StreetLevel: Papa John's Takes a Slice of Sunset Park
Let the Sunset Park pie wars begin. This Friday, a Papa John’s franchise will open on 5th Avenue between 58th and 59th streets, right next door to neighborhood fixture Johnny’s Pizza and within a few blocks of two other mom-and-pop pizza joints. The Times chronicled community backlash to the new business in an August article;…
Let the Sunset Park pie wars begin. This Friday, a Papa John’s franchise will open on 5th Avenue between 58th and 59th streets, right next door to neighborhood fixture Johnny’s Pizza and within a few blocks of two other mom-and-pop pizza joints. The Times chronicled community backlash to the new business in an August article; as of then, 2,200 people had signed a petition that sought to stop the Papa John’s from opening. One of the Papa John’s opponents went so far as to say that the chain eatery had planted itself right in the face of everything that is Sunset Park. There goes the neighborhood? GMAP
I’m boycotting Papa John’s.
They don’t have any brothers on the walls.
From my experience, mom and pop pizza joints are always better than Pizza Hut, Domino’s or Papa John’s. The national franchise pizza SUCKS!
gary
There’s a Papa John’s opening on Rogers Avenue in PLG, too — I’m not thrilled with it, but at least there isn’t another pizza store on Rogers in that area. Right next door? What are they thinking?
I loves me the butter garlic dipping sauce for the leftover crusts that comes with Papa John’s pizza. I prefer to support privately owned businesses too. But I vote with my pocketbook as a consumer. I don’t want some big brother coming in to crush competition. Ridiculous.
Why not protest the opening of the 500th sushi place on 5th Ave in Park Slope instead? There is at least one (or 2, no joke) Japanese restaurant on every single block of 5th Ave now.
you know dere are guyzzzz down dere dat cud take papa john’s out in one shot …
at least take the air out of their tires…
back with the asses again rehab…
yeah, i love em too.
😉
Actually, hopefully people will not go here, because Papa John’s pizza sucks ass–hard.
People will go here.
Just like they go to Starbucks, even though they have bad coffee.
Johnny’s Pizza I guarantee you is better than Papa John’s but for some unknown reason to me, people will still go to Papa John’s.
I wish I knew why.
“I’m starting a petition to stop a Gap from opening because I’d rather buy $1.99 underwear from a rack sitting on Fifth
Avenue.”
I think Gap already heard about your petition and cancelled their plans for a store on 5th avenue in Sunset Park. Whew.