Do you remember where you were when you found out about the Chuck E. Cheese pizza theory? I do — I was right here, writing about it. But, I was also dedicated to learning everything I could. See, I’m a big fan of pizza. If a company was actually stitching old slices of past pies together to form a new one, I want to know about it.
Even though the pictures are alarming, they can’t be as bad as this brand new pizza scandal. In fact, if you also consider yourself to be fond of pizza, you may want to shield your eyes, as there’s no looking back. You can blame Villa Italian Kitchen for this one.
If the name sounds familiar, but there aren’t any locations near you, it’s probably due to the gender reveal lasagna that made the news back in January. The company advertised the “world’s first-ever Gender Reveal Lasagna,” which would be either pink or blue on the inside. The world’s response was a gigantic “no thanks.” Still, it continues to be advertised, meaning that someone out there has found out if it’s a boy or a girl using this dish.
Dare I say, the pizza news is even worse than that. Since at least they offered up lasagna that’s actually lasagna.
Their pizza concept? Literally just a box of crusts.
That’s kind of like ordering chicken wings and getting half-eaten bones back. Who’d want something like this?
There are people out there who dig crusts, but those people usually tend to grab breadsticks as their appetizer. Not…whatever this is.
And yes, it seems like Villa Italian Kitchen is for real. They plan on launching this disaster on July 18th.
Maybe I’m being a little harsh, but even some of the comments seemed a little repulsed by the idea. It’s cute, but it would have been better if they just called it “breadsticks in a small pizza box.” (Although, its given name of “‘Just The Crusts” is still accurate.)
Otherwise, the concept gives off the impression that, much like Chuck E. Cheese, they’re recycling their leftovers. “That looks kinda gross, like people’s crusts that they didn’t eat and put it in a box,” Instagrammer mishcoffey said on their page.
As of the time of writing this, the photo was released a day ago and only has a paltry 191 likes. That may be a lot for your average user, but not much for a pizza chain that has multiple locations across the United States.
The Daily Record reports that Villa has had a “record number of consumer inquiries” about selling just the crusts. So, at least they seem to be listening to their customers.
But then again, the publication offered up a quote by Mimi Wunderlich, who’s the Director of Communications and Digital Market at Villa Italian Kitchen. And it’s somewhat baffling.
“We know that the crust is everyone’s favorite part of the pizza, so skipping straight to selling pizza crusts only seemed like the perfect idea,” she reportedly said. Um, what?
Anyone else out there think that the crust is the best part? Maybe if it was a stuffed crust, but otherwise, it’s more or less the equivalent of pizza bones.
In fact, it’s almost cruel to call this pizza. It’s more or less just bread.
So, is it safe to say that random pizza is better than no pizza at all? Even though the theory wasn’t actually proven to be true, Chuck E. Cheese is definitely looking better by comparison.
You never know. Maybe, this new pizza invention will do well for the company. Again, that gender reveal lasagna wasn’t a joke.
All I know is that when I get a pizza craving, it’s for the part that has the cheese and tomato sauce on it. Not the crust. Never the crust.
