It appears that Oregon is getting a franchise in Beaverton. It’s about 3/4 of a mile from my place, and I occasionally get a hankering for chain style pizza.
So, how does this pizza compare to Pizza Hut, Domino’s, Papa John’s, et. al.? I notice that their hook is a flavored crust…
Thanks!
Let’s just say you have to be pretty hungry to eat it.
I’d say it’s similar to Little Ceasars. Their focus is on being as cheap as possible. I think they run things like all-you-can-eat pizza for $5.
It’s the lowest of the low grade pizza chains you’ll find.
Yikes, sounds perfectly dreadful. Oh well, I’ll just have to stick with the slightly more expensive places, unless I’m buying for drunken friends.
I didn’t even know they were still in business. We used to have them down here, but I think all the local ones went out of business years ago. I don’t see them anymore, at least.
Which didn’t surprise me, because their pie was wretched.
cheap, greasy, cheap
Now, now, people…they’re not that bad. However, they’re not very good either. Ok, it’s bad, but it’s not inedible. That being said, my standards have been lowered since moving from Pittsburgh to Erie. You just can’t find good pizza here.
I would say the Little Caesar’s comparison is accurate.
I’d say the LC comparison is accurate but with better crust. But at least they’re better than Chuck E Cheese :insertpukeysmileyhere:
It’s a bit more expensive, but cook a Tombstone instead, they taste better than all 3 of those places, IMO.
I’ve only had Hungry Howie’s once. It was almost as good as Papa John’s, which puts it, IMHO, a cut or two above Domino’s and Little Ceasars. We have an independant Pizzaria that delivers only two blocks away, so I haven’t had a chain pizza in a while. Sometimes at work we’ll throw together for a pie, that’s where I experienced HH.
Wow. We had a Hungry Howies about 25 years ago and I liked it back then. Based on that, it’s probably total crap.
They were popular in Gainesville, Florida (huge college town) due to their $5 medium pizza carry-out special and their $3.99 all-you-can-eat pizza buffet. The Little Caesar’s comparison is pretty apt, but you could also compare it to Cici’s (another low-quality pizza chain known for its cheap buffet).
The best thing about Hungry Howie’s is their flavored crusts. They had garlic butter and parmesan crusts that made the pizza even more unhealthy (but good!), and also a Cajun crust that was spicy and salty, but not as greasy as the others.
I like their chicken wings and their crust. They have some kind of propriataryy seassoning salt that they use for both. My faorite crust is the Butter and Garlic and the unique crust flavorings… there might be thyme in the seasoning, I’m not sure. But when it singes in the pizza oven it is singularly unique. The salt and the bitter crust with a sweet oreganic herbal. Really addictive.
Their sauce is unoffensive, the toppings are ample. Much better than little ceasers, and their Spinach Pizza with feta and Mozzarella is literally the best Vegetarian pizza I have ever eaten. It is shibby.
The comparison to Little Caesars is very apt. Their flavored crusts are very good, and if you find a combination that works for you, you can be a happy little pizza eater.
There’s lots of intermingling organization-wise between The Caesar and Hungry Howie’s.
Their hot wings are very good for the price. Steer clear of their pizza, unless your only other option is Little Ceasars.
We had several in Tampa; the flavored crust is really the selling point. The pizza itself is OK; better than Caesars and Domino’s, anyway. My favorite crusts were the Cajun and the Buttercheese.
Used to have one here in Vegas on my side of town. The only one left is clear across town and not worth the extra drive anymore.
This thread made me curious, so I visited Hungry Howie’s website to see where the nearest location to me is.
I’m happy to report there are no Hungry Howie’s’s in any of metro Atlanta’s three area codes. I guess they were out-competed; there are several very good local chains in Atlanta, in addition to Domino’s, Papa John’s, Pizza Hut et al.
I thought about posting this last night, but something came up at work.
Hungry Howie’s is alright, well, kinda. The pizza is about a 3 out of 10, which is equal to LC, Papa Johns, and other places, but the Calzone-style Subs are definitely a 8 out of 10 for me.
I love them so much. Every time I’m in Athens I have to get one, or two, to bring home with me. They are cheap and great compared to other subs around here.
Brendon Small
Hungry Howie’s logo pretty much says it all: a decapitated human head served up as pizza topping. Possibly the standards of the franchise vary by region, but here in the Tampa Bay area I learned years ago to avoid their product at any cost, after discovering on more than one occasion that my order had been contaminated by various alarming organic substances. Or perhaps their secret family recipe simply includes hair and dirt among the list of ingredients. Their kitchen facilities are significantly less clean than any zoo kitchen I’ve ever been in. Also, I used to know a guy who delivered pizza for them; and there is simply no way in hell you would knowingly put anything in your mouth once it had been inside that guy’s car. They simply do not care.
They did serve a nice syrupy carton of Pepsi though, I will give them that. Probably loaded with cockroach viruses, but still… syrupy!
I havent had them since I was a kid-they’re not up here. I remember they used to run this special on Wednesdays, you could get a large pizza for $3. We used to eat pizza for like a week off it. Their calzone things rocked. Pizza was nothing spectacular, but for $3, what do you expect?
Man I want a calzone now…
I’ve had pizza from Howies a dozen times, and never thought it was bad.
I wont even eat Little Ceasars anymore, because it tastes like trash to me.
Howies has a pretty amazingly good salad, too. It’s like two and a half bucks for enough to feed three people, and it’s better than any side salad I’ve gotten at a restaurant.
Give it a try and you might be pleasantly surprised.