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People Online Are Cracking Up At These 30 Repurposed Pizza Hut Buildings Shared In This Online Group
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A building can tell the story of an era. A red-roofed pizzeria with trapezoid windows causes nostalgic memories of carefree childhood outings spent eating pizza, pasta, and sundaes for many people around the world. Pizza Hut was created in 1958 and is still in business; naturally, over such a long period, many new ones have opened and some closed, leaving their shells for new inhabitants to move in. The distinct exterior features of Pizza Hut restaurants gave people the idea to spot and share pictures of these repurposed buildings. At first, it can be uncanny seeing a vet or human clinic, or even a church, in what‘s clearly a repainted pizza house. But perhaps delicious memories arisen upon seeing Pizza Hut shapes can soothe the nervous client of a dentist, and hopefully, it doesn't cause them to salivate like Pavlov's dog.
The r/formerPizzaHuts forum is a huge digital collection of abandoned and repurposed Pizza Huts people found in real life, Google street view, and video games, and decided to freeze them in pictures and screenshots. The forum was opened in 2016 and is still active with over 68K members. Scroll down for an interview with the forum's creator/moderator.
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#1
Plot Twist
hyperunknown 4 years ago
This one can't be topped, unlike their pizza's. Make pizza cheese grate again! Have a slice day!
john doe 4 years ago
ditto Safeway, the wave building from the 60s/70s: safeway-no...a57129.jpg 
StrangerOfTheDark 4 years ago
conquerors, conquistadors, crusaders, war heroes... What's another word?
The subreddit's moderator j1ggy, who introduces himself as an average internet nerd, said he got the idea for the subreddit when former Pizza Hut architecture was mentioned in a comment thread that drifted away from its initial topic. "I love retro gaming. I also love general retro culture, which is probably why former Pizza Hut architecture has always stood out to me."
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#2
Praise Cheezus! It’s A Church!
May Calhoun 4 years ago
The fact that they boarded up the windows on one side seems…concerning.
#3
Relatable Content
Night Owl 4 years ago (edited)
Count me in. I have a very urgent need for some pizza too
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Johanna Mueller 4 years ago
imagine if they tweeted this as they actually needed urgent care like: Honey?! what are you doing you're bleeding out! Lets go! babe*snort*babe wait I have the funniest joke, I need to tweet it real quick!
j1ggy considers the subreddit the perfect medium for this collection. The first few hundred members to join were people from that first discussion, while later thousands joined, which gave them momentum on the platform, attracting even more members. "People are literally driving around their cities and towns taking pictures of all the former Pizza Hut locations they know of for our subreddit and I think that's really cool."
#4
Just Found This Subreddit. I’ve Always Thought This Hut Renovation Was Cool
Ginny can draw 4 years ago
THEY HAD THE CHANCE TO NAME THE PLACE "nama-taste" AND I'M GOING NUTS
#5
Does This Count? Lol
Pizza Hut has had quite an evolution. First, in 1958, the 19 Frank and 26-year-old Dan Carney brothers borrowed $600 from their mom, and bought used kitchen equipment to open their Italian-American restaurant in Wichita, Kansas. In 1959, Pizza Hut became a franchise, a business model where brand owners allow another party to sell their products. Pizza Hut does it in exchange for a starting fee, royalties and advertising fee, but the franchisee also has to pay for the construction of the restaurant and inventory. The franchise quickly took off with 1000 outlets all over the world by 1971
#6
This Building Certainly Used To Be A Pizza Hut
Earl Grey 4 years ago
I wonder if this property was donated to the local fire department for training. The scene is too neat and the fire too theatrical.. The fire department gets to practice and the property owner ends up with a lower cost to scrape the lot and start over.
over it already 4 years ago
Might also be a case where the darn insurance policy got too close to the pizza ovens.
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#7
I Present To You: The Bud Hut
#8
I'm An Architectural Illustrator Who Got Interested In Chains (Like Pizza Hut) With "Branded" Buildings, And Made This Piece
Random Panda 4 years ago
1. White Castle 2. Taco Bell 3. Long John Silvers 4. Pizza Hut 5. KFC 6. McDonalds 7. ? 8. ? 9. ? 10. Checkers? 11. ? 12. ? These are just guesses!
Sarah Pryde 4 years ago
1. white castle 2. taco bell 3. Long john silvers 4. Pizza hut 5. KFC 6. McDonalds 7. Cracker barrel 8. Waffle House 9. IHOP 10. Rallys/Checkers 11. Wendys 12. Steak and Shake
Vivian Orr 4 years ago
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻DING 🛎 DING 🛎 DING 🛎 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻Winner Winner Chicken Dinner
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M O'Connell 4 years ago
I've always been a huge fan of the 1980's greenhouse-front Wendy's locations. It's a shame they've remodeled them all.
D-m Keilman 4 years ago
Our old one is now a kick butt Mexican restaurant.
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The classic red shingle roof design was created by their frat brother, architect Richard D. Burke, then applied globally in 1969. There are speculations that the architect was inspired by Ernest J. Kump’s Foothill College design. The company could not afford the upfront fee Richard D. Burke was asking and made a deal, paying him $100 for every restaurant with his design, not knowing how much they would expand.
#9
Dothan, Alabama. I Am From There And Can Confirm Without A Doubt It Was A Pizza Hut
#10
[Ridgecrest, CA] Pizza And Coffee Together At Last
![[Ridgecrest, CA] Pizza And Coffee Together At Last](https://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/28-612e3ec371a96__700.jpg "[Ridgecrest, CA] Pizza And Coffee Together At Last")
Viv Justviv 4 years ago
Wow, how bizarre - I lived in Ridgecrest for 5 years & never expected to come across it randomly! It's a small town in the smack dab middle of the Mojave Desert. I miss California, do not miss living in the middle of nowhere where the mercury hits about 120 degrees in the summer. Do not miss it whatsoever. That starbucks was all the rage after it morphed from the pizza hut, which moved into a non-themed building.
Randy Klefbeck 4 years ago
Also home of Charlie Manson and missile development (in particular the Sidewinder heat seeking missile) for the U.S. armed forces.
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Brandon, FL Actually Is Really Good Phò. My Fiancé Who Is From Here Confirmed Without A Doubt It Was A Pizza Hut
In 1977, the brothers sold the company to PepsiCo for an estimated $310. Around that time, it became the world's largest pizza chain. Interestingly, one of the brothers, Frank, became a Papa Jones franchisee. The brothers were involved in philanthropy and helped over 100 other new entrepreneurs. Frank died in 2020, he was 82 at that time.
#12
Detroit, MI. You Can Take The Pizza Out Of The Hut, But....
#13
Former Pizza Hut Is Still A Pizza Place. The Wood Siding To Disguise The Hut Top. Saskatoon Sk
Rissie 4 years ago
Could have. Meant to educate, not to be annoying. Because that's not a typo.
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Found A Former Pizza Hut On A Captcha Today
Happy Daihatsu 4 years ago
I don't see a bus... unless they count a camper trailer as a bus? Or maybe there's a bus in the background somewhere? Am I a robot? AHHH!
Draj 4 years ago
Sometimes you get captchas that don't have what they ask for in the image, hence the skip button.
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Pizza Hut expanded to almost 7496 restaurants in the US alone by 2019, then decided to close about 500 and put a bigger focus on delivery and drive-through. The same year, the company decided to bring back its old logo and building design.
#15
This One Isn’t Doing So Good (VT)
#16
Even Video Games Aren't Safe
#17
According To Locals, This Funeral Home Used To Be A Pizza Hut
Alex Boyd 4 years ago
For some reason, out of everything on here, this is the only one where the fact that it is obviously located in a former Pizza Hut would make me hesitate to patronize the business. Even the medical facilities didn't bother me, but a funeral home in a Pizza Hut is just a visceral "Nope" for me.
K. Anderson 4 years ago
Without a doubt it’s in a low income part of town
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"Could you put pepperoni on Uncle Tony, he would have really liked that......"
PixxelDust 4 years ago
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The company's marketing isn't based on nostalgia alone; they go hand in hand with current trends, by expanding menu and parent company Yum! Brands, partnering with vegan food company Beyond Meat, and heavily branding themselves as equitable and inclusive. Yum! Brands is PepsiCo's fast food division, controlling KFC and Taco Bell as well as Pizza Hut.
#18
Vet In Nsw, Australia
Anne Mitchell 3 years ago
That building started life as a Pizza Hut but has undergone at least 2 morphs until it became a Vet Surgery.
#19
Adult Shop In Athens, GA
Jennifer Norris 4 years ago
Ha! Yes this is in my hometown. Used to have Bday parties at the roller rink and then pizza here in the 80's. It's been an "adult novelties" store for several years now.
Pizza Hut's marketing is actually quite innovative, from their introduction of stuffed crust to delivering high up: in 2001 to the International Space Station and in 2016 to Mount Kilimanjaro. Gamers and other geeks are also a part of Pizza Hut's customer base. From 2013, XBOX 360 players could order pizza directly by console, in 2021, Pizza Hut introduced green "Mutagen ranch" as a homage to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
#20
They Removed The Top Of The Hut But Kept The Windows, Now Pizza Hut Is Right Next To It In The Strip Mall
M O'Connell 4 years ago
Is "Pretzel, Pretzel" an added Little Caesar's joke on top of an old Pizza Hut?
#21
Now A Cafe In Layton, Utah
Amy Jo Buchanan 4 years ago
At first glance, I thought the name of the cafe was "She's Cute" lol! But zooming in, it says "Sill's Cafe"... right?
#22
Bank Of America Hut!
The first opened Pizza Hut restaurant was in a red brick building near Wichita University, where the brothers studied. It proved that students are a great target customer base. The first Hut was absorbed by the university in 1986 for administrational purposes and now serves as a Pizza Hut Museum.
#23
Found In Sheffield England
Earl Grey 4 years ago
That is the trademark / service mark of Dunkin’ Donuts.
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Former Pizza Hut Is Now T-Mobile
#25
Uroll Sushi, Orlando, FL
Charlene Wilbur 4 years ago
I used to live like 2 min from here. Lol! I remember eating there when it was a Pizza Hut as a kid.
Photographer duo Chloe Cahill and Ho Hai Tran started spotting former Pizza Huts, hunting them down with the help of Google Maps and traveling to immortalize them before they get demolished. In 2016, they released the Pizza Hunt photo album on Kickstarter, which gained a lot of interest. Moderator j1ggy said he would buy the book as well if it becomes available again.
#27
Centrally Located In Richmond, Kentucky
#28
Hm. Seems That Days Gone Has A Secret It Doesn't Want Us To Find
The artist duo expresses interest in what is no more: "lost arts, bygone eras and forgotten histories." "Those that remain, those that have not been demolished or are not slated for demolition, exist in the space where the unremarkable and the unforgettable meet," the artists poetically describe surviving Pizza Hut buildings from the '70s-'90s.
#29
Popeyes X Pizza Hut
#30
Somebody Blue Me!
Melissa J 4 years ago (edited)
The oompa loompa song started playing in my head.lol The color reminds of Violet from W***y Wonka and the chocolate factory.
When asked what j1ggy's favorite pizza is, he said: "Famoso [...] makes authentic Neapolitan pizzas in a 900°F oven. It's a step away from typical fast food pizza and it's ridiculously good. I love their Prosciutto Arugula pizza. I don't know what it Saveis, but simple, boring-looking arugula is delicious on a pizza."
#32
Noticed The Other Day. Got A Picture Today. Vancouver, Canada
#33
Found One In Springfield, Mo! From One Big Food Corporation To Another
#34
Nail Hut In NJ
#36
Former Hut Turned High End Seafood Restaurant In Charleston, SC.. Almost Couldn't Believe It Given The Location But Those Bones Are Unmistakable
#38
I Met My Wife At This Now Former Pizza Hut 17 Years Ago In Raleigh, NC
V Martinez 4 years ago
That atrium part reminds me of old Wendy's. But I don't think they ever collaborated. Lol
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#42
Warrenton, VA
#43
Urgent Care, New Britain, CT
#44
Does A Combo Pizza Hut / Wing Street Count?
Robert Bailey 4 years ago
I've never been a fire fighter. What are they doing with the ladder way up there?
#47
Lots More Content Coming Soon To This Sub 👌🍕
aaaggg hhh 4 years ago
Why would they say a dine-in Pizza Hut isn't suited for carry-out & delivery? They've been doing that for nearly 60 years!
#48
Moe's Southwest Grill, Natick MA
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Melissa J 4 years ago
I miss the sit-down restaurant experience at Pizza Hut. We used to eat there when me and my sisters got BookIT Awards (personal pan pizza coupons for reading books)in the 90s. The pan crust was buttery crunchy goodness 😋. Pizza Hut still has the pan crust but it doesn't taste the same. Plus, all the Pizza Huts we have here in town are basically for delivery or pickup/carryout. My husband and I always point out the old Pizza Hut locations and most of them are a dead giveaway because of the roof. Even though it says Check Cashing we see Pizza Hut.lol
Sandra Ordaz 2 years ago
Funny Melissa, we were just talking about that today!! I currently work at Pizza Hut…my coworkers and I were reminiscing about when we were kids and what a treat it was to go to Pizza Hut!! We would all pile up in the family car, AS A FAMILY…the adults would order their pitcher(s) and their pan pizza, while us kids would order our personal pan pizzas, drink our sodas fromthose fancy red plastic glasses, constantly run to and from the salad bar for seconds and thirds! We would beg for quarters to buy temporary tattoos from the gum ball machines! It was the best!! Pizza Hut would be our reward for good grades, birthdays etc. Now, where I work, there is no dine in, it’s pretty much slow fast food.😆 The pizza is still good, but that Pizza Hut feeling is just a memory. If only we could go back to those Good Ol’ Days!
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Monica A. M. 4 years ago
Oiishi Japanese And Sushi, Jesup, GA... used to be a PH. My husband confirms it was a PH.
Alison Marchand 4 years ago
It is interesting to see how the different businesses worked with the notorious design 😊 some of them are quite creative with their modifications!
bill marsano 4 years ago
The dullest post in a long time, and essentially pointless. Hard to believe that the re-purposing of any store cracks people up.
Lindsey Judd-Bruder 4 years ago (edited)
There's one near me, in Corydon, Indiana, USA. It's a Chinese restaurant called Shanghai (and it's one of my hubby's favorite places to eat, lol). It looks similar to the Indian restaurant on this list. But it definitely used to be a Pizza Hut. Have confirmed it with friends that have lived here much longer than I. One of my friends even worked there, when it was still a Pizza Hut!
Beck(formerly Becca/Gizmo sq) 4 years ago
There is an empty one sitting in decatur, Al. Wonder what will happen to it????
John Dilligaf 4 years ago
no picture, but there's an old Pizza Hut in my town that was turned into a used car dealership
Melissa J 4 years ago
I miss the sit-down restaurant experience at Pizza Hut. We used to eat there when me and my sisters got BookIT Awards (personal pan pizza coupons for reading books)in the 90s. The pan crust was buttery crunchy goodness 😋. Pizza Hut still has the pan crust but it doesn't taste the same. Plus, all the Pizza Huts we have here in town are basically for delivery or pickup/carryout. My husband and I always point out the old Pizza Hut locations and most of them are a dead giveaway because of the roof. Even though it says Check Cashing we see Pizza Hut.lol
Sandra Ordaz 2 years ago
Funny Melissa, we were just talking about that today!! I currently work at Pizza Hut…my coworkers and I were reminiscing about when we were kids and what a treat it was to go to Pizza Hut!! We would all pile up in the family car, AS A FAMILY…the adults would order their pitcher(s) and their pan pizza, while us kids would order our personal pan pizzas, drink our sodas fromthose fancy red plastic glasses, constantly run to and from the salad bar for seconds and thirds! We would beg for quarters to buy temporary tattoos from the gum ball machines! It was the best!! Pizza Hut would be our reward for good grades, birthdays etc. Now, where I work, there is no dine in, it’s pretty much slow fast food.😆 The pizza is still good, but that Pizza Hut feeling is just a memory. If only we could go back to those Good Ol’ Days!
Load More Replies... Monica A. M. 4 years ago
Oiishi Japanese And Sushi, Jesup, GA... used to be a PH. My husband confirms it was a PH.
Alison Marchand 4 years ago
It is interesting to see how the different businesses worked with the notorious design 😊 some of them are quite creative with their modifications!
bill marsano 4 years ago
The dullest post in a long time, and essentially pointless. Hard to believe that the re-purposing of any store cracks people up.
Lindsey Judd-Bruder 4 years ago (edited)
There's one near me, in Corydon, Indiana, USA. It's a Chinese restaurant called Shanghai (and it's one of my hubby's favorite places to eat, lol). It looks similar to the Indian restaurant on this list. But it definitely used to be a Pizza Hut. Have confirmed it with friends that have lived here much longer than I. One of my friends even worked there, when it was still a Pizza Hut!
Beck(formerly Becca/Gizmo sq) 4 years ago
There is an empty one sitting in decatur, Al. Wonder what will happen to it????
John Dilligaf 4 years ago
no picture, but there's an old Pizza Hut in my town that was turned into a used car dealership
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