Comments on: Ya’ll Remember Crystal’s Pizza? http://tony2nice.com/yall-remember-crystals-pizza/ Purveyor of the finest in hypertext media! Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:47:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: matthew http://tony2nice.com/yall-remember-crystals-pizza/#comment-538 matthew Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:52:03 +0000 http://tony2nice.com/?p=150468611#comment-538 I loved Crystal's as a kid. I think I even had a birthday party or two there. I was sad when it left Tulsa. I loved Crystal’s as a kid. I think I even had a birthday party or two there. I was sad when it left Tulsa.

]]> By: jp http://tony2nice.com/yall-remember-crystals-pizza/#comment-528 jp Wed, 20 Apr 2011 21:15:45 +0000 http://tony2nice.com/?p=150468611#comment-528 Me too Now 35. Great memories. Too bad its gone from okc. Me too
Now 35. Great memories. Too bad its gone from okc.

]]> By: splinter http://tony2nice.com/yall-remember-crystals-pizza/#comment-493 splinter Tue, 25 Jan 2011 21:01:45 +0000 http://tony2nice.com/?p=150468611#comment-493 I to have truly magical memories of the crystal's pizza of ol'. I am 36 now and spent most of my childhood living in haltom city tx. I'm not sure of the exact location of the crystal's we would frequent, i think it may have been near camp bowie blvd. The romance/magic of the place as it was circa 1980's, is really hard to put into words. i have taken my wife to the one in dallas, and find myself constantly describing how each and every detail once was so very different, in an almost apologetic fashion as crystal's is a place that i think we all feel guardians of. I know it seems dramatic being that the place i speak of is only a "pizza joint with a few arcade games" some may say, but to me it not only captured the imagination of a kid who seemed to hunger(no pun intended) for things maybe a bit different than the average kid, but its a living example of how the corporate monster forces all to streamline, improve profit margins, mass produce, and bleed any soul that may have exisisted out, making room for the "stacking it deep, and sellin it cheap!) business model. I actualy found this site while visiting the crystal's website, to check and see if there were any stores possibly for sale, or any franchise oppurtunities. I can close my eyes and imagine the loooong walk after entering the front door, and finally, after passing tons of frost covered oval windows looking in to a small dim lit booths, arriving at the cash register/entrance to a living time machine,filled with coin operated future tellers, warm inviting 18th century styled libraries, and even a classic movie theater running non-stop vintage cartoons and even three stooge's shows, large well kept salt water fish aquariums near the exit, even a few secluded tables on small dimlight balcony's located at a second floor level, because also long since retired to mass produced/tacky as hell looking acoustic drop down ceiling tiles, there were once grand vaulted ceilings, sometimes with several helium balloons resting at the top also due to a lost detail free balloons givin to any kid who may want one. Yes my friends crystal's was to me as it seems to many of you, and place i would love to experience again in all it's glory! I to have truly magical memories of the crystal’s pizza of ol’. I am 36 now and spent most of my childhood living in haltom city tx. I’m not sure of the exact location of the crystal’s we would frequent, i think it may have been near camp bowie blvd. The romance/magic of the place as it was circa 1980′s, is really hard to put into words. i have taken my wife to the one in dallas, and find myself constantly describing how each and every detail once was so very different, in an almost apologetic fashion as crystal’s is a place that i think we all feel guardians of. I know it seems dramatic being that the place i speak of is only a “pizza joint with a few arcade games” some may say, but to me it not only captured the imagination of a kid who seemed to hunger(no pun intended) for things maybe a bit different than the average kid, but its a living example of how the corporate monster forces all to streamline, improve profit margins, mass produce, and bleed any soul that may have exisisted out, making room for the “stacking it deep, and sellin it cheap!) business model. I actualy found this site while visiting the crystal’s website, to check and see if there were any stores possibly for sale, or any franchise oppurtunities. I can close my eyes and imagine the loooong walk after entering the front door, and finally, after passing tons of frost covered oval windows looking in to a small dim lit booths, arriving at the cash register/entrance to a living time machine,filled with coin operated future tellers, warm inviting 18th century styled libraries, and even a classic movie theater running non-stop vintage cartoons and even three stooge’s shows, large well kept salt water fish aquariums near the exit, even a few secluded tables on small dimlight balcony’s located at a second floor level, because also long since retired to mass produced/tacky as hell looking acoustic drop down ceiling tiles, there were once grand vaulted ceilings, sometimes with several helium balloons resting at the top also due to a lost detail free balloons givin to any kid who may want one. Yes my friends crystal’s was to me as it seems to many of you, and place i would love to experience again in all it’s glory!

]]> By: Juh http://tony2nice.com/yall-remember-crystals-pizza/#comment-363 Juh Wed, 30 Dec 2009 02:15:19 +0000 http://tony2nice.com/?p=150468611#comment-363 They tore it down and built the new Chili's in its spot about a year ago. They tore it down and built the new Chili’s in its spot about a year ago.

]]> By: Tony http://tony2nice.com/yall-remember-crystals-pizza/#comment-362 Tony Wed, 30 Dec 2009 02:00:25 +0000 http://tony2nice.com/?p=150468611#comment-362 That's the one my friends and I grew up going to. It was greatness. But yeah, unfortunately they closed it down maybe...12 years ago? Replaced it with a mexican restaurant. Posados, I think it was called. I couldn't tell you what's there, if anything, anymore. Where'd you go to school? Putnam City North? That’s the one my friends and I grew up going to. It was greatness.

But yeah, unfortunately they closed it down maybe…12 years ago? Replaced it with a mexican restaurant. Posados, I think it was called. I couldn’t tell you what’s there, if anything, anymore.

Where’d you go to school? Putnam City North?

]]> By: Treavor http://tony2nice.com/yall-remember-crystals-pizza/#comment-361 Treavor Wed, 30 Dec 2009 00:52:08 +0000 http://tony2nice.com/?p=150468611#comment-361 I actually worked at the one in North Oklahoma City off of Rockwell? 25 years ago as a teen. It had my name on a plaque on the wall and all. I was planning to see if the store was still there while I was at my 25 year class reunion. It was not the best place to work. But I had some fun. Good times.............................................Good times.............. I actually worked at the one in North Oklahoma City off of Rockwell? 25 years ago as a teen. It had my name on a plaque on the wall and all. I was planning to see if the store was still there while I was at my 25 year class reunion. It was not the best place to work. But I had some fun.

Good times………………………………………Good times…………..

]]> By: Tony http://tony2nice.com/yall-remember-crystals-pizza/#comment-300 Tony Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:05:24 +0000 http://tony2nice.com/?p=150468611#comment-300 Wow, is that the real deal or did you find it on the webs? Hey juh: remember how we used to beg to go there on the bus ride back to school after field trips? It was also the go-to spot after little league games, if you were lucky. Man I wish they'd just take better care of it. We need to petition it for inclusion on the national register of historical places...or just forcefully take ownership. Wow, is that the real deal or did you find it on the webs?

Hey juh: remember how we used to beg to go there on the bus ride back to school after field trips? It was also the go-to spot after little league games, if you were lucky.

Man I wish they’d just take better care of it. We need to petition it for inclusion on the national register of historical places…or just forcefully take ownership.

]]> By: Brooklyn http://tony2nice.com/yall-remember-crystals-pizza/#comment-299 Brooklyn Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:54:18 +0000 http://tony2nice.com/?p=150468611#comment-299 I had some birthdays there too. I've been squealing every time we drove by there for the past three years. I wish I hadn't. Childhood memories murdered. The pizza and pasta were still really good though. Too bad Big Bertha was out of order, might have redeemed the place a bit. http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1245/1049589017_30aabdb4f3.jpg?v=0 I had some birthdays there too. I’ve been squealing every time we drove by there for the past three years. I wish I hadn’t. Childhood memories murdered. The pizza and pasta were still really good though. Too bad Big Bertha was out of order, might have redeemed the place a bit.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1245/1049589017_30aabdb4f3.jpg?v=0

]]> By: Juh http://tony2nice.com/yall-remember-crystals-pizza/#comment-298 Juh Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:21:47 +0000 http://tony2nice.com/?p=150468611#comment-298 I remember havin' a birthday there several times. I remember havin’ a birthday there several times.

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