Precious Pizza Memories

I am setting in my sunroom this morning watching and listening to the rain.  The pitter-patter of the raindrops is very soothing.  Sometimes we all need a little soothing.

Yesterday, a new pizza placed opened near us and they even deliver to our place!!  Been waiting on that for years and years.  So...........last evening I tried to call for DELIVERY.  Busy signal!!!!!!!!  Now what made me think that if we go there we can get a pizza faster, I will never know.  But off we went....coupon in hand.  Hmmm the parking lot looks crowded, but there are several parking places.  So........we park.......we head for the door.....along with 6 other people who had the same idea we did.  Opened the door and every booth and table were filled; several tables filled with folks obviously not together waiting on pizzas.  Back to the car.  We will do that another time.

Since our taste buds were already set for pizza, we decided to go to an old, old standby, P Inn.  We hadn't been there in years, but why not give it a try one more time.  How bad can it be, right?  Well, it was pretty bad.  The pizza wasn't the worse we have ever had, but not great...........not great at all.  It was dark and dingy and obviously needs several thousands of dollars in repairs besides the need for remodel.  It was sad............... 

We had enjoyed so many pleasant evenings at this place with our children.....so many memories.  The memory of a certain waitress that worked there for 20 or more years.  The memory (pre-children) of seeing a family with crying, disruptive children and us telling each other that our kids would never be that way.  We had so much to learn!  The memory of my 18 month old son saying "oink oink" when I returned to the table after a second helping of pizza.  The memory of game tables that required a quarter for about 20 seconds of play time. 

We tiptoed right through some of those memories last night and enjoyed each tale.  The food.....not so much.  Sadly, last night's visit will probably be our last.  The place is just not the same.  It is sad for us, but much sadder, perhaps, for the owner.......sad that his business seems to be failing fast.  So..........even though it was not the same, our evening was not a loss..... precious pizza memories!!!!!

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