OT - The O - Say it Ain’t So
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The O was selling dogs and fries in 1967 when I arrived from the Bradford Campus. It has had over a 60 year run!
I went to school right across the street, so it was a frequently visited spot. Didn’t eat the dogs as much as the fries with cheese or the chicken parm & fries. If it’s gone, it’ll be missed, even if just to see when driving up Forbes.
Oh good. I hope another benign, national chain goes in there instead. Because the world needs another Applebees
Ok, now this shutdown is serious. The best fries ever. A right of passage using the mens room at 2am on a Saturday night. Unbelievable
Do I get any credit for this? I just posted in another thread that it should close. I liked eating there in college but it wasnt worth the crowd it attracted and for the murder every 5 years.
Makes me sad. Loved their fish sandwich with extra tartar.
However if this is true I imagine it makes the administration at Pitt happy. That place did not attract the best people after 10-11 each night.
However if this is true I imagine it makes the administration at Pitt happy. That place did not attract the best people after 10-11 each night.
We would get the large fries and head back to our apartment and chow down with a 6 pack. Never enough ketchup.
So is there more of a chance of closing Bigelow now? Weren't they instrumental in keeping it open for some reason? Or perhaps that's just an urban legend.
Put another residence tower there (not battery shaped) with street level retail and call it a day.
Put another residence tower there (not battery shaped) with street level retail and call it a day.
Sure. You got to enjoy it while you were there, but since you no longer have use for it... close it.
They opposed the closing, as did other businesses along South Bouquet because parking was going to be eliminated on there between Forbes and 5th to add an extra traffic lane.
This hasn't kept Bigelow from closing any time recently as most of those business are gone and a closing hasn't been pushed in a public forum since the 90s.
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Worst pizza ever....smelt and tasted like garbage.
I never saw the attraction of that place. Seemed more of a Pittsburgh attraction, rather than Pitt
I never saw the attraction of that place. Seemed more of a Pittsburgh attraction, rather than Pitt
I will miss it but its a net negative for the university. I wouldn't want my kids in there at 2AM like I used to do.
$2.99 16 inches when I started at Pitt...they weren't good, they were cheap; quantity over quality after a night out in South Oakland.
Here's the thing, that place existed in the heart of Pitt's campus for 60 years. That's a lot of tradition and continuity lost between multiple generations of Pitt students. Every college campus has a greasy place like the "O" that has been there seemingly forever. Pitt's campus has lost a lot ....the Sanctuary, Calicos, the Decade, the Beehive, Luna Bar, the Attic, the Upstage, Zeldas, CJ Barney's, Peters, and now the "O". Not to mention places like Kunst bakery or Uncle Sams. Places that helped make Pitt unique and relatable across generations of students and faculty. It was just part of the culture, and always enjoyable to see someone receive their order of large fries for the first time.
One would hope that someone would see the value in the name the "O" has as a local landmark establishment and resurrect it before it gets filled by another Panera.
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Antoons >> The O for cheap pizza. At least Antoons, Hemingways, Fuel & Fuddle, and Mad Mex are all still there. Not the same of course.
Was that during the legendary Oakland Pizza wars? My personal favorite was the $3.50 at Capri Pizza.
It will be missed...almost every college has a great greasy spoon place, and the O was it for PITT!
Lived above CJ Barney’s and had a bunch of friends that lived above The O. There were 3 forms of currency that were acceptable cash, beer, and pizza boats from the O.
Many good memories, and some not so good, there but it was definitely always an experience. It’s a shame to see it go.
Many good memories, and some not so good, there but it was definitely always an experience. It’s a shame to see it go.
You know how it sucks when you always hear about "the olden days" being better than now. And yada, yada, yada.
Well.....I can absolutely and unequivocally say the 1980's far, far, surpass today as a better time to grow up and live.
Is there room for a stadium in its place?
Yeah, I had the wrong, it was $2.99 when I started. Raised to $3.49 the next year. Then $3.99. Then just wasn't worth it.
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Some goofball with a MSPaint rendering in 3...2...
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As a poor college kid, I got by many a night on the big pickles, 3 for $2.
Not to mention a 9 pack of St Pauli Girl for 6 bucks
Not to mention a 9 pack of St Pauli Girl for 6 bucks
I’ve mentioned this before in other parts of the board, but I didn’t go to Pitt for undergrad. But I’ll never forget the night of my law school orientation, where a bunch of my incoming classmates and I ventured across the street from the law school to Hem’s, got impossibly drunk on cheap beer and liquor pitchers, went next door to eat a tray of O fries at 2am, and then managed to navigate my way back to my new apartment in Shadyside in the middle of the night.
The O initiated me to Pitt culture, and I’ll always be grateful.
The O initiated me to Pitt culture, and I’ll always be grateful.
Maybe so. But why do you want to shut down things that you don’t like?
Many people here don’t like you (I have seen much proof of this), but no one should shut you down.
Between the O and Peter's closing, I've lost two establishments that I probably visited a combined 200 times. Is this what it's like to get old, I can't say that I care for it...
Those places are not even close to what the O is. My father had the same experience in the 60’s that I had in the 90’s at the O.
You aren’t getting that at Fuel & Fuddle, no matter how excellent F&F is. Do they still do half off at night?
At least you can get your Uncle Sam’s fix in Squirrel Hill. Only one O, with all its warts.
Yeah, after 11. When I came to Pitt in 96, Fuel & Fuddle, Hemingway's, and CJs were our spots. I never much cared for the O but seem to be in the minority.
Dude, it was a $3 pizza. I'm grateful for the opportunity to scarf on them.
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