OT: Long-Time Madison Residents. Stan’s Pizza

AlCoDog

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Stan’s Pizza on Hwy 51. What happened to it? That was damn good pizza.
 

Tall Dawg

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I’m a commercial real estate broker and I actually leased him that spot on hwy 51.
He was a nice guy and it must have been poor management as his pizza was great.

Also, when I met him at his office to get lease signed, he had certificates framed of all the “300” games he had bowled! It’s been well over a decade but if memory serves me well he bowled 3-4 perfect games!
 

Nugdawg

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Stan’s was a take out only pizza place in the building that is now Dominos on hwy 51. It developed a good following and they decided to open a dine in location and moved up the street to the area in front of Kroger. I’m not sure why they went out of business but they weren’t there long.
 

johnson86-1

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I had a few friends work for him back in the day.

He got bad off on drugs if my memory serves me correctly.
I don’t know if the restaurant industry drives people to drugs or if it just attracts people that are into drugs but there’s no other industry I can think of where I’m not surprised when I find out the owner has a drug problem.
 

AlCoDog

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I'm 50. Lived here my entire life. Never heard of Stan's Pizza.
Never noticed the giant yellow smiley face on the wall in the building on the east side of Highway 51 by save hardware?
 

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I don’t know if the restaurant industry drives people to drugs or if it just attracts people that are into drugs but there’s no other industry I can think of where I’m not surprised when I find out the owner has a drug problem.
Hollywood...
 

The Peeper

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He got bad off on drugs if my memory serves me correctly.
pizza GIF
 

patdog

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Never noticed the giant yellow smiley face on the wall in the building on the east side of Highway 51 by save hardware?
That was Stan's? I do remember it being something local before it was Dominos. The name Stan's still doesn't ring a bell though. That was some good pizza.
 

onewoof

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leaving a nasty Yelp review, I have been waiting for my signature pizza for 30 years

 

PooPopsBaldHead

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Stan’s was a take out only pizza place in the building that is now Dominos on hwy 51. It developed a good following and they decided to open a dine in location and moved up the street to the area in front of Kroger. I’m not sure why they went out of business but they weren’t there long.
Dine in pizza is a fools errand. Take out is considerably cheaper and easier to operate than dine in... And nothing is better for takeout than pizza. Domino's, Papa John's, Little Caesars have destroyed Pizza Hut over the last 20 years.
 
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greenbean.sixpack

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What's the best pizza in the metro? Flowood Soulshine is my go to, just for atmosphere and convince. Lost in Flowood is good too, just not much of a vibe. Tried the new ACME Pizza in Flowood, it's mid. I hear Railroad Pizza in Flora is good. Pizza Shack and Sal and Mookies are both good. What else you got? I like coal fired, New York style.
 

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What's the best pizza in the metro? Flowood Soulshine is my go to, just for atmosphere and convince. Lost in Flowood is good too, just not much of a vibe. Tried the new ACME Pizza in Flowood, it's mid. I hear Railroad Pizza in Flora is good. Pizza Shack and Sal and Mookies are both good. What else you got? I like coal fired, New York style.
The Bank in Clinton and The Cleaners in Brandon. Same umbrella organization (I believe it’s Pizza Shack?). Brandon spot has a wall of beer, Clinton joint just tap selection. Both have same/similar options. Both located in old town spots of each city. Far and above my two favorite spots.
 
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The Bank in Clinton and The Cleaners in Brandon. Same umbrella organization (I believe it’s Pizza Shack?). Brandon spot has a wall of beer, Clinton joint just tap selection. Both have same/similar options. Both located in old town spots of each city. Far and above my two favorite spots.
The cleaner's is great. I live about 3 minutes from it. But damn, its expensive for pizza. 2 large loaded pizzas with everything is about $70 after tax. Maybe it's just my old tightwad butt, but i have a hard time paying that much for pizza.
 

greenbean.sixpack

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The Bank in Clinton and The Cleaners in Brandon. Same umbrella organization (I believe it’s Pizza Shack?). Brandon spot has a wall of beer, Clinton joint just tap selection. Both have same/similar options. Both located in old town spots of each city. Far and above my two favorite spots.
We've been to the Cleaners a couple of times, really enjoy the beer wall. Weird layout, but it's a neat place.
 

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What's the best pizza in the metro? Flowood Soulshine is my go to, just for atmosphere and convince. Lost in Flowood is good too, just not much of a vibe. Tried the new ACME Pizza in Flowood, it's mid. I hear Railroad Pizza in Flora is good. Pizza Shack and Sal and Mookies are both good. What else you got? I like coal fired, New York style.
Sal and Mookie’s is our “go to”, but we prefer the NY style pizza. Pizza shack is really good too, if you’re more of a thick crust person. I haven’t been to Soulshine in years, but there is one down by the interstate in Gluckstadt, so we may have to give it a try again.

Eta: we’ve been to railroad once. Pizza was pretty good. The wedge salad was EXCELLENT.
 

patdog

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What's the best pizza in the metro? Flowood Soulshine is my go to, just for atmosphere and convince. Lost in Flowood is good too, just not much of a vibe. Tried the new ACME Pizza in Flowood, it's mid. I hear Railroad Pizza in Flora is good. Pizza Shack and Sal and Mookies are both good. What else you got? I like coal fired, New York style.
For a personal lunch pizza, Newks is sneaky good. Lost Pizza. Sal & Mookies.
 
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When we drove up from the Coast to visit the inlaws in Jackson, My Father-in-law always wanted to pick us up some Stan's Pizza. He never knew why it closed. It was good stuff.
 

Dawgbite

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Sal and Mookie’s is our “go to”, but we prefer the NY style pizza. Pizza shack is really good too, if you’re more of a thick crust person. I haven’t been to Soulshine in years, but there is one down by the interstate in Gluckstadt, so we may have to give it a try again.

Eta: we’ve been to railroad once. Pizza was pretty good. The wedge salad was EXCELLENT.
I don’t get a Wedge Salad. If I wanted DIY food I’d eat at home.
 
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