or getting some overflow since they're on the other side of town.
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09-22-2007, 08:18 PM
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Cause I don't want the disease that that place breeds. Due to other people touching common utensils. |
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09-22-2007, 08:45 PM
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Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA
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Similar in concept ... except that Stevie B's is the worst pizza I've ever eaten in my life.
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09-22-2007, 09:10 PM
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Agreed... There is one right up the street from where we live, and every 9 weeks, when report cards come out, the school gives out coupons for a free buffet at Stevi B's to all the kids who make straight A honor roll...and even though any other day, Anthony won't eat there because it's "gross pizza", that night that he brings that stupid coupon home, we have to go there. It's awful...I've gotten to where all I'll eat are the breadsticks and the dessert pizza. The first time we went I tried some pizza with potatoes on it, some with Mac and Cheese on it, and some regular pepperoni...it was all horrible. Stupid school giving out stupid coupons to stupid Stevi B's...the only bright side is that the kids also get coupons for a free half gallon of Publix ice cream, and a coupon for a free Chick Fil A sandwich, that almost makes up for the Stevi B's coupon.
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09-22-2007, 09:21 PM
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Tell him not to get A's
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09-22-2007, 09:25 PM
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Oh believe me, the thought has crossed my mind...damn kid being so smart, it's all his fault I have to eat crappy pizza 3 times a year. 
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09-22-2007, 09:28 PM
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I will now take the next 30 seconds to mourn the fact that I'll have to drive approximately 30 miles to enjoy some mac n cheese Pizza.
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09-22-2007, 09:37 PM
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So, like, this would be a bad time for me to mention that there's a CiCi's less than 5 minutes from my house? Just two traffic lights, quick right and then a quicker left into the shopping center.
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09-22-2007, 09:43 PM
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09-22-2007, 09:43 PM
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Or for me to mention that the Stevi B's I'm dragged to is equally close to our house? Just a right, a left and then a right into the parking lot... Where is the puking smilie when you really need it????
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09-22-2007, 11:41 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
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Which is worse, Cici's, Golden Corral, or TGI Friday's?
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09-23-2007, 01:53 PM
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Join Date: May 2001
Location: Bloodbuzz Ohio
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Cicis blows but Golden Corral is the shiznasty
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09-23-2007, 02:23 PM
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Rumor has it there is a local place with a Pierogi Pizza. I check into this.
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09-23-2007, 04:46 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Covington, Ga.
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They are both the same level of "blah" to me. Can't taste a difference. Along with Pizza Inn, which is the one that is less than 5 minutes from my house, and you can even have the crappy pizza delivered! I have heard a rumour just this week, though, that they have a very good breakfast bar. I've only been in the place twice since it open three years ago, but I might have try it some morning to see. |
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09-24-2007, 12:36 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Houston, TX
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Mr. Gatti's pizza buffet down here in Texas is way, way better than Cici's, I've learned. Cici's seems to have problems keeping out normal type pizza -- sometimes you'll go there and it'll be fairly busy, and the only pizzas out will be irregular random stuff no one actually wants to eat. I know some people like all the different varieties, maybe even a lot of people, but when I go I just want to eat generic pizza in quantities vast enough to make me ill.
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09-24-2007, 12:57 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Early, TX
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I wonder if cartman eats pizza.
Like, just bread and sauce and a donut. |
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09-24-2007, 05:26 AM
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I went to Mr Gatti's once in Abilene, and it was NASTY. I usually don't have a problem with greasy pizza, but everything was sopping wet with it. Just gross. It's been quite a few years, though, so they may have gotten better.
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09-24-2007, 07:21 AM
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Domino's is the single worst pizza in the US, maybe even the world.
I honestly don't know how they manage to stay in business, unless it's delivering to people who've killed all their taste buds off. Never been to Cici's. Golden Corral is overrated yeah. I actually like TGI Friday's though. It's a hell of a lot better than Applebee's.
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09-24-2007, 07:50 AM
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TGI Friday's tend to be real uneven in my experiences. When you find a good one, it really isn't half bad, at least no worse than any of the others in the same category. Problem is, there seem to be more bad ones than good ones. The same seems to be becoming true about Applebee's as well, although even the best ones aren't all that good any more.
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09-24-2007, 08:19 AM
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I only went to Gatti's a few times when I lived in Bristol, but I thought it had some seriously awful pizza. It just didn't taste good at all. I mean, Cici's quality can vary, but if their is frequent pizza rotation, you'll get an okay meal. Gatti's was shit. I think we called it Mr. Shat-ti's.
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03-21-2014, 05:18 PM
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Bumping an old ass thread-
Now I see that the last remaining Cici's in the area has closed. I think the nearest one is like 60-70 miles from me. Couple of questions- 1. Do you still have a cici's in your area 2. are you absolutely pummeled with their commercials anyways, regardless of the answer to #1. |
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03-21-2014, 05:23 PM
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Mine closed a couple of years ago due to not paying their rent despite always being busy. They were basically a buffet version of Little Caesars.
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03-21-2014, 05:25 PM
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Houston still has CiCi's
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03-21-2014, 05:38 PM
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Yes
No I know the owners. I think they are doing well, but I do know they had to close one location of the 3 they have.
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03-21-2014, 05:42 PM
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Ours seems to be alive & well on the crowd front, but earlier this week I did notice the disturbing trend toward cost cutting/staff cutting measures like going to the little packets of salt/pepper/cheese instead of the jars on the table. Plus the damned good manager was nowhere in sight, which was the first time I'd been there without seeing him. I suspect margins must be getting lean, even with a recent $1 price increase (now $4.99 instead of $3.99)
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03-21-2014, 06:03 PM
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Ours is still open. Pretty sure it is $5.69 here.
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03-21-2014, 07:41 PM
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The one in Myrtle Beach is still here.
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03-21-2014, 07:44 PM
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It's always fun reading through a thread thinking it's at least semi recent and then you see a posters name and realize this stuff happened a long ass time ago.
And don't you guys have any local mom and pop joints that make real pizza? As Issidqui said and Lathum reiterated, ya'll are making me weep. |
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03-21-2014, 07:51 PM
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We can't all be where real pizza lives
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03-21-2014, 08:58 PM
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Cici's is the suck and they should all rot to death. Yes, we still have a ton of them here in Central Florida.
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03-21-2014, 09:05 PM
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Location: NJ
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lol, no, but it's not that hard to use fresh ingredients. I've traveled very little in my life but are there really not that many mom & pop pizza joints in the rest of the country? I just can't fathom chain pizza being the best you guys can get. |
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03-21-2014, 09:06 PM
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there are cici's around here... but i had never heard of it. lots of good local pizza.
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03-21-2014, 09:08 PM
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Off the top of my head there's maybe two here in Athens. One is buffet style and similar quality at this point (it just has a beer license vs Cici's). The other is kind of a mom & pop but it's now got 4-5 locations scattered around the area so it's semi-chain (it just happens to be founded here). The rest, afaik, are small chains or uber-chains ... and that's in a college town. Not all that many people willing to pay $15-$25 for a large when P'Hut has 'em for $10.
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03-21-2014, 09:29 PM
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Location: NJ
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I have 3 M&P's in my 5x15 block town and none of them are more than $13 for a large pepperoni pizza. I like Pizza Hut once or twice a year, but it's not even close.
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03-21-2014, 09:36 PM
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None of the mom and pops really deliver and/or are too expensive/a pain in the ass. We have horrible traffic for being a nothing town, I pretty much only go out if I absolutely need to during the day.
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