It is thought that bakers prepared the first pizza dish in Naples in the 1600s. Over the centuries, pizzerias have evolved so much, they're using every trick in the book to attract new customers. And when they finish that book, they begin writing a new one. Bored Panda has compiled a list of genius pizza shops that surprised everyone with their creativity, and it gets better and better with every slice. I mean, submission. From boxes that were probably created by MIT engineers to serving a wholesome Thanksgiving dinner, there's nothing better than a business that really cares. Scroll down to check out the images and upvote your favorites.
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Good Guy Pizza Place In Springfield, Ohio
I think its because the workers also have a family to be with on thanksgiving:)
Load More Replies...100% sure this is the business Chandler and Monica opened after they moved.
When you make food for family, and let your kindness exceed your bounty, and your bounty will feed many!
This Sign At A Pizza Restaurant
This Tabasco Tray On Our Pizza
Due The Truckers Manifestations, Brazilian Gas Stations Are Out Of Gasoline. That’s How The Pizza Guy Came To My Neighbour’s House
For some reason the first time I saw this I instantly thought of Rick Grimes in season one of The Walking Dead.
Before I read the caption I thought it was one of those hipsters who wanted to be special. Like the ones who seat in a caffe with a typewriter... use a laptop you douche!
Maybe I Should Call Pizza Hut And Get Them Fired
Now that's really funny to me, but I wonder how the guy felt about it.
Who the f**k asks for jokes in a pizza box? Get your entertainment elsewhere, simp.
Small Town Pizza Place Knows What Community Is All About
Study Hall
afternoons until 5 pm
Students, while you do your (approved) homework assignments here, you may enjoy pizza slices for 35c.
If you complete your assignments to my satisfaction, you will earn a complimentary Root Beer Float.
There is no purchase necessary. All are welcome here to study and earn your root beer float.
To the extent that I can, I will be happy to assist you in understanding your assignments.
High School
Students
Report Card Challenge
1 slice of Pizza per A
1 large pizza of your choosing and a 2 liter soda for Straight A's
Community
Challenge
Recite to me from memory
Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
to earn 1 large pizza of your choosing
Love this. Valuing education so much that you reward it to any and all comers from your own pocket. How rare is this?
Here in Sweden not so rare... There's lots of cafés, pizza shops and restaurants that does this! =P I should add that not all do it, but some, and usually those near universities and other schools etc! =)
Load More Replies...Study space! So many kids don't have a quiet/non-chaotic place to study at home. Just talking over your homework with someone who's NOT your parent is also very helpful to students.
Awesome! Providing a safe, warm space for students to do their homework AND populating the restaurant which can attract patrons. I support my community shops that do that kind of act because it improves my community.
This Pizza Place Gives You Instructions On How To Reheat Your Pizza With Your Receipt
Cool idea! I use my toaster oven if I am not doing the cold slice thing.
A quick heat in the toaster oven works nicely, but now I'll have to try heating it this way.
My tip: If you want good reheated piece of pizza from microwave, put a cup with water inside.
Seen At A Pizza Shop In New Jersey. The Whole Staff Was Wearing Them. Photo Taken With Permission
This Dominos Has A Step So Kids Can Watch Pizza Being Made
I love the title "Young pizza inspector". I want to be that when I grow up...wait...
I used to work for [not Dominos] as the dough maker and customers checking out at the register had a line of site to the dough table where I worked. The hand tossed pizzas aren't actually hand tossed (that's just the name of that type of dough), but whenever there were kids at the register, I would toss the dough just for them. Some couldn't care less, but some lit up when they saw the dough fly and that made my day.
What if I'm just a curios-but-tragically-short 28 years old? Can I still step up?
Hey that's what I do now! I inspect pizzas in their early minutes of life to make sure they ... uh.. rise well.
so does dions, but nobody knows what that is. (look it up, and if you ever go to one, put some of their ranch dressing on the pizza, it sounds gross, but just try it )
I Noticed This Silly Pizza Box Bottom When I Took Out The Trash This Morning
These Pizza Box Lids Are Perforated To Be Pizza Plates
And I see that the plates come in two different sizes, lid is octagonal but it only splits into 6 parts.
Take the biggest, no one will notice at first... mwahaha
Load More Replies...My Local Pizza Joint Puts One Of Every Filler On Top Of The Stomboli
Definitely a calzone. https://www.pinocchiosbrighton.com/know-italian-food-calzone-vs-stromboli/
Load More Replies..."Calzones are similar to strombolis, but they're two different dishes. ... A Stromboli is made with square-shaped pizza dough that can be topped with any pizza toppings, and is then rolled into a log and baked. Many American pizza shops serve a calzone using round pizza dough that is folded in half with fillings." A quick Google settles that.
No it won't. You presume people will read your comment. ;)
Load More Replies...Yup, definitely a calzone. A stromboli is rolled, a calzone is folded. This is also pretty common. Been working in Italian restaurants for years, and every place I've served at has done this so it's easy to tell what's in it, from the inside, especially if you have multiple ones.
Not Bad, Pizza Place. Not Bad
This one reminds me of "pica" (reads as pizza, means... something else in Croatian)
Something else in portuguese, too. Though we read it differently... same meaning you must be referring to. XD
Load More Replies...HOLY CARP I JUST SPIT MY COFFEE OUT. PEOPLE ARE NOW STARING, BUT I'M LAUGHING TOO HARD GO CARE.
They really should not have placed the 'F' and 'M' on the doors
Found In The Bathroom At The Local Pizzeria
A Guy Asked Us To Write On His Pizza Box "Something To Cheer Up My Girlfriend." Wonder How That Went?
Imagine the look on their faces! XD. I hope it worked (cheered her up)
I Have An Irrational Love For This Pizza Place
This Pizza Box
And lunch, evening snack, dinner and super late night snack...
Load More Replies...Amsterdam Has A Pizzeria For Boats
For all the time I lived in Amsterdam I did now know this until just now
In The Hague there is a snackbar that takes orders from people who are in boats and deliver the food in a bucket on a robe
This Movie Rental Place Has A Hole In The Wall So That You Can Order Pizza From Next Door
OMG! I am sure this is my pizza place in St Louis MO! Yes this place is the best and it didn't use to have this, they just added the pizza place on like a year ago.
Clever Sign At Winnies Pizza
Awesome! Can't stop playing that song in my head with these lyrics. :D
We Had The Pizza Delivery Guy Tell Us His Deepest, Darkest Secret. He Wrote This Under The Pizza
Sad to see his girlfriend doesn't know he's straight yet. All jokes aside, I like this secrets idea. XD
This Restaurant's 'Pizza Table' Is A Ball Of Dough
What a good idea...wish all the pizza places in the world would copy it.
Yum , there would be a fight over who got the dough ball in my house!!
Girlfriend Called Dominos To Send Me A Surprise Heart-Shape Valentine's Day Pizza While I'm On A Business Trip
This Pizza Shop Gets It
For those with tiny screens or lousy eyesight, that's Darth Vader asking "Yes, hello, do you deliver to the Dark Side?". XD
Load More Replies...I think I have been to this one!! In Queens, New York. Their pizza is great too.
Pizza Place On The Island Where I Live Is Making Shrimp-Shaped Pizzas During Our Town's Annual Shrimp Festival
I feel like it would taste differently. Just because of the shape :) You feel me?
This Pizza Place Really Understands Their Customers
Well, if they ordered the "pizza box" in the past, they might get confused.
Pizza Chain Offers Online Ordering That Can Be Picked Up At A “Pizza Portal” With A Confirmation Code And No Human Interaction
The human race is finding more and more way to be anti-social. This is progress?
I'd rather go for quality social interactions over quantity.
Load More Replies...It's a sad world we have become, when the best day is not having any human interaction.
But why? I like to talk even with people I don't know. Normal interacion, and often there are lonely people who want to talk.
It's just one option. They have standard registers for people who don't want to order online.
Load More Replies...Pizza Delivered In A Box Made Of Pizza
If I have learned anything from the cooking shows on TV a good pizza should not drip oil. But I have seen some cooking shows like Kitchen Nightmares where some restaurants have disgustingly oily pizzas - you could fill your drinking glass with all that oil...
Load More Replies...Germs? I am not even a germaphobic but one doesn’t know exactly what type of germs on the seats. I am sure something made out of paper is a better option than straight up cardboard (cardboard is made out of heavy duty paper, so a thinner version is better, I suppose)
I love that they're trying to eliminate waste and that the container is actually edible, but I don't know if I would eat it. I mean, the box touches things. It's supposed to keep things from touching your pizza. I admit I'm a bit of a germaphobe and maybe this isn't an issue for most people.
No, I agree... They got the right idea, just not the right.. right.. U know..
Load More Replies...Because they did't see the previous post with a little ball of pizza dough in the middle :-)
Load More Replies...Local Pizza Place Is Serious About Their Parmesan
Ah. So that's how the pizza stays hot in their little cardboard boxes. They blow it up on the way...
This Pizzeria Gives Pizza Dough To Every Child For Playing With
Maybe people will see me as a Debby Downer for saying this, but I find this foodwaste wich is not cool. Even if it is awesome to play with food sometimes, it's not okay.
Some places bake the kids' creations and they can eat it once they're done playing with it, so nothing is wasted. ^_^
Load More Replies...what if they eat the raw dough then they will get sick i may be wrong though
Aw, yeah, memories...I remember when I was tiny, we used to go this pizza place that did the same thing. Loved it there. And the pizza was amazing.
My local pizza place does that when it sees kids getting anxious having to wait for a table.
What a waste of food! Why not giving them a small amount of sauce and cheese and a topping then?, then they can bake them the pie instead of throwing away perfectly good food.
Local Pizza Place Put This Up During A Blackout
This Was The Tip Jar In A Local Pizzeria
Pizza Box Converts Into Coffin For "The Remains"
I never noticed they did that, looks like time to order some Hell Pizza!
Yeah, but to be fair I’m usually more interested in what’s inside, lol :)
Load More Replies...This Pizza Place Lists The Taxes As “The Man” On Their Receipts
Why would tax not be included in the price. Putting it separately seems like cheating. Asking because I'm from Finland
Website links to two places. One is in Houston. If I didn't know, I'd drive right by them.
You wanna be the one blamed for "holding us down"? Alright then.... I'm gonna still blame the man...
Load More Replies...Local Pizza Place Knows What's Up
This Disco-Ball Pizza Oven
"Disco Volante" (on the box) means Flying Saucer (or UFO) in italian.
This Pizza Place Tells You The Area Of All Their Pizza Sizes And How Large They Are Compared To Each Other
I don't know, but Big Dave sounds like a mafia nickname, so maybe it is better not to know.
Load More Replies...10" is small? Where is this? Why am I not there?! Or why is this not where I am? And I definitely want Big Dave size to be where I am. Specifically in front of me. Now.
This Bag Has The Corners Cut Out So That The Pizza Sits Flat
Friend: What do you do at the pizza store? Me: You know, just cutting corners.
Lol! So that's how you've been staying ahead of the business.
Load More Replies...Honestly, I just find that wasteful. Why do you need a plastic bag when pizza boxes are easy enough to carry on their own??
For a single one I would agree but with increasing numbers you will need one at some point. There is also the possibility that it wasn't just pizza but something more (that wouldn't just roll out) that made it efficient to put it all in a bag.
Load More Replies...Well very innovative! Unlike having a rope or ribbon tied on it which hurts your fingers.
If my local Dominos had this they wouldn't have to deliver to my car when their delivery guys park in the disabled bay. I could hang this from my crutches. At least they do deliver to my car
Alaska Pizza Place Has Boxes That Double As Targets For Shooting
A Texas pizza would be so big the target wouldn't be a challenge.
Load More Replies...Omg I NEED this! We're always looking for something good to use as shooting targets.
I Went To A Pizzeria Today, And The Chef Got A Bit Creative With My Calzone
The Tip Jar At A Pizza Place On Campus
I'm a millennial and I pay for my college tuition myself. People from 23 to 36 are millenials. It's one of the most spread out generations we have. You are probably a Millenial and don't even realize it.
Next Level Food Truck: Pizza Parlor Inside A 35 Foot Storage Truck Containing A 3500 Pound Italian Wood-Fired Oven That Cooks Pizza In 90 Seconds. A Stairwell Leads To The Recessed Point Of Sale Area
Hanging In A Pizzeria In Stockholm, Sweden
Ad For A Local Pizza Shop. They're Getting My Business
A Dominos Employee Stood Outside Of A Recently Closed Papa Johns In My Neighborhood And Started Selling Some Pizzas
He'd have better sales at 2 AM. When no one gives a damn as long as there's bread, sauce, cheese, meat, and hot all together.
How many pizzas he selling it doesn’t look like much from the looks of it
They do this in my part of Brooklyn too in the summer. They stand about a block from the train station and catch people on their way home. Hey $5 pies can't be beat especially when it's hot out.
My Uncle Has Ordered So Much Pizza, That They Ended Up Sending Him A Christmas Card
My Friend Works At A Pizza Place In Brooklyn. He Posted Today's Specials
Hope the pizza's are better then his acting! Sorry but i wasn't a fan at all!
This Pizza Place Shreds Their Pepperoni
For non-Americans; pepperoni meaning salami, not bell peppers, if that's of any help...
On behalf of most non-Americans: We knowwww...
Load More Replies...Semantics aside, to my way of thinking this is a brilliant idea...looks like you cannot even think of NOT getting some parts of the round red disc
OMG Jason, Pepperoni and Salami are 2 completely different meat products...at least they are here in Canada
Cut My Life Into Pizzas
Kolvanov, Putin says you need to stop goofing around on Bored Panda & go over to Rawstory or Huffpost & harass people for their political views. Harassing people over pizza is not helping Mother Russia.
That last sentence made me snort LOL I agree with Judith
Load More Replies...My Local Pizzeria's Size Options
Well Played, Domino's Pizza
GOT7 anyone? My heart got happy when i saw girls girls girls, then i realized it wasnt what i thought
I Won This Pizza Hut Contest The Other Day. My Prize Finally Came In The Mail
This Pizzeria Gives Out Tiny Pizzas As Free Samples
Cute, but is doesn't look like I would want a big version of that
Roasted Reply
Pizza: The Best Relationship Partner
Nope it will just make me fat, make me unhealthy, make me slow, make me stupid, and be costly.
Local Pizza Place Has A Sobriety Test On The Back Of Its Drink Menu
Doesn't that integral work out to -0.471? Making it smaller than 1/17.
Local Pizza Place Is Not F**king Around About Coupons
Oh my. That's sound as if they have to answer a hell lot of coupon related questions before they wrote this paper...
This Was Posted In The Bathroom At A Pizza Place I Went To
The Pizza Place By My House Compares The Size Of Their Slices To Newborn Babies
I heard this in the voice as done by Mike Meyers.
Load More Replies...It's not clear by the photos which of the items are for sale/consumption.
"You're so cute, I could just Eat you Up." Oh and the baby looks good too!
This Pizza Came In A Circular Box
looks cool, but i would hate to be the poor kid trying to fold those boxes
A Pizzeria In NYC. T.Hanks
This WiFi Signal Looks Like A Piece A Pizza At My Hometown's Pizzeria
This Table At A Pizza Restaurant Made With Cereal
I’d LOVE to sit at this table! Unless I was REALLY hungry. Because then I’d probably get hangry looking at all that delicious, colourful cereal!!
I Work At A Pizza Place. We'll See How Long It Takes My Manager To Erase This One
"Yeah, I'd like to order one large person with extra people, please"
Asked For A Joke In My Pizza Box, They Did Deliver
Was Eating My Dinner At Skyline When A Pizza Man Walked In And Delivered Two Pies In Exchange For 15 Cheese Coneys. No Money Was Exchanged
Skyline, and competitor Gold Star, are chili restaurants based in Cincinnati, Ohio. Their unique recipes reflect the Mediterranean origin of the founders. Both serve their chili over spaghetti!!! Love it or hate it, Cincinnati-style chili creates its own niche in American cuisine.
Hate it, but that's okay, as I imagine lots of Ohioans detest the culinary delights from SWArk (or the wider ArkLaTex) like hot links or yaupon tea.
Load More Replies...when I was younger I worked at Taco Bueno and McDonald's (at different times)... both places did this. We'd call up other fast food places in town and ask if they wanted to trade food. Some nights we'd have 6-8 different fast food places trade with us!
The pizza place my husband used to work for had this arrangement with the Mexican restaurant In our town.
Please just stop and think for a moment. HOW is this a pizza place surprising us with there creativity this is just a random GUY this does not SURPRISE us
My Local Pizza Pub
My Favorite Pizzeria Made Me And My Dad A Death Star Pizza For The Solo Premiere
Pizza Guy Delivers My Pizza In A Second Box To Keep It Extra Warm In This Cold
Our Local Italian Pizzeria Guy. His Name Is Otti And To Be Honest - My Local Town Would Be One Of The Most Boring Places Without Him. He's A Little Crazy, But His Pizza Is Multo Biene
This isn’t your local town this is someone else’s photo that they shared stop writing these things on the post
"I'll Have A Slice Pizza With Slices Of Pizza Please"
My Group Asks The Pizza Place To Draw Dragon On The Box Every Time We Order. Today They Did
why you need a reason for a dragon on the box?
Load More Replies...My Local Pizza Place Has Free Arcade Games
I'm From Cumming, GA. This Is A T-Shirt From My Favorite Pizza Place
Mesa Pizza Is A Honest Pizza Place
Game Of Thrones Themed Menu From Vinnie's Pizzeria
Local Pizza Place's Attempt At Marketing
It is not even win. Somebody put letter in reverse... or tried to write Russian "i"
Load More Replies...The "Stoner Pie" From A Local Pizza Place. Extra Meat And Cheese With French Fries And Mozzerella Sticks
im a stoner and this does nothing for me tbh, ex chef tho so i guess i am biased lol
My Local Pizza Place
Yea! I can't tell you how many distracted Pokemon chasers have nearly died in front of my car. They should t hank God I have good brakes.
Load More Replies...How A Local Italian Restaurant Shows Their Pizza Sizes
Pizza Place Wraps Silverware In Bread
The Guy At The Pizza Place Said They Were 'Trained' To Put The Pepperoni Like This
This solves the “cutting the slices so you get an even amount of pepperoni per slice” dilemma! Kudos
I briefly worked at a pizza place that had a contract with the local school to provide pizzas for cafeteria lunches. Because public schools have strict nutritional standards, not only did we have to use special whole-wheat dough, but the pepperoni pizzas had to have the pepperonis arranged regularly and the slices cut very exactly, so every slice was the same size and had the same number of pepperoni slices on it.
My Pizzeria Is Greater Than Yours
This isn’t your pizzeria this is from someone else stop making these dumb post titles
800° Pizzeria Has Carpet Under The Table So You Don't Bang Your Knees On The Hard Marble
Local Pizza Joint Taking A Dump On The Competition
Pizza Hut Has A Dock For Carry Out On The Lake
This Is The Advertising For A Pizza Place Next To Amy's Baking Company
Amy's Baking Company was featured on Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares and was the only place that didn't get fixed on the show because the owners were less than pleasant people. After the show, they got a lot of flack for their poor behavior and responded poorly, showing them as notoriously unpleasant people. This place is nearby and took advantage of the publicity.
Load More Replies...it is, they moved away, she still does food tho sadly. crazy crazy beatch that she is
Load More Replies...We Asked The Pizza Guy To Put A Joke In The Box
Amazing Self Service At Vinnie's Pizzeria
Found This In A Pizzeria In Brooklyn
My Local Pizzeria's Walken Refrigerator
A New Pizzeria Opened Up In My Neighborhood
These And Pickles (Usually) Come With Pizza In Korea
I was going to complain about not eating it the way we eat pizza in the US, but then I remembered that I eat my Korean and Chinese food with a fork, not chopsticks.
There is companies who do all they can to reduce plastic waste, and then there is this.
This Local Brooklyn Pizzeria Tells You How Fresh It Is
Open Faced Calzone
These Napkin Holders At My Local Pizzeria
To The Dominos Person Who Made My Pizza: You Get Me Like No One Else Ever Will
because if you ask them to write a novel it will take too long your pizza will end up cold
Load More Replies...because if you ask them to write a novel it will take too long your pizza will end up cold
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