defend the indefensible: SBARRO

When I worked a McDonalds I think a cockroach fell our of the bun fryer machine (you stick buns in and they slide out all toasted like). Well if it was a cockroach it certainly was toasted like.

When I worked at a dining hall some guy got a grasshopper in his coffee, wtf. He came to me to complain. I was like, "WHAT", maybe a little too loud, and then told him I would get the manager LOL

i used to love sbarro so much until like age 20. i always made my parents stop at ramapo (or is it sloatsburg i dunno) rest stop because they had a sbarro, also there were lots of hasidic jews at that rest stop all the time and i always thought that was weird.

They are responsible for the garlic-butter scented miasma that I have to wade through every morning at the train station.

Also I got a stomach bug shortly after eating at their MSP airport location.

No love.

every morning at the train station

I mean, at 7:30 a.m.! People eat this for breakfast?

mooning towards Sbarro's

good username option

I do like their garlic knots ... such a seemingly simple thing that seems impossible for non-Sbarro places here.

it helps that garlic knots can be tasty when stale and oilsoggy.

i was going through a pile of recent receipts last night and i was all WTF when i saw one for sbarro. i haven't eaten at sbarro in years! i forgot i bought a vitamin water there a few weeks ago at 3am in the international terminal at JFK.

lol

we are all sbarro

Sbarro is delicious in a shitty pizza sort of way, esp the sausage & pepperoni slices. I'm not ashamed.

Except for the one across from Penn Station; that thing is a portal to hell.

will sbarro be a casualty of the economic downturn?!? 15 Companies That Might Not Survive 2009

Sbarro. (Privately owned; about 5,500 employees). It's not the pizza that's the problem. Many of this chain's 1,100 storefronts are in malls, which is a double whammy: Traffic is down, since consumers have put away their wallets. Sbarro can't really boost revenue by adding a breakfast or late-night menu, like other chains have done. And competitors like Domino's and Pizza Hut have less debt and stronger cash flow, which could intensify pressure on Sbarro as key debt payments come due in 2009.

SBARRO. NOT PIZZA PROBLEM. CHANE STOREFRODS IN MALLS, IS DOUBLE WHAMY. TRAFFIC DOWN. CONSUBERS PUT AWAY WALITS. CAN'T BOOST REVANUE. CAN'T ADD BREKFESET OR LATE MENU. NOT LIKE OTHER CHANE. COMPEDIDORS LIKE DOMANO AND PIZZUT NO DEBT. STRONG CASH FLOW. INTENISY PRESSURE ON SBARRO AS KEY DET PAYMENTS COME DUE IN 2009.

Last meal I had at a Sbarro was a roadside highway rest-stop place and it was totally horrible, not at all like early 80s mall memories. Wretched!

aw man, i would kill to read a financial analysis that's written like a T✧✧@K✧✧.E✧✧ post.

Why can't they add a late night menu? Who doesn't eat pizza late at night?

Malls close too early.

ohhhhh...

there's a sbarro in union station, why don't they just move out of malls and to horrible transit hubs instead?

Who was still going to malls, even before the economic doomsday?

13 year olds who haven't discovered hanging out in denny's

my understanding is that the state of minnesota has recently been converted into a mall

Aww, nostalgia. I remember discovering the joy of hanging out in a Dennys-like establishment. That's what Sbarro should do. Freestanding stores, 24-7 hours, cappucino instead of regular coffee and improved pizza.

With my admittedly shabby knowledge of business, I'd assume that one of their main problems is that with all that debt they're probably not in a good position to experiment with entirely new restaurant models.

that's why you need to invest in this dream.

Why not a breakfast menu? I propose the breakfast pasta meal: a big congealed plate of fricking spaghetti with egg and bacon, sevred with a coffee.

the mall thing again, prob

BTW malls should do more early-opening sales -- people love going shopping early for a bargain because it makes them feel like they're really puttin in the work.

Yeah, malls usually open at 8am for old people who like to walk, but businesses dont open until 10.

Are they targeting the senior citizen walker crowd enough? Senior citizens love stuff in steam trays!

does sbarro do delivery?!?

Senior citizens love stuff in steam trays!

LOL FUNNY COS ITS TRUE

http://www.wrinkydinks.com/familytreeimaging/brussels.jpg

wait no wrong place

Some diner-type place should do Eggs in Hell (eggs poached in spicy tomato sauce, served over pasta) for breakfast, but they'd have to be cooked to order, so that leaves out Sbarro.

the place i knew that did eggs in hell served it with garlic bread instead of pasta -- this was an improvement btw.

man maybe that was the right place for that picture, i would go to sbarro if it was staffed by baby wookies or whatever that thing is

13 year olds who haven't discovered hanging out in denny's

http://images.southparkstudios.com/img/content/characters/131a.jpg

I was trying to find a pic of a Sbarro hat to put on that wookie dog, but GIS has failed me.

also, Support Eric Murphy. Buy Sbarro Sauce

i cant hate on sbarro too much. they introduced me to a baked ziti dish which i have been addicted to ever since.

http://tvmedia.ign.com/tv/image/article/812/812430/entourage-hotandthestoned_460_1187011296.jpg

"HEY! GIVE SBARRO A CHANCE! JUST FUCKIN TRY IT, A'RIGHT?"

yearly sbarro thread revival ... YAY

http://foodbeast.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/sbarro-stuffed-pizza.jpg

http://www.crewdiscount.com/ports/nassau/restaurants/sbarro_menu1.jpg

Why has no one pointed out that S'barro is fast food speak for 'it's burro' (as in meat source)?

if sbarro goes out of business then I can put them back on my resume

and i think that i ate at that sbarro in euston station when i was last in the UK!

― Eisbär (llamasfur), Friday, October 20, 2006 2:56 AM (3 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

That sbarro is now gone! (The only place I would eat at euston station)
― g00blar (gooblar), Friday, October 20, 2006 3:10 AM (3 years ago) Bookmark

SBARRO.

SBARRO!

SBARRO?