The Radical Design of PizzaExpress
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The Radical Design of PizzaExpress
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#2PizzaExpress was ahead of its time with its design and fast casual positioning
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#3I loved the PizzaExpress in Oxford in the early 90s. One of very few reasonable places to eat in that town.
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#4Dishoom is one of the experiences I miss most having moved away from the UK. It took this article to make me realise I feel the same about Pizza Express. At least I still have Ippudo, which I'd fit into the same mental space somehow.
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#5If you like this sort of thing, see QSR magazine, the trade journal of the fast food industry.[1] Similar discussions, but from the seller side.
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#6I loved the PizzaExpress in Oxford in the early 90s. One of very few reasonable places to eat in that town.
I think that’s one of the angles they miss in the article: food in the UK in the early 90s was atrocious, especially outside of London. Pizza express was at least a guarantee of a decent pizza.
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#7Talking about big chains coming and going, I hope we’ve hit “Peak Pret”. there seems to be one every 200m in London now, it’s getting stupid
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#8I loved the PizzaExpress in Oxford in the early 90s. One of very few reasonable places to eat in that town.
I think that’s one of the angles they miss in the article: food in the UK in the early 90s was atrocious, especially outside of London. Pizza express was at least a guarantee of a decent pizza.
I was quite young at the time but even in London pizza express felt really fancy and stylish compared to any other restaurant I’d been to (at about 8 years old). I guess it was very competitively priced too because my middle class but not particularly high earning family of 6 were able to eat there as an occasional treat!
We used to go to the one on upper street Islington, and it’s etched in my memory. Still a big fan, I’ve never been let down by them.
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#9Always thought the pizzas were a bit small.
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#10> Yet many British chains have had zero impact on culture ... There are two big exceptions to this rule: Wagamama and PizzaExpress.
Can't believe they've forgotten about Nando's!
Easily the most culturally significant restaurant chain in the UK, from grime music to the ubiquitous "cheeky nando's" phraseology