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By MARY MULVIHILL
Staff Writer
When college students come to
UNC, one of the first things they
do is look in the Yellow Pages
under "pizza." They can't imagine
life without good pizza.
Chapel Hill's pizza selection
shouldn't disappoint them. The
variety of pizza means every stu
dent can find a pizza place that suits
his taste buds and wallet.
At The Pizza Hut, 110 W.
Franklin St., pan pizzas account
for about 75 percent of sales,
manager Brian Jones said.
"Without a doubt, the supreme
pan is our most popular pizza," he
said. The supreme pan is piled high
with six toppings.
For lunch, Pizza Hut serves 6
inch personal pan pizzas, which are
guaranteed in five minutes between
1 1:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Jones said
Pizza Hut had monthly coupon
specials.
Pizza Hut has a two-level inte
rior with comfortable booth and
table seating. Every seat is filled
when students gather for the
combination of pizza, beer and a
UNC basketball game on the wide
screen television.
A second eat-in, take-out Pizza
Hut is at 125 S. Estes Drive, and
a special Pizza Hut delivery station
is on West Franklin Street.
If you really want to stuff
yourself with pizza, try Godfather's
Pizza in Kroger Plaza. Godfather's
original pizza is comparable in
thickness to Pizza Hut's pan pizza
and, Godfather's manager Darlene
Ayers said, it is the most popular
pizza. If the original doesn't fill you
up, Godfather's has a new deep pan
pizza that is twice as thick as the
original.
Godfather's offers three specialty
pizzas the combo, humble pie
and the vegetarian each in the
thin crust, original and deep pan
styles.
"We combine what we think are
the best toppings in these specialty
pizzas," Ayers said. Godfather's is
famous for hiding all their toppings
under a thick layer of cheese.
There is little price difference
between Godfather's and. Pizza
Hut, except, for Godfather's 6-inch
lunch pizza, which at $2.09 is more
expensive than Pizza Hut's per
sonal pan pizza. Largely due to its
off-campus location, Godfather's
Restaurants delivering diners horn the pizza routine
By LOUIS CORRIGAN
Staff Writer
If you're tired of eating pizza out
of a cardboard box, you can eat
something else out of a cardboard
box just about anything else
if you know the right phone
numbers.
Roman Wings (929-3192) oper
ates out of a shop in that somewhat
murky end of Franklin Street, the
land west of Fowler's. But business
is soaring, as they sold more than
50 tons of wings last year.
Wings' owner Mark Vitali said
the idea of selling chicken wings
had originated in New York City
15 years ago and was something
of a national craze. The wings are
sold in multiples of 10, starting at
$3.50 for 10. A number of different
sauces are available.
Roman Wings has diversified its
menu.
"The idea of just selling one thing
doesn't work anymore," Vitali said.
Among the new items are subs
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Italian Pizzeria makes pizza the
attracts more families and profes
sionals than students. It has a
cheery and spacious eating area, or
you can call ahead for a take-out
order.
All the Yankee Tar Heels will
be glad to hear that several Chapel
Hill pizza places serve New York
style pizza.
New York-style pizza has a soft,
thin crust and is made of only the
freshest ingredients, said Sal Schi
ano, manager of Italian Pizzeria III
at 508 W: Franklin St. Once
students discover the Italian Piz
zeria, they're usually hooked on its
New York-style thin and Sicilian
pizza.
If you've never been in an Italian
($3.25), 6-inch pan pizzas ($2.25)
and salad assortments ($4.99).
Roman Wings delivers free of
charge starting at noon. Since
three-fourths of the business is
delivery, restaurant seating is not
a prime concern. Still, the restau
rant seats about 20 and attracts
mostly townies and graduate
students.
Fastbreak Mexican Delivery and
Restaurant (968-0033) is off the
beaten path of student routines.
Hidden in a corner of Town &
Country Shopping Center on
Airport Road, Fastbreak Mexican
also does three-fourths of its
business with deliveries.
The menu is primarily Mexican,
featuring tacos ($1.65) and burritos
($1.59 to $2.99). Manager Rod
Ferrell said it was the only restau
rant in town delivering hamburgers
and hotdogs ($1.49 each). Fast
break Mexican also features an
extensive menu of American-style
breakfasts, available in the early
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pizza parlor, the Italian Pizzeria is
a close substitute. You place your
order at the counter, watch some
one make your pizza, then eat at
the pizza parlor tables.
The Italian Pizzeria's thin and
Sicilian slices are a quick and
economical - lunch for students,
priced at 80 cents and 85 cents,
respectively. The Italian Pizzeria
does not deliver but does serve
take-out orders.
At the opposite end of Chapel
Hill at 1400 E. Franklin St., Royal
Pizza has an atmosphere and pizza
selection identical to Italian Pizze
ria HI. One difference is Royal
Pizza's lower prices. For example,
Roval Pizza's 16-bv-16-inch Sic
morning.
Beginning Sept. 12, Fastbreak
Mexican will deliver from 9 a.m.
to 3 a.m. There is a $3 minimum
for delivery and a 50-cent charge
for deliveries costing less than $6.
The restaurant features ample
seating, sombreros and posters of
Mexico covering the walls, a dart
board and a television. There are
daily specials, including a $6 all-you-can-eat-and-drink
special on
Mondays.
Marathon Restaurant (933
0590), at the junction of West
Rosemary Street and West Frank
lin Street, is owned by Jerry
Koutavas, a Greek who came to
the United States in 1969 and
formerly operated a Marathon in
Greenville.
' Koutavas described Marathon's
menu as "lot, a lot, a lot.
The menu offers pizza and
standard Greek sandwich items
such as souvlaki ($3.25). But the
steak and cheese ($3.25), made of
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ilian pizza is $7, but the Italian
Pizzeria's 15-by-15-inch Sicilian is
$7.45. Customers can eat in or take
out at Royal Pizza.
Sal's Pizza and Italian Restau
rant, in Eastgate Shopping Center,
is just what its name says: an Italian
restaurant. Sal's simple red, white
and black decor and friendly
waiters create a very Italian atmos
phere to eat what Sal's manager
Joel Finazzo called real Italian
pizza.
"It is New York-style pizza," he
said. "Everything is made from
scratch."
The Thursday-night pizza buffet,
from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., is especially
popular among students, Finazzo
said. The all-you-can eat, $3.95
buffet features five different types
of pizza and a tossed salad.
Sal's also has lunch specials, such
as two slices of cheese pizza and
a tossed salad for $2. But if you
want a whole New York-style pizza
pie, Sal's prices are slightly higher
than prices at Italian Pizzeria III
and Royal Pizza. Sal's serves take
out orders but does not deliver.
The majority of UNC students
probably take advantage of the
convenience of Chapel Hill's pizza
delivery services.
Domino's Pizza guarantees free
delivery in 30 minutes or less. If
your Domino's pizza is late, you're
entitled to a $3 discount. Domino's
pizza delivery men usually arrive
on time, but it's always exciting to
see whether theyH beat the clock.
Pizza Transit Authority is Domi
no's major competitor. Although
PTA does not guarantee its free
delivery in 30 minutes, PTA man
ager Ed Cunningham said that nine
out of 10 times, the pizza was
delivered on time.
Because of PTA's many coupon
specials, its pizza is cheaper than
Domino's. PTA's two large, two
item pizzas for the price of one may
be the best pizza deal in town.
Beginning next week, Peppi's
Pizza Den; at 208 W. Franklin St.,
will offer a new delivery concept
to Chapel Hillians Peppi's Pizza
Express. Two radio-dispatched
Pizza Express trucks will ride
around Chapel Hill selling small
pizzas during lunch hours and
medium and large pizzas at
dinnertime.
"If someone sees the truck, just
stop it and ask the driver for a
sliced beef, is the best seller.
The restaurant is open daily from
11 a.m. to 11 p.m.,. with delivery
from 4 p.m. to 11 p.m. The store
has more than ample seating and
is decorated with murals of Olym
pians competing in athletic
contests.
Marathon's in-house patrons
mostly are townies and the adven
turous, as the restaurant is formally
in Carrboro . and a less-antiseptic
setting than most UNC undergrad
uates enjoy.
Time-Out (929-2425), on the
other hand, is a walk-in heyday.
In University Square and open 24
hours a day, Time-Out is a stu
dents' haven, with Granville Tow
ers residents and late-nighters the
most loyal customers. The daytime
crowd is a mix of professionals and
Students.
Chicken, available in pieces (55
cents to $1.65) or in box combi
nations, accounts for three-fourths
of sales.
pizza," said Bill Cederburg, owner
of Peppi's.
Customers also can call in their
pizza orders, and the order will be
dispatched to one of the Pizza
Express trucks, he said.
"You won't be able to beat the
delivery time," Cederburg said.
"The pizza will be at your door in
15 to 20 minutes."
This fall, Peppi's also will feature
what Cederburg called "fast-food"
pizza. During peak lunch and
dinner hours, customers will be
able to walk in and buy a slice or
a whole pie of a specially selected
pizza of the day. No waiting or pre
ordering will be involved, he said.
Peppi's cozy atmosphere and
special buffets also attract a loyal
eat-in crowd. Many students fre
quent' the Monday night pizza,
lasagna, soup and salad buffet that
costs $3.85. Peppi's $3.19 lunch
buffet of pizza, salad and soup also
is popular with students and pro
fessionals, Cederburg said.
If you tire of Chapel Hill's round,
square, thin and pan pizza varieties
and think your pizza-eating days
are over, you're wrong.
At the end of September, a new
Carrboro pizza delivery called The
Right Stuff Pizza will begin selling
stuffed pizza. This Chicago-style
pizza will consist of a bottom layer
of crust, then a layer of toppings,
another layer of crust, some sauce "
and then a top layer of thick cheese.
"It's at least 2 inches high and
jam-packed with ingredients," said
Mari Trosclain, owner of The
Right Stuff Pizza. "There is
nothing like it in the Southeast."
She said two pieces could fill a
hearty pizza-eater. The stuffed
pizzas will range in price from $6.25
for a small to $11.75 for a large.
This innovative pizza place will
feature some unique stuffed pizzas,
such as the broccoli souffle pizza.
The Right Stuff Pizza also will sell
thin crust pizza. And customers can
order a whole wheat crust for an
additional 50 cents, Trosclain said.
She suggested that students
order the stuffed pizzas one hour
ahead of desired delivery time.
"The pizza must cook in a cheese
cake pan for 45 minutes," she said.
"It's a high-quality product that is
worth waiting for."
Time-Out also offers some 40
biscuit combinations.
Employees wear referee-style,
black-and-white-striped shirts.
Time-Out's decor mostly consists
of pictures of Tar Heel sports
personalities.
Time-Out's delivery system is
inconsistent and nearly non
existent. But a delivery center is
planned within two months, man
ager Jack Sanders said.
Each of these fast food eateries
has an A sanitation rating and a
promised delivery time (with the
exception of Time-Out) of a little
more than 30 minutes.
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