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Why This Unique Pizza Shop Featuring a Charcoal-Infused Crust is Closing
PMQ ^ | 9/20/24 | PMQ

Posted on 09/22/2024 3:51:25 PM PDT by DallasBiff

When Jabee Williams opened Eastside Pizza House about two years ago in Oklahoma City, he wanted to build a place that served as a community hub on the east side of town. For two years, the pizza place accomplished exactly that, Williams said, but is now being forced to close.

It all comes down to foot traffic and cash flow issues, Williams said.

“We started this journey with a vision [t]o create a space for our community, a place where Eastside could gather, connect and call its own,” the Eastside Pizza House owner and operator wrote on the pizzeria’s social media channels. “We wanted to offer more than just food; we wanted to offer a sense of belonging. We saw that at our events, collaborations, camps, donations and sponsorships.”

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: charcoal; food; okc; oklahoma; pizza
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The pizza in the picture looks disgusting, who wants a black burnt crust?

Sorry Jabee, welcome to the business world, where failures happen.

1 posted on 09/22/2024 3:51:25 PM PDT by DallasBiff
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To: DallasBiff

dunno. seems like black-o-phobia to me (carbon footprint notwithstanding).


2 posted on 09/22/2024 3:53:08 PM PDT by xoxox
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To: DallasBiff

That’s some creative excuse for burnt pizza.


3 posted on 09/22/2024 3:56:24 PM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus”)
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To: DallasBiff

place where Eastside could gather, connect and call its own,”

Maybe you should have worked on making decent, if not good, pizza.


4 posted on 09/22/2024 3:59:53 PM PDT by Adder (End fascism...defeat all Democrats.)
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To: metmom

as we always called it in the kitchen - “extra golden-brown and delicious”.


5 posted on 09/22/2024 4:05:51 PM PDT by kiryandil (Kraft durch Freude! - The Kamunist and The Walzrus )
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To: DallasBiff

When I was a kid, my mom would say “the carbon’s good for your teeth” if the toast got burnt.

I still like really well-done toast to this day.


6 posted on 09/22/2024 4:08:50 PM PDT by workerbee (==)
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To: DallasBiff

It all comes down to foot traffic and cash flow issues, Williams said.

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Wrong. It all comes down to the Biden economy which has severely harmed mom and pop businesses.

If small businesses were not killed off by the Covid scandals, the Biden/Harris policies did them in.

I hope Williams and others learn that Harris will only increase this crisis facing small businesses.


7 posted on 09/22/2024 4:09:00 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Leaving Abortion up to the States is like Leaving Slavery up to the States.)
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........easy to see why they're closing......

8 posted on 09/22/2024 4:14:23 PM PDT by Liz (Faith is believing what you cannot see; its reward is to see what you believe. St Augustine)
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To: DallasBiff

Leave the charcoal, take the pizza and the canoli.


9 posted on 09/22/2024 4:22:06 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls.)
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I’m sorry, but the crust in the picture looks a wee bit disgusting. Maybe it’s a new recipe I had not heard about???


10 posted on 09/22/2024 4:28:08 PM PDT by oldtech
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To: DallasBiff

“We started this journey with a vision [t]o create a space for our community, a place where Eastside could gather, connect and call its own,” the Eastside Pizza House owner and operator wrote on the pizzeria’s social media channels. “We wanted to offer more than just food; we wanted to offer a sense of belonging. We saw that at our events, collaborations, camps, donations and sponsorships.”

Maybe they should have focused on making good pizza instead of using all the latest cool words:
started this journey
create a space
for our community
gather, connect and call its own
a sense of belonging
collaborations

I wouldn’t eat at a place espousing this verbiage.


11 posted on 09/22/2024 4:28:27 PM PDT by alternatives?
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“We started this journey with a vision [t]o create a space for our community, a place where Eastside could gather, connect and call its own,”
Not a good reason to start a business. You start a business to offer a product and earn a profit. Be as nice as you want, but if you don’t make money, you’re out of business.


12 posted on 09/22/2024 4:28:48 PM PDT by Fungi
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To: oldtech

I’m seldom sorry for being “old school.”


13 posted on 09/22/2024 4:29:34 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls.)
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To: DallasBiff

Helps with the heartburn ? LOL


14 posted on 09/22/2024 4:32:07 PM PDT by butlerweave
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To: Liz

Yuck.


15 posted on 09/22/2024 4:36:51 PM PDT by roving (Deplorable Erectionists Listless Vessel )
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To: Liz

Even my wife thinks that pizza looks inedible, and she cremates marshmallows by choice. I don’t like burnt stuff.


16 posted on 09/22/2024 4:37:57 PM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: alternatives?
started this journey create a space for our community gather, connect and call its own a sense of belonging collaborations

Sounds like a Kamala word salad, no wonder he failed.

17 posted on 09/22/2024 4:38:14 PM PDT by DallasBiff (Apology not accepted.la is not the sharpest knife in the drawer)
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To: HartleyMBaldwin; roving

........not very appetizing looking AT ALL........


18 posted on 09/22/2024 4:54:55 PM PDT by Liz (Faith is believing what you cannot see; its reward is to see what you believe. St Augustine)
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To: DallasBiff

Providing a place for locals to sit around does not pay the bills unless they also buy a lot of pizza.

Starbucks was able to afford people hanging around by selling lots of very overpriced coffee.


19 posted on 09/22/2024 5:03:18 PM PDT by SauronOfMordor (Either you will rule. Or you will be ruled. There is no other choice.)
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To: DallasBiff

All crusts matter


20 posted on 09/22/2024 5:08:44 PM PDT by JZelle
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