Dial 459-2222, get a bankruptcy petition, delivered to you...

[Brisketexan 105192]

https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/austin-born-mr-gattis-pizza-files-for-bankruptcy/269-139ce98a-43a6-4f3d-933c-7b883d77de4a

Mr. Gattis files for bankruptcy.  Says it won't affect operations.

[Whatever 700]

https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/austin-born-mr-gattis-pizza-files-for-bankruptcy/269-139ce98a-43a6-4f3d-933c-7b883d77de4a
Mr. Gattis files for bankruptcy.  Says it won't affect operations.

Pos rep for thread title.

[SimonBolivar 10958]

It better not affect operations. That would be a disaster that rivals the Hindenburg to the cheap pizza community.

[4th&Five 41573]

the buffet was a highlight as a kid.  still go once a year for the nostalgia.  and the ranch.

[Brisketexan 105192]

11 minutes ago, 4th&Five said:

the buffet was a highlight as a kid.  still go once a year for the nostalgia.  and the ranch.

Used to park at the MLK location during finals.  Would buy the lunch buffet.  Would eat, then sit at a table drinking iced tea and studying for hours.  Then at dinner time, grab my plate and hit the buffet again.  Ate all day for like $5.

Fuck, I helped drive these guys to bankruptcy.  My bad.

[utee94 15839]

4 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

Used to park at the MLK location during finals.  Would buy the lunch buffet.  Would eat, then sit at a table drinking iced tea and studying for hours.  Then at dinner time, grab my plate and hit the buffet again.  Ate all day for like $5.

Fuck, I helped drive these guys to bankruptcy.  My bad.

I did the same.  Pretty sure about 20,000 students per year did this on a regular basis,.so don't blame yourself.

Being in high school in Austin in the 80s, it was THE pizza for all parties, get-togethers, happenings, goings-on, and general events.  And since we had off-campus lunch at Anderson High, it was pretty common to hit the Far West or Anderson location at lunchtime, too.

It's still my kids' favorite delivery option but the stores are getting fewer and further between.  

Edited January 10, 2019 by utee94

[AustinMT 952]

This is Round 2.  Gatti's was in bankruptcy back in the 80s as well.

[futureman 22517]

and I thought they were saving money using cardboard for pizza crust.  must have a terrible business model. 

[smuggs 9353]

Former employee @ the Lake Travis location summer of '93. There was a goat ranch next door. Every night around 9pm when the buffet got shut down we would walk out the back door with loads of cold, stale pizza and be greeted by a herd of ~25 slobbering bug-eyed goats, ready for the pizza party.

 

 

[MirrOlure 14812]

If 459-twenty-two twenty-two is disrupted, you can dial Four four four four fourfourfour in the interim.

[futureman 22517]

1 hour ago, smuggs said:

Former employee @ the Lake Travis location summer of '93. There was a goat ranch next door. Every night around 9pm when the buffet got shut down we would walk out the back door with loads of cold, stale pizza and be greeted by a herd of ~25 slobbering bug-eyed goats, ready for the pizza party.

that sounds like the best job in the whole world.  

[Brisketexan 105192]

34 minutes ago, futureman said:

that sounds like the best job in the whole world.  

The job of pizza-eating goat?

[futureman 22517]

Just now, Brisketexan said:

The job of pizza-eating goat?

no, hanging out at the pizza shop all day smoking dope and then feeding the leftovers to a bunch of hungry goats.  I could do that every day for 60 years and retire. 

[Brisketexan 105192]

Just now, futureman said:

no, hanging out at the pizza shop all day smoking dope and then feeding the leftovers to a bunch of hungry goats.  I could do that every day for 60 years and retire. 

I could indeed think of many worse jobs.

But still....pizza-eating goat sounds like a decent gig.

[Whatever 700]

no, hanging out at the pizza shop all day smoking dope and then feeding the leftovers to a bunch of hungry goats.  I could do that every day for 60 years and retire. 

Retire? Does that gig pay 6 figs?

[futureman 22517]

8 minutes ago, Whatever said:

Retire? Does that gig pay 6 figs?

it’s a simple life. 

[ChickenSandwich 9845]

Was going for a nostalgic order. Large 2 topping 8 wings and ranch. $30 before tip. Shit ain’t Homeslice

Fuck off. Was better when Mr

[wood 11231]

I remember when they came out with that delivery number (459-2222) in '83 or '84. Me & my roommate in Jester East had the phone number 495-2222, so we'd get calls from idoits trying to order pizzas day and night, even like 3am. That shit got old real got-damn quick. After a while we gave up on telling em they had the wrong number & just started taking their orders & telling 'em the pizzas would be there in 30 minutes. Fucking drunk morons.

[wood 11231]

On 1/10/2019 at 2:48 PM, utee94 said:

It's still my kids' favorite delivery option but the stores are getting fewer and further between.  

I love Gatti's but I can't get anyone else in my family to eat it.

[futureman 22517]

13 minutes ago, wood said:

I remember when they came out with that delivery number (459-2222) in '83 or '84. Me & my roommate in Jester East had the phone number 495-2222, so we'd get calls from idoits trying to order pizzas day and night, even like 3am. That shit got old real got-damn quick. After a while we gave up on telling em they had the wrong number & just started taking their orders & telling 'em the pizzas would be there in 30 minutes. Fucking drunk morons.

if this isn’t bullshit that’s pretty fuckin great

[wood 11231]

1 minute ago, futureman said:

if this isn’t bullshit that’s pretty fuckin great

No bs...

The funny thing is the calls slowed to a trickle after a few days of that tactic. So we had that goin' for us.

[conVINCEd 21469]

1 hour ago, wood said:

I remember when they came out with that delivery number (459-2222) in '83 or '84. Me & my roommate in Jester East had the phone number 495-2222, so we'd get calls from idoits trying to order pizzas day and night, even like 3am. That shit got old real got-damn quick. After a while we gave up on telling em they had the wrong number & just started taking their orders & telling 'em the pizzas would be there in 30 minutes. Fucking drunk morons.

My roommate in college had the same name as a fairly prominent, Uber conservative state senator (this was back in the days when phone books were still a thing).  We would get a few calls wanting his opinion on this or that.  We had some fun with it.  I had a quote printed in the Statesman.

[futureman 22517]

3 minutes ago, conVINCEd said:

My roommate in college had the same name as a fairly prominent, Uber conservative state senator (this was back in the days when phone books were still a thing).  We would get a few calls wanting his opinion on this or that.  We had some fun with it.  I had a quote printed in the Statesman.

wood’s story may have been true.  this is bullshit though.  nobody got quoted in the paper. 

[conVINCEd 21469]

It wasn’t a ridiculous quote.  It’s pretty much what he would’ve said. Just tossed in a couple of unique words.  Chalk it up to lazy reporting.

[3adays 454]

I had a buddy in high school that just kept one of Mr. Gattis buffet plates in his back pack. He’d just walk in and eat for free at will. 

[Mitch Cumsteen 18550]

I remember walking in there during college and seeing the entire offensive line destroying the buffet. I figured they would have filed for bankruptcy that afternoon. 

[SimonBolivar 10958]

2 hours ago, wood said:

I remember when they came out with that delivery number (459-2222) in '83 or '84. Me & my roommate in Jester East had the phone number 495-2222, so we'd get calls from idoits trying to order pizzas day and night, even like 3am. That shit got old real got-damn quick. After a while we gave up on telling em they had the wrong number & just started taking their orders & telling 'em the pizzas would be there in 30 minutes. Fucking drunk morons.

[Tailgate 3022]

I worked at the call center in high school in the 80’s. “Thanks for calling Mr. Gatti’s, can I take your order?”

Usually by 8pm I’d start getting calls from drunk people going “yeah I need a taxi.” Yellow cab in Austin had the phone number 452-9999...but because that jingle had burned that phone number in most of Austin’s head back then they ended up calling Gatti’s.

Good times. Always had plenty of large Samplers around and cinnamon sticks in the break room.

[South Austin 52536]

Ghatti’s is ass, but had to rep for quality thread title.  I even read it in my head to that little bitch’s commercial jingle.

[Post Oak 20254]

On 1/10/2019 at 2:02 PM, Brisketexan said:

https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/austin-born-mr-gattis-pizza-files-for-bankruptcy/269-139ce98a-43a6-4f3d-933c-7b883d77de4a

Mr. Gattis files for bankruptcy.  Says it won't affect operations.

That's a 5 star title. Well done my man

[RollLeft 5045]

2 hours ago, South Austin said:

Ghatti’s is ass, but had to rep for quality thread title.  I even read it in my head to that little bitch’s commercial jingle.

You shut your whore mouth and leave your mother out of this.