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Location(s) Being Reviewed: 82nd and Memorial
Date/Time of Visit: January 14th 7pm
Quality of Food (1-5): 4
Menu/Food Options (1-5): 5
Quality of Service (1-5): 4
Atmosphere (1-5): 3
Overall Rating (1-5): 4
Price ($-$$$$$): $
What makes this restaurant unique:

This is a total paradigm shift in pizza restaurants. Think how Subway makes each sandwich right in front of you with whatever and how many ingrediants you want. All 9inch pizzas are the same price $5.99.

Tell us about your experience:

The line was incredibly long when we went in. We stayed in line for about 20 minutes, but our pizzas were ready in about two minutes after we ordered them. Ten minutes after we sat down the line was gone. Next time we won't go at 7pm on a Friday night.

Excellent variety of toppings...I had two kinds of sausage, two kinds of bacon, pepperoni, peanuts, pineapple and feta cheese. I went for a sweet roma sauce and multi-grain bread crust.

My wife loves all types of veggies and added Artichokes, Black Olives, Fresh Mushrooms, Green Onions, Red Onions, Roasted Garlic, Roasted Peppers, Roma Tomatoes, and Sundried Tomatoes on hers. She picked the honey wheat bread and red sauce.

We also had nine other people in our party so we tried almost every topping. The kids loved the place and can't wait to go back.

I went about 5pm on the 14th because, as I posted on my fb, Gaspar said so and I had a groupon.

$2.99 for a kids pizza, or $3.99 for a kid's combo is a good deal. $5.99 for an adult pizza and $1.65 for an adult drink makes it reasonable, but it's still $25+ for a family of four. I enjoyed being able to throw an unlimited number of random toppings on the pizza and truly making it custom. I hope this can expand, because it would be a great lunch spot. Although, I also experienced a wait as the pizza-making is a bit slow and a line can grow quickly.

Tried it yesterday.  Split a pizza which is a good deal and the perfect amount for a lunch portion.  I do wish they had more toopings like capers, anchovies and green olives.

I went back tonight. I had a white italian crust with Head Country BBQ sauce. I added both pepperoni and turkey pepperoni. They then added pineapple and crumbled applewood bacon and a little garlic.

Then I got serious. I had them put on little round thin slices of Siegi's hot links and Siegi's polish sausage, then a small amount of Italian sausage. I asked for pepper jack cheese.

It was awesome.

If you have a group you want to raise money for, Top That! Pizza now offers fund raiser nights where they will donate up to 20% of the profits to your cause!

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Top-That-Pizza/119486164774524?v=app_2344061033

Set up a single event or a monthly/weekly gathering.  So far this has been a very successful method for groups of all sizes to make money, meet, and get some free publicity. 

For more information, contact Top That! on FaceBook.

Is this a national chain or just Tulsa?

Just Tulsa. 

There will be another location opening in a couple of months, and they have signed a national franchise agreement, and sold franchise rights for several other states already.  So. . .soon it will be a national chain.

Please tell me they didn't sign it with Beautiful Brands.

BB has a franchise marketing agreement only, no operations.  BB can sell locations under the regional franchise manager.  BB does an excellent job at selling concepts, I however operations is not their gig.

A retired Tulsa Police officer is their regional franchise manager for 4 states.  He will oversee the initial setup training and operations oversight for their franchisees.
http://www.topthatpizza.com/articles/1.18.11_qsrmag.pdf
http://www.topthatpizza.com/articles/1.14.11_tw.pdf

Tonight, 20% of all profits at Top That! will go to benefit The Tulsa Boy's Home.

Stop by and get a great pizza just the way you like it.  Last chance before the snogasum.

Thanks for the tip, have now contacted them.

FIFY

Kids out of school?

Take them to Top That! and let them craft their own kid-size pizza.

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And just for a plug of my own

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The Pizza's for a Purpose program has become very successful.  Last nights event for the animal sanctuary had people lined up out the door.

Great to hear that, for both Top That! and the sanctuary.

Tonight is Chamber Music Tulsa night at Top That!
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There will be a chamber music performance at 6pm.

According to Safari Joe, Tigers like it too.

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Top That! Pizza gives you Adonis DNA!

Will Top That open a midtown location?  By TU would be great.

There are several sites in that area that I believe they are considering.  I'll ask Pat next time I see him, if they have made any choices yet.

We have been to Top That Pizza about six or seven times and have taken other families with us almost every time. Each time the others are impressed with how fast the pizzas are ready and how good the value is.

Thanks Rm! I will pass your kind words to the owners.

Top That! Pizza Tonight

Help us support the MS society by dining with us TONIGHT from 5pm - 9pm. We will be donating 20% of the collected receipts

Finally made it to the place Saturday night about 6:30.  The "new" must be wearing off; there were many tables full, but still 3 or 4 open.  This made it excellent for us.

Pizza is great!  (Bet you haven't heard that before, huh?  LOL) 

Salad was ok.

The dressings were unexceptional.  Had creamy italian and raspberry vinaigrette.  Tasted like right out of the Kraft bottle.

The drinks were 20 oz?  What's with that?  Aiming for a high end pizza (and hitting the target well), but then cheap out on the drinks?  Well, it's a little thing.

Overall, the pizza is the shining star and overcomes all the little things.  Very comfortable.  Couple of the kids working were doing a little bit of horseplay, but not out of line.  Will very definitely be back - repeatedly.

I think Coke supplies their cups. Causes you to have to go refill at least twice.  I would rather see a larger size with a more sturdy cup and lid configuration.  I'm sure once they roll out a few more locations they will have a branded Top That! cup.

I'll forward your comments to the owners.

I was eating the leftovers last night as I wrote the note.  Don't have a toaster oven in the portable digs, so used the microwave, which is always a guarantee to destroy whatever food is heated that way.  Even so, the pizza was still better than Mazzio's even after that ill treatment.

Sauce was "Angry Red".  (No one would have guessed that, huh?)  I liked it a lot.


Sam's sells 32 oz foam for 6 cents each.
Lids 3 cents each.
Coke syrup (5 gal bag-n-box) for 1.5 cents per 32 oz glass (probably cheaper than Great Plains.  And if you really want seriously happy customers, adjust the ratio to about 4.7:1.  (5:1 is supposed to be normal, but most seem to adjust fountains to 6:1).
Other stuff probably a nickel (straw, CO2, filtered water, etc)

Go for the foam cup.

Go for the paper cup.

The foam cup is made from a non-renewable resource. We can always grow more trees.

The foam cup can easily break into small pieces making it impossible to keep from becoming litter when taken outdoors. Even small amounts can be lethal to birds and fish.

The foam cup is the standard bearer for our wasteful, one-use society.

Go for the paper cup.

Tonight is ARF night at Top That! Pizza!
20% of profits will be returned to Animal Rescue Foundation.

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RM,
And big oil proponents would point out the overall environmental cost "cradle to grave" of foam versus paper.  And make a fairly convincing argument that it is not in favor of paper.  (I'm with you, I don't mind the extra cost to use paper.  But then the paper cups are coated with a plastic layer anyway, so would be curious if it really makes any difference?  I know I really don't like the idea of composting paper cups for the garden.  Like using newspaper, cardboard, and other non-glossy paper - in spite of the ink.)

And if we went to marijuana, it all becomes a moot point - can make the insulating foam OR the uninsulated paper cup out of a completely renewable, biodegradable, cost effective product.

Win, win, win.  In all ways.

Paper cups are coated with wax.

Polyethylene.  Wax went out a long time ago.  Like when I was a kid.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_cup

Check out the environmental impact section.  Worse than I thought.

New 100% plant based bottle introduced by Pepsico:

epsiCo Inc. unveiled a new bottle Tuesday made entirely of plant material that it says bests the technology of competitor Coca-Cola and reduces bottles' carbon footprint.

The bottle is made from switch grass, pine bark, corn husks and other materials. Ultimately, Pepsi plans to also use orange peels, oat hulls, potato scraps and other leftovers from its food business.

The new bottle looks, feels and protects the drink inside exactly the same as its current bottles, said Rocco Papalia, senior vice president of advanced research at PepsiCo.

"It's a beautiful thing to behold," he said. "It's indistinguishable."

PepsiCo says it is the world's first bottle of a common type of plastic called PET made entirely of plant materials. Coca-Cola Co. currently produces a bottle using 30 percent plant-based materials and recently estimated it would be several years before it has a 100 percent plant bottle that's commercially viable.

"We've cracked the code," Papalia said.

PepsiCo announced the discovery Tuesday and said it plans to test the product in 2012 in a few hundred thousand bottles. Once the company is sure it can successfully produce the bottle at that scale, it will begin converting all its products over.

That could mean a switch of billions of bottles sold each year. Of Pepsi's 19 biggest brands, those that generate more than $1 billion in revenue, 11 are beverage brands that use PET.

Scientists said the technology is important innovation in

packaging.

"This is the beginning of the end of petroleum-based plastics," said Allen Hershkowitz, a senior scientist with the Natural Resources Defense Council and director of its waste management project. "When you have a company of this size making a commitment to a plant-based plastic, the market is going to respond."

Traditional PET plastic is made using fossil fuels, including petroleum, a limited resource that's rising in price. By using plant material instead, companies reduce their environmental impact.

PepsiCo wouldn't specify the cost to research and design the new bottle, but Papalia said it is in the millions of dollars.

Read more from this Tulsa World article at http://www.tulsaworld.com/business/article.aspx?subjectid=461&articleid=20110316_461_E3_CUTLIN945208

These have been around for a couple of years. Most of the early models were corn-based.

We need to stop making things out of oil. Oil is needed for more important tasks like powering our cars.

Question: are the plant-based plastics recyclable?  How long does it take for plastics like this to break down?

Yes. Some of the earlier versions were not. The ones that claim to be compostable were difficult to mix with others.

PET is PET. It doesn't matter how it is made.

I saw this in Colorado about six years ago. Takes about 12 weeks to completely breakdown and can be composted.

http://www.biotaspringwater.com/?q=bottle (http://www.biotaspringwater.com/?q=bottle)

May require an anaerobic digestion process using a thermophilic reaction.  As opposed to the lower temperature mesophilic based reaction.

Gaspar, more feedback for you to give, if you are still doing that.

Went to Top That again Friday night.  Still great pizza.  (I particularly liked the wrist band one of the kids had on that said "grumble".  It appeals to my warped sense of humor.)

Plenty of people.  Lots of kids.  Nice place.

Dug a little deeper on the drinks.  (Previous time had some allergy things going that interfered with the taste).  The drinks Friday were very weak.  Tasted like the mix ratio was set way too high.  This was consistent between Coke, Pibb, and Sprite.  Way too much carbonation to syrup ratio.  SWMBO had root beer in bottle that was very good.

Will continue going for the pizza - still excellent - even exceptional, but will do water for a while, give them a chance to get it right.


Other note;  got a couple of bio-degradable plastic spoons from a froyo place over the weekend.  Will try to bio-degrade it over the next few weeks.

Funny..kind of off topic too, but until this last week I would have simply said 'huh?' to your Froyo comment.  Until I got an Android phone that is...

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Thanks for the feedback.  There will be major changes coming to the soft drink fountain at Top That!  ;)

We discovered a froyo place in Norman last week.  Orange Leaf, I think is name.  Then two more later in the week and weekend in Tulsa/Broken Arrow.  Serve yourself frozen yogurt.  Interesting.  Biggest problem I have is as in so many areas - self restraint.

Kind of  a fad-ish place, but good.


Gaspar,
Good to hear.  I don't have a fountain in my little enterprise yet (cans only), but when I do, I plan to run around a 3:1 ratio.  Well, maybe not - probably 4.5:1 or 4.8:1.  Just a little bit richer than recommended.  I found a place a ways down the turnpike that once in a while gets their machine set that way and it is heaven!  I stop by about every time I go near just to get a drink.   Yeah, I know - it is bad for me - too much high fructose corn syrup.  But that's that nature of addiction, ain't it?

Seems like their bag system is in the back with the fountain up in front.  Distance seems a little long.  Can't really see a way to improve on that without moving the background stuff out front.

Let me know when the changes are in place, so I can check it out.

Sam's is my favorite.  I don't know why, but they have the mix set just right!

From what I hear the changes to the soda bar will be ". . .like nothing else in Tulsa."

Better than Quik Trip??  How can that be???

Sam's??  Sam's Club??

Safari night tonight at Top That! 

Come on out and bring the kids.

Will there be lions tigers & bears?

Oh My!

Or in that part of south Tulsa, Spartans, Trojans, & Redskins (and the occasional Tiger)

¿Fantastic Sams?

Don't know.  Gaspar said Sam's is his favorite for fountain drinks - ??  Sam's club is pretty good, but not that much better than QT.  Wondering who he was talking about.

I know that this Sam's have a good "beverage" counter.  ;D

http://www.famoussams.net/ (http://www.famoussams.net/)

Ok, this is good.  I had it on Tuesday night.  Philly Cheesesteak Pizza. 

Steak on pizza is awesome!
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Go get this for lunch today!

Short notice, but it appears to be Safari's night again.  There is a cute little donkey of some sort.  Am out of town right now, so will miss it - unfortunately.

Gaspar,
Last two times there the fountain drinks have been noticeably  better.  When is the out-a-site version coming?? 

Pizza Light!

Are those at Top That??

Do like their pizza a lot!  They need to have one in Moore/Norman/OKC so could get it at both ends of the turnpike!

Soon!
Also, new soda system soon!!
#EXCITED  ;D

Man, this is gonna be one busy weekend!  Got to get to Wilsons, Babb Brothers, and Top That to eat!  Will gain 10 lbs before Monday!  And that doesn't even count the carryout ribs from Black Jaxx in Oologah!

Must find "to go" boxes....

Your wish has been granted. . .

Not only do you have hundreds of choices in pizza, but now your beverage choice also gets personal!
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One cool retro-style machine, hundreds of drinks to choose from.
It even has it's own iPhone app http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/push-play/id412549442?mt=8

Top That! is the first restaurant concept in Tulsa to have Coke's freestyle system.

http://www.coca-colafreestyle.com/

Not true.

Mazzio's at 51st & Union beat them to it by about 6 weeks.  No idea if it's in other Mazzio's yet or not.

Dang!  Thought they were the first!

There you go.  You LIED again!

I'm an idiot too!  ;D

Do they have gluten free crust?  What can I say? - my wife is subject to any and all trendy diet adjustments that make dinner a PITA.

Mazzio's doesn't count as a restaurant, so Top That does win!

Made a huge mistake over the weekend and went to Mazzio's!  But in my defense, had been doing hard physical labor all day and couldn't physically drive more than the half mile to there!  Will try to never become so decrepit again.  Tell the guys at Top That I am sorry!!

I do have another recommendation - one that I know is a huge pain in the donkey for a place like that... salad bar!  One that is fit to eat!  Don't expect it anytime soon, but something to think about.

Oh, yeah...and put one down on I-35 somewhere between south 4th and 19th street in Moore for Conan and me (when I am there.)  (Don't bother with Norman - too overdone now.)


Additional comment, edited after the original post...
Now that is wild!  I have been censored on autopilot!!  Donkey was automagically inserted into the place where I had used something more Biblical (the small horse-like animal that Jesus rode around on.)  That is kind of cool.  Sort of.

Buro?

Nooooo....starts with an A and ends with SS.

A SS, A Social Security?  A Secret Service? A Special Someone?
 ;D

A Subroutine Semaphore.

A Super Star.

Ahhhh - So...So?

A Super Sized

Just a reminder, this coming Sunday is Phi Theta Kappa night at Top That! so if your looking to make a visit, drop in then and don't forget to put your receipt in the box. 

I appreciate being thought of on that one.  I think Top That! would work in Moore, but I also think with the price points, it would work in a college environment quite well.

Oh, you know that PMS was documented in the Bible, right?

It says Mary rode Joseph's a ss all the way to Bethlehem.

I think it would work in an airport very well.  All of the pizza I get at airports is either not something you get when you are short on time, or it is by the slice, and sits all day under a heat lamp.

I would think that getting a fresh pizza in a few minutes would go over huge at Tulsa International!

BTW, my daughter

Airport would be a tragic thing to do to Top That!  Kind of like putting a Godfathers in a Petro Truck Stop.
It would be great for the traveling public, but the image damage to airports would be incalculable.  People would start expecting good food, then there would be chaos!

If the airport is anything like the Tulsa State Fair, they would have to pay 20% of gross to the airport authority.  Plus space rental.

It's been done.

http://www.godfathers.com/store_locator/DisplayMap.asp?StoreID=248200 (http://www.godfathers.com/store_locator/DisplayMap.asp?StoreID=248200)

Yep.  There is one in OKC (or was - haven't been there in quite a while).  It REALLY Sucks!!

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Broken Arrow location open soon!!
Other Locations in Tulsa Planned!!

If you are interested in owning a Top That Pizza!  Give them a call!!!

That's a lot of exclamation points!!!

Just figured this out the other night at Top That!. . .Rootbeer with a splash of vanilla tastes like a Rootbeer float.  They should just make it that way!

They are getting SOOO close...

Ok, went again Saturday to check out the new soda thing.

First, the good news!  Pizza still fantastic!  I tried the 3 guys pulled pork with the angry red sauce.  Probably not the best combination (I should have got the Razz sauce), but the individual components were great.  Gaspar, are you guys supplying the pork to them?

Now for the mixed bag;

Soda mix should be 5:1.  Not 5.5:1 or 5.3:1.  Dr. Pepper, Coke, and Sprite were all off.  Sprite didn't seem to be as much off as the other two.  (And 4.5:1 would be even better!!!)

And they opened this door, so I am going to walk through.  The wide variety of things happening on that screen is pretty amazing.  But Seagram's Lemon-lime seltzer??  Really??  My feedback, in form of suggestion, is to remove the Seagram's and use for that position for the various flavors (vanilla, cherry, etc) that are a fixed solution under the Coke tab.  Break those flavors out, so can customize the other drinks in similar fashion.  Ex.; Dr. Pepper with cherry.  Or if there is an emotional attachment to Seagram's, do they really need two Dasani's??  Water...and diet water??

The BIG one here - and again, they opened this door - is Fanta Orange!  It is very close to criminal, if not actually so, that there be Fanta Orange with no means to add Vanilla!  That is the magical "Dreamsicle" combination known far and wide throughout the land as the ultimate combination and use of both orange AND vanilla!!

Dreamsicle in a glass? 

Damn, that wouldn't suck.

Add vanilla flavored vodka and you've got a porch sittin' cocktail.

Vodka and Cherry Soda is a balcony sittin' cocktail.  Just make sure they gots a railing.

Conan,
Wow!  Common ground!

And I think it would be great with pizza, too!


It is pretty good stuff.  I guess I would take a little rum over the vodka (too many half and halfs in my misspent youth - half vodka, half orange juice.)

More of a rum guy myself. 

Mostly I go for the dddrrrrrrryyyyyyyy wines.  And whiskey.
But this with rum would be great, I think!!

Gotta go find some rum!!
Oh, wait!!  I need Fanta Orange and some vanilla!!

Hey, Top That!!!  I need mixings!!

Come and get it!
http://www.tulsaworld.com/scene/article.aspx?subjectid=274&articleid=20110616_39_WK16_CUTLIN115839&archive=yes

The Smokin' Blues really cooks up nice.  Keeps its rich blueberry color!

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That just made my mouth water. I've been to Top That a bunch of times when I visit my parents in Tulsa. I think it's a great idea and much better than the you-cook-it-at-home pizza store idea. I could never understand why I would pay someone to make a pizza for me and then make me take it home and cook it. Do they ever offer any free coupons (http://www.valpak.com/coupons/home) or other coupons for their pizzas and sides?

Broken Arrow location now under construction.  There were some permitting issues that took FOREVER to resolve but they are building full steam ahead now!

COME ON!!  Gaspar, tell us where it is going to be!!!!

Same people, or a franchise?

And tell them to go to Moore, OK next.  Around 19th street on I-35.  (Am by there regularly and need a place to stop to eat from time to time.)  There are other attractions at that corner like 5 Guys Burgers, Earl's BBQ, McAlisters, Ricky's Mexican, and even a Mazzio's (blech!), and McDonalds.  There are plenty of places to draw a crowd to the area.

Franchise, and I don't have the address or I would tell you.   ;)  There are several more on the way too.

I await impatiently.  Parts of BA are much closer to my natural traffic pattern than the original.

As is Moore, OK.  Midwest City would be good, too.  Hint, hint, to the guys running that operation!

I hope they don't turn into RibCrib, where they get a little TOO big for their britches, so to speak, by increasing the number of locations.  I've not been yet, but one of my good friends raves about it.

Pizza as a chain or franchise concept isn't terribly hard to ensure the QC of the product.  You might have variations in the service, but not the food.

BBQ is a whole lot different to pull off.  Since there's more of an art and passion to BBQ it seems to lose something when it becomes a chain concept.

I'm just a big proponent of 'niche' places that don't try to be more than they are.

And I would curb that statement about heart/passion with pizza when you talk to a Chicagoan.   ;D

Agreed.  And of course New Jersey style is the way to go.

Ok. . . .71st and Aspen.  You can see it now finishing construction on the corner by Billy Simm's.

Way cool!!!

Hoss, you gotta try it!!

Was there again over the weekend.  Same great pizza. 

Pop machine appears to be nonviable.  While there, I saw the changing of the syrup cartridge.  After the change, the soda out the nozzle took WAY long to become root beer again.  And the cartridge is incredibly small.  That has to be a major hassle for the staff. 

If up to me, I would wait for next generation to see if Coke can get it closer to right.

The mix is still kind of funky.  If manual adjustment is not possible to fix the mix, that just means another check mark against that machine.

Aside from that, those machines create a bottle neck while people first try and figure out how to work it and then trying to figure out what it is they want to drink.  I'm guessing the cartridges are highly concentrated and don't require multiple changes per shift, otherwise it would never fly.

The cartrages last much longer than standard syrup for the same volume!

They are exactly the same as syrup except for the high water content.

They may add multiple machines per location if traffic becomes a problem.

The mix can be adjusted and even new flavors added. . . online!

They actually have the same groups come in every day for a pizza and to try multiple sodas.  One of those groups consists of people in the offices to the West who send a runner across the street several times a day for drinks.

It has been a huge success, but that does not mean it can't stand improvement.  I will pass along everyone's comments.

For economy of space and selection, you simply cannot beat the novelty of the machine.  My only experience with one so far has been at the Mazzio's at 51st & Union and 41st & Peoria (Yeah, I know, still get cravings for sub-par pizza every now and then).  At least the machine they have requires a manual ice fill.  Couple inattentive employees and five people trying to figure out how the machine works and it can take a few minutes to get a drink.  Of course could just be a west side thing too.  (JK, Angie B!)

Seriously, I think there's a learning curve, once people figure the machines out, they won't remember how the old soda fountains worked.  Convenience stores like QT or On Cue (OKC's QT equivalent) could save some valuable space with these machines.

The machine is fun to play with.  From customer standpoint it is a big win, I think.  I am just also thinking about how to manage that style when I get my own machine to work with.

There was a big line (about 8 or 9) when I was there, so had to just sit and wait a while.  No biggie, but was dinner and in no rush.  At lunch, I could have been slightly irked because of the attending rush that accompanies lunch.

The mix is the only thing about the entire place that is not dialed in very well.  Every flavor I have tried (Coke, Root beer, dr. pepper, and sprite) has had that standard fountain "weak" taste where it is less 'concentrated' than a bottled soda.  Don't know if it is intentional here to try to get just a little more out of each cartridge, or if the machine standard "5:1" just gives different results than a bottle - less flavorful.  (Either way, it needs just slightly more concentrate to be on a par - even taking into account the dilution of melty ice - I use bare minimum ice.)

Would still like to see vanilla separate so could mix with Orange Crush.  What a "Dream"-sicle that would be!!

http://www.tulsaworld.com/business/article.aspx?subjectid=46&articleid=20110812_46_E1_Tulsab819272

Top That! Coming to Tulsa Hills

Their name itself makes it seem like you are really excited.

Well, it was created by a woman with over 20 years experience creating marketing for restaurants.  She develops everything with excruciating detail.

BTW, What does everyone think of mushroom pizzas? 

They're loads of Fun-gus.

Ar ar ar ar.

Mushroom is the absolute center piece of any pizza I order.  Always.

Would like to see them get fresh Basil again - they told me the had it for a while, but was a problem... ??

I'll ask about basil, most likely an availability problem.

I was thinking of a wild forest mushroom pizza with 3 or 4 varieties of fresh mushroom, sweet roma sauce, roasted garlic, 5 cheese blend, roasted red peppers and a sprinkle of asiago.

Probably two terrestrial mushrooms and two wood mushrooms, like oyster, shiitake, or hen of the woods.
I think it would be great if it really tasted like mushroom, not just the bland little creminis.

I would try that pizza.

I love mushrooms on pizza (and on steak, pasta, etc.)

Although I'm not a fan of national chain pizzas there is one that I do like and that is the Tuscan Six Cheese with baby portabello mushrooms from Papa John's on thin crust.

Anytime I go somewhere new I always try the local mom and pop pizza places and my first question is allways "Do you use fresh mushrooms?" if they say no I won't eat there.

And I'm with RM, love mushrooms on steak, pasta, burgers etc..........

Pizza for a Purpose tonight will be raising funds to buy a local boy a service dog.

http://www.tulsaworld.com/blogs/post.aspx?Eat_pizza_help_local_boy_get_service_dog%2F45-12205

Tonight from 5 to 9 p.m., Top That! Pizza, 8393 South Memorial Drive, will donate 20 percent of proceeds to help Dakota get a service dog. Customers must place their receipts in a box by the cash register in order to participate in the fundraiser.

The dog will be trained by High Plains Service Dogs and Therapeutic Riding Center Association based in Purcell. Once trained, the dog will be able to alert Dakota's parents or a teacher when it detects signs of a seizure.

A similar fundraiser at Texas Roadhouse last Monday helped bring in more than $400, according to Dakota's mother Laci Holladay. With other donations, almost $700 has been raised.

Training a service dog can cost anywhere between $10,000 and $20,000 including their vet bills, food and the hours spent training. The cost is made up mostly in grants and donations.

The group's goal for Dakota's dog is $1,500. Any money raised beyond that will go toward helping another Tulsa family in need of a service dog.

I hope to see you tonight at Top That! Pizza. Be sure to put your receipt in the box by the cash register if you want 20 percent of your purchase to go toward the cost of Dakota's service dog.

Mushrooms can take the place of steak for me.

If they had fresh basil, I would get a variation of a Margherite.  Dough brushed lightly with olive oil.  Mozzarella, parmesan, and reggiano (do they have this?) cheese, sliced Roma tomatoes, sliced fresh basil (julienned).  Add a few mushrooms.  No 'sauce'.

Some like the San Marzano tomato.  It's good, too.

Yum!

I've never been a fan of mushrooms.
I do like the combination of pepperoni & jalapenos though.

More than 48 hrs since someone's posted in this thread?
¿What's up with that?

Usually get on here after eating - not hungry, so no point in talking about food.

Yeah, I know...that makes no sense at all!  Fooled 'ya!  Mostly no replies to reply to.

Pizza on your terms. . .and on your turf!

http://topthatpizza.com/PDF/catering_menu.pdf

Why all the hate on Mazzio's Heir? They're just a local company that's celebrating their 50th year in business. They must be doing something right. I haven't been to top that but I can make the assumption with a great deal of certainty that a $3 pizza cranked out in 2 minutes isn't going to put anyone to shame. Does top that make their own sauce and dough multiple times daily? Do they constantly come up with cool new products? I think you're pumping a pizza shop that you or one of your friends are vested in. Either way, how about just letting the pizza stand for itself. Do you want to bash Hideaway too?

Ken?  Is that you?

I love Mazzio's. I also love Hideaway.  I would never bash either.  Top That! is a different concept designed to serve a different market.  Top That! competes with concepts like Subway and Quizno's.  It's more along the lines of fast fresh custom food than it is sit-down pizza.

Mazzio's has a quality product, I know, I worked there as a teenager, and years later served them in a marketing capacity.  They are an excellent company.

That's kind of funny, because when I worked there they only made dough and sauce once a day, and that was for the next day.  In fact, the dough needed to be made the day ahead so that it could rise.

Of course, next your going to start trying to compare mazzio's to Joe Momma's, Salvastano's and the Pie Hole.  Next you will be saying it's on the same level as a tomato pie out in New Jersey.  Mazzio's is a delivery pizza, and in that slot it is a good pizza.  It is not the same as these other pizzas and really shouldn't be compared.

I am not a big fan of Hideaway. It is OK, but I think the crust isn't as good as Mazzio's or Pizza Hut. I usually get pizza at Joe Momma's when we eat out and Pizza Hut for carryout. Tonight my daughter has a big slumber party and I am taking advantage of the Pizza Hut offer of $10 for any pizza.

We have eaten at TopThat at least a dozen times and have taken friends there most of the times. My wife loves that you can get a dozen vegetables on her pizza.

Personally, I have figured out a recipe for homemade pizza that I absolutely love, so most of my pizza is that now. 

Come in and buy a pizza at Top That! tonight and 20% of your purchase will go to benefit the Junior Diabetes Research Foundation.
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http://www.jdrf.org/
 

No vested interest at all.  How about you?  Is this Ken?  As someone else asked...  If so, that's fine - would love to talk to him about what has happened to his pizza.  ($3 pizza??  What is that??)

Just a little background... I started eating Ken's Pizza in about 1964 or 65 - right about the time we came back to town after being gone for a couple years.  And have been eating Mazzio's ever since they started (late 70's or early 80's if memory serves).  Worked and lived near 15th and Sheridan and went to that Ken's for DECADES.  First on the east side of the street, then the west.  Up until the last 6 or 7 years ago, there was a family tradition that went on for a long part of those decades where the entire family would go in the evening as a group one afternoon/evening a week.  Mostly Sunday, but sometimes Tuesday (seems like I remember a 'buffet night' way back when - old now, so memory sometimes fuzzy).  Sometimes other nights if those two weren't convenient.  For years, I would get everyone on the bus and we would all drive to the place as an event (did I give away too much information there?).

Sometime in the last 5 to 10 years, they started slipping.  A lot!  Started out small - little things that just weren't right with the flavor, food, etc.  (They are another one of those places that seems to have the 5:1 ratio of soft drinks "adjusted".)  I have had a few occasions in the last 5 years to stop at Ken's in Chandler and it is still very much a Ken's.  Pretty good pizza.  No, it ain't New York, or Jersey, or even Massachusetts, but it is good pizza.  The stuff Mazzio's is selling now AS Ken's original...ain't!  They are trying to get close, but it just isn't the same.  (Can anyone spell "cost reduction"??)

You asked why all the hate.  It is NOT hate, as should be obvious from the history above - I and the family have always like Ken's/Mazzio's a lot.  Since the mid-sixties anyway.  If anything it is betrayed love!!  It just irritates me all the more because I remember how much better it used to be,... and now isn't.

I cannot tell you exactly what they have done to change things.  I guarantee you the Harvard MBA types running the show and doing their cost/value analysis can.  If they will tell me what they have changed, I will guarantee you that I can tell them how to make it right again!  (Hint; undo the changes to the food.)  This is a slow motion, glacial version of what Coca-Cola did with New Coke.  The changes made here were done slowly so that it took a long time for the net effect to take hold.  (Remember the story about putting a frog in hot water and he tries hard to get out?  But put it in cold water and turn the fire on low, he will be happy to sit there for a long time.)

New Coke was introduced in April of 1985 and the original was discontinued. Classic Coke was re-introduced July of 1985 because of the backlash.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Coke (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Coke)

I like Coke Zero with gobbs of vodka!

Best reply on here for being off topic from top that.

We bought two pizzas last week as we had lots going on and little time to cook a large meal for 5...

Pizza Hut on Monday Night
Mazzios on Thursday evening

Hands down PIZZA HUT (WHAT!?!?) beat mazzios in taste, quality and appearance and cost LESS! Now I can say that TOP THAT beat them both but we didn't have time to drive there...but its sad to see Mazzios going down hill so fast and concentrating on SO MANY other STUPID THINGS like PASTA and SANDWICHS(I have never once thought about or wanted to order a sandwich from a pizza place)

The week before we ordered a "Kens Special" I actually enjoyed it....

We've been ordering the "Kens" pizza too.  A better taste than Mazzios as far as I can tell.

An issue we've run into is the refusal to take online coupons.

That will change soon. . . ::)

I submit the original question about my "hating" Mazzios would be better off topic candidate.

Still love Top That!!  Good s***, Maynard!!

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Get free samples today from 11am till Noon.

I bet that is good!!!

Gotta love the Germans!!

Add some red onion to it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just saw "hot links".  I would have to leave them off.  Everything else is fantastic!  Still...tough to get away from my mushroom with Angry Red!

Top That! Broken Arrow is now open.  This new location is about twice as big as the Tulsa store and has a meeting/party room that will seat about 40. 

Tulsa Hills will open next!

Grand Opening Party

EVERYONE who comes will get to reach into the Grab Bag and pull out a prize! Some of you may win FREE FOOD, FREE MERCHANDISE or even FREE PIZZA FOR A YEAR! Everybody wins something!

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Top That! Pizza - Broken Arrow
2435 W. Kenosha
Broken Arrow, Oklahoma

Two more locations in the Tulsa area to open soon!

It's on my calendar.

OH, MAN!!!  Why didn't they do that on a weekend??  I can't get there today...what a pisser!

Is that in the complex with Wal-Mart ?
That corner is getting so congested that I avoid it like Woodland Hills.

Yea, it is a popular center.

I'm there now and there a pretty healthy line, so that's good for business.

I took the Arts and Humanities council 'coupon' from the barbeque event ticket to the first Top That a week ago, and it seemed to confuse them.  Didn't really know what it was.  Hope it made it through the system.

New location outside of Dallas opening soon.

Moore!!!  MOORE!!!  Moore, OK!!!!!!

Midtown Location to open soon.  Guess where?

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Midtown?

Kinda South-midtown.  Don't want it to interfere with possible downtown locations.

According to local tv news that could be 61st and Lewis

Looks like 41st and Yale old Office Depot to me

close.

Max duh silly brain

Wait, how did you get across the border?

41st and Yale old Quiznos down from TGIFridays.

^^^I have a friend in AZ that supplies the needed papers for getting across the border for a nominal fee.

The actor Eric Roberts has been here for the last few weeks shooting a movie.  He's now eating at Top That! at 83rd about 3 times a week. 

He is there now.  This is his third or fourth trip this week.  Multi-grain veggi-spinach pizza guy.

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A downtown location would be awesome.  Somewhere in the 5th & Main area.

I have been here a few times after school (http://azmythmusictech.com). Very good stuff.

Went to new BA restaurant over the weekend.  I think I have finally dialed in the pizza to perfection.  Yum!!  They made the transition to next location beautifully!


Drinks on the other hand continue to be substandard.  Am beginning to suspect a big part of the problem is inherent in that new style machine.  Drinks are always off on the mix, no matter which flavor is tried.  If one were to fill a fountain cup (even without ice) and then open the same soda in either can or plastic bottle, the difference is big and very noticeable.  And doing that emphasizes just how far off these machines are.  If it isn't the machine, then the operator is just trying to 'game' the drinks - which doesn't seem typical of the basic operation of the place.

Does anyone know of another place using this type fountain so can do comparison?

Firehouse Subs

Thanks!  Will go check them out. 

I REALLY like Top That - wish they had a place down on I-35 for my occasional forays through the area - but just can't do the drinks any more.  Will eat the pizza, then go to McDonald's for the dollar fountain drink - and the better drink mix.   (And $1.79 for a small 20 oz???  Oh, well...)

Drinks!!  Found a major win in the drink department - one that has been right under my nose for decades, and have finally come full circle back to.

Sonic has Fanta orange and a selection of flavors available.  Realization of this intruded into my consciousness this weekend, so was able to get the orange/vanilla combination (really needs "2" vanilla shots) to achieve Dreamsicle nirvana!  Yay, team Sonic!

The new Top That! on 41st had it's soft open yesterday.  My boy killed an Aloha, and my girl made a very interesting pesto/roasted garlic/asiago combination that was actually quite good, but I had to deal with her breath for the rest of the day!
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I did the Zorba The Veggie, but added buffalo chicken, making a Zorba The Buffalo.  It was a keeper!

Place was packed and the product was perfectly consistent. They will be open soon.  Any ideas on what the Midtown crowd would like to see on their pizzas??? 

Of course I would read this as I'm already eating lunch, my one eat out meal this month.

Do I really look like someone who needs free pizza for a year?

Carb up.  Moving day's coming isn't it?

Dude, I'm already "robust".  The auxiliary fuel tank would probably get me to L.A. on my mountain bike right now.

Besides moving day is still about 8 weeks or so out.

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how many pizza's is a years worth of pizza anyhow?
1
12
52     (one every week)
260   (one every weekday)
364    (one every day)
728    (lunch and dinner every day of the year)
?

Yes!

Great story!

http://www.newson6.com/story/17006318/tulsa

Where would you open a Top That! Pizza?

So this truly is the ground floor of the franchise. I hope for them it reaches National status.

I would open one on 15th street near Utica. There is a lot of people who work for the two hospitals and it would attract the Cherry Street dining crowd as well.

The first of the Dallas locations opens today.  There are several more planned throughout Oklahoma, Texas, and Missouri.  Agreements have also been signed in other states and locations are being evaluated.

Probably can't be considered "national" until one opens in California. . .give it another year.  ;)

An operations consultant flys out to Abu Dhabi next week to train the staff at the first one in that country.  That location will feature meats, cheeses, and toppings popular with the indigenous cultures and religious requirements.  Who knows where Top That! will go after that?  Perhaps Europe, Africa, South America, Canada?

The franchise package is extremely affordable and the business model is far more appealing than other franchise offerings.  Low overhead, healthy profit, and the ability to really help communities through constant and diverse charitable giving programs, and the freedom to incorporate local flavors and products.  It's really Pizza With a Purpose!

Where would you like to see one?

London. Don't know if they like Pizza though.

Who is handling the franchise marketing and business end for them?

Beautiful Brands.

I wondered.  So David finally has a runaway success.  I wonder how franchising of Caz's and ITR are going.

Finally made it to Top That today. I really like the simplicity, quickness, and overall quality. My son finished his kid's pizza in no time.

Good, they can save many a vacancy by replacing Quizno's...same customer base treadmill for food :o

Moore, Ok, on I-35, at 19th street - the restaurant row there - both sides of street.

Mansfield Texas location opened this weekend!
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The new owners.

YUM!

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I'll be substituting Buffalo Chicken to make it a "Flaming Carbonara!"

I'm thinking I need on of these today.

Ok, that was insanely good!
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Went back to the 81st & Memorial Top That today for second visit. Bad service, apparently because only one person was working and he was all tied up helping one group that had people coming in before and after I ordered. My one small pizza came to me slow and piping cold, just the way I like it. Not going back.

Hmm..hope it's not starting to suffer from 'franchisitis'....

Ewww. Is that one of those diseases that require the "scraping" tool?

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Nope, a good example is:

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But I see what you did there...

Not uncommon with Beautiful Brands.

I have forwarded your comments to the owner of Top That!  They are going to act on it immediately.  It's really important that they know about bad experiences.

Additionally, if anyone else has a poor experience at Top That!, please use this link to fill out a comment so that management can remedy the situation.
http://topthatpizza.com/comments.html

Beautiful Brands is not in any way associated with the management or operations of Top That!  Their role is simply one of franchise sales.

Has Beautiful Brands ever made a franchise really go?  It seems all I here about is them signing new franchises and franchises closing.

I can’t say for sure these days as my mole left there a couple of years ago, but I was told they always had about 500 Camille’s units in “development” but there was never usually any more than 80 operating at a given time as they generally would open one new unit for each one which closed.  Some of the initial run off was attributed to them not doing a good enough screening process on original franchisees. 

Not sure if that’s still the case or not.

The band The Verve Pipe came to town to eat at Top That Pizza.  I hear they also gave a concert.

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=3677334897846&set=vb.119486164774524&type=2&theater

Do you like, work at this place or something? You talk it up more than anything else in here I think.  ;)

The Verve Pipe? Wow....I think I remember them from 2008 ;)

They do kids music now. 

I have some friends that work there.  ;)

His last name is That.

His family tried "What's in That Pizza " and "F@#K That Pizza" names before settling on the name "Top That Pizza."

I hate to try to influence bad first impressions, but I would submit that you might miss out on something that might end up being very enjoyable to you. 

I got no horse in their race - I know none of the people there, and have complained long and loud about the soft drinks, but when it comes to customizing your pizza, they do a pretty good job (most of the time). 

Was the first time bad, too?  Maybe you are jinxed??  We have been there a couple dozen times in the last year-ish (since a couple weeks after they opened - don't remember when that was), and the only real problem we ever had was they don't have fresh basil.  (We have done the Broken Arrow place a couple of times and it was just about the same.)

The first time I went it was pretty decent. The second time, well, you read what I wrote. If I'm in the mood for fast food pizza, I'll take me a extra large Ken's pepperoni to go for $10.50 over most everything.  ;) Usually there is no service issues for carry out.

I have to remember to take a Zantac (WalMart generic actually) if I am going to eat pizza.  I like pizza but it's not too fond of me.  Canned tomato paste/sauce gets me.  Surprisingly, hot peppers do not.

Same here.  I buy the 150mg stuff (Walmart generic as well).  Tomato sauce/paste kills me.  Sometimes strong onions do.  Jalapenos, however, don't really bother me.

Actually, Ranitidine 150 Mg tablets.   By prescription, 180 pills for $10.  3 month generic plan.

That's doesn't make much sense--you know the need for Zantac over things like you and Hoss listed. BTW, that pepper grind of yours is a mainstay at my house.

There are also those times that things I don't expect will affect me.  But I've pretty much sworn off Mazzio's Pizza...not so much because of the indigestion now as it seems now the pizza are much more...'greasy', than they used to be which give me nausea.  I've started eating Domino's again since they made their big change and while still not my favorite, I don't feel like my chest is on fire after I eat it.

Acid + some preservatives are a normal cause for heart burn, so the canned tomato products make sense. The reason most people think its heat (spice) that makes heart burn is because they forget about the acid in the other foods they are eating.

Even the Ken's Pizza? I like it because it brings back great memories of my youth. I lived on that pizza in Southern Illinois...

Haven't had the Ken's Pizza; I may break down and try it.

I have the same problem but I've learned it's not the tomato sauce, it's the carbohydrate (unfortunately that's impossible to avoid with pizza).  I stay away from most bread now and never need any Zantac, Pepsid, or other drugs.  For years I thought my bad stomach was due to spicy food, oil, and/or acidic food, but now I can eat just about anything as long as I keep carbs to a minimum.  I can eat a porterhouse with a salad, balsamic vinegar dressing and pickled hot peppers, go right to bed and incur no reflux!  If I eat a roll or bread, I'll be up all night.

Eating like a cave-man took my weight from 215 to 185, dropped my cholesterol and ENDED my reflux.  I have to cheat though and eat the occasional pizza, but I've found that the Hearty Multigrain crust at Top That! does not set me off.  The Italian White sends me running for the Zantac though.

Make it a day trip down Route 66 and end up at the REAL Ken's Pizza in Chandler.  Beautiful ride in the springtime, and you get that 1968 experience....
(Something tastes different about the Mazzio's Ken's sauce to me from the Ken's Ken's sauce....??)

If I am going out for pizza, yes, I will remember.  If I am going out to do something that will later include pizza (or whatever), there is a probability greater than zero that I will forget.

Donuts and chips also get to me.  I hadn't thought about the carbs.  I always blamed the grease/fat they are cooked in and the sugar in the icing on the donuts.

Changed my life.  Carbohydrate stimulates the acid pumps in some folks.  As long as the few carbs I eat are whole grain (slower to digest) I have no problems.

They ought to make that prescription just to piss you off.

Let it go man, it's a horrible obsession!

You know me, I never miss an opportunity.  :-*

I never really understood why Pepcid or Zyrtec was ever prescription in the first place.  Sort of ridiculous.

It's about the most I ever need and I don't take it every day.  After losing about 20 lbs in the last 4 months I'm learning to be a little more in-tune with what my body tells me and what I remember about how foods affect me.

My body keeps telling me to go f$ck myself after I work out. Anyone else's?

Midtwon Location (41st & Yale) will be giving away free Philly Cheesesteak Pizza samples today

"SAMPLE DAY AT OUR MIDTOWN LOCATION - 11am - 9pm!"

I have talked with a guy whose company is a supplier of some of the components for that fancy coke machine.  Apparently, I am not the only one who complains about it.  The lines to get your drink if the place is even partly busy are a huge pain in the backside.  (My complaint is the mix is NEVER right.)

Drink tea, not soda.  Soda is full of crap.

Wait, now I see where you get it  ;)

Then where do you?

I keed, I keed.

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Ahhhhhh....how cute!!  He tried to make a funny....!!!


Tea is the beverage of choice - I have a big ol' Bass Pro Shops mug of it sitting on the desk right next to me now.  The problem is that most restaurants make such a horrible version of tea, that it is better to go with the soda.  But I always go with water at Top That, just because of the mediocre mix.

But earlier you said that Top That! Pizza always has the mix wrong. How would you know (unless you have been stealing)?

Ok, you got me...the last 4 or 5 times, I have gotten water.  The first 10 or 12, I got pop - was disappointed every time.

When will this parade of FAIL ever end?  ;D

It's strangely addictive.  The sauce is somewhat like a RoTel, but not as heavy.  I like spicy stuff so it works well for me.

Topped:
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Wow!  That finished product really doesn't look like anything I want to eat.  I'm willing to bet Red Barron has that beat!

I believe her outfit is missing a button. Maybe that is one of the toppings.

I'll bet that machine is huge in Japan.
I just can't wait until we faze out humans all together.

I hope they install one of those fancy Japanese toilets next to it.

Yeah, but does it get the mix right?

Are you talking about the squaty potty?

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7th Location now open in Richardson, Tx.
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Did you wear a pizza costume?

Be careful or he will show you his pepperoni.

That young man in the red apron is checking out her double bubble.

I think he's judging Greasy McGreaserson's hair.

Next week, all four Top That! Pizza locations in Tulsa are hosting an orphanage benefit. The goal is to raise $50,000 to build two homes in an already successful village in Uganda. All you have to do is eat some pizza. : )

http://www.facebook.com/events/224211644371079/

Ultimate thread drift...even if there IS a certain symmetry there....

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Now why couldn't they do that this Sunday when the kids are here....

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This thread is just one long advertisement.

Since you apparently benefit from "advertising" on TulsaNow, perhaps you should look into buying a banner ad.

Tell him what you told Amy.

 ;D

No benefit to me, but I am a shameless promoter and marketer.  I will cease posting advertisements for Top That!

Perhaps TNF should have a thread promoting the purchase of banner advertising?

I think that would be a great idea!  Oops!  There I go promoting marketing again.

I run a couple of Simple Machines Forums and I use the stats to promote the sale of ads on each of them.  With the # of people TNF reaches, it could be quite a revenue stream to promote Tulsa Now activities, pay for meetings, and improvements to messaging.

Or better yet, TN could promote it's next event at Top That!  It costs nothing and pays 20% of the receipts, plus, TNF gets free publicity for the gathering through Top That's social networking programs and ads.  So, lets go over that again, Tulsa Now can get publicity, build awareness, create fellowship, and make money to support its initiatives. . . .Free!  http://topthatpizza.com/fundraising.html

Oops!  There I go again.  I'm a capitalist.  I love situations where both parties benefit.

I buy TulsaNow banner ads and think they are the best ad buy around. I buy ads in lots of papers (Urban Tulsa, GTR news, This Land, etc.) and web sites (TulsaWorld, google ads, etc.) and the money I pay to TulsaNow is the best bargain. I get fives times the number of views per dollar than any other media.

No benefit to you? To a family member maybe?  ;)

Absolutely!  ;)

Some stats...

TulsaNow only has 450 different people who have posted during the last year, but usually average about 5 lurkers per poster at any given moment in time. I think that the forum has probably only about 10,000 unique users a year. There is on average about 13,000 page views per day.  

I am currently buying two banner ads from TulsaNow. They rotate every times someone reads a page and there are a total of five current ads. That means I am getting 40% of 13,000 or 5,200 ad views per day. Because I paid for a six month contract, each ad is costing me $1.31 per day. That works out to be less than a tenth of a penny per impression.

I also know who I am reaching. By personal conversations, I know we have doctors, lawyers, business owners, elected officials, media and creative types on every day. It is a good demographic for me to reach with my messages.

Well, I wish you would tell that family member to get the drinks fixed.  Or get rid of those machines and put in normal fountains.  It is getting embarrassing to take people there, have a wonderful pizza experience, then get those lousy soft drinks.  And the one in BA is even using the 5 gallon boxes, so I know it's not all because of the "special" mix cartridges....  (I saw them changing two boxes - under the counter, just to the right of the Coke machine.)

Went with 3 other people this last weekend to BA.  Went with 2 others last weekend to south Memorial.  I haven't tried the soft drinks for quite a few months, so decided to give it another try...both about the same.  Both not good.  From now on, I will stop at McDonald's to get drinks before coming to get pizza.

As for the pizza - everyone raved about that - as always... nobody thought much of the drinks.  So I was chosen as "designated bitc$er" for the group.

I'll pass that on.  I haven't really heard anyone complain about the drinks, except that it can get a little slow when folks are getting creative with wild combinations.  I love the freestyles, even when I get just a diet coke.  They seem to have a lot more carbonization than regular machines and I like to burp!  ;D

I hear the drinks taste better to those with a higher IQ.

There may be something to that rumor. 

I will get addicted to it. It takes like rainbows to me.

Wrong.

Still wrong.

As generic as McDonald drinks are, when even they are better, then that's a problem.

Don't mind the waits in line - the machine IS that much 'fun'...just the mix has always been wrong.

At what point doesn't posting on this place become spam?

Top That pizza is the official pizza of Tulsa Now
Sorry Joe Momma

I'm sure we could arrange that if they'll buy some Ads.

Why buy? This thread is free!   :P

Wish I had some pizza right now...and maybe some popcorn....that and a large bottle of Dr. Pepper for the movies!!

The Magical Mystery Tour is coming on in a few minutes.  Yay!!  Road trip!!

I got SPAM for Christmas.  Literally, a 7 oz (net wt) can of SPAM Classic.  Mom saw it and couldn't resist.
Pretty funny.

I love spam.  Sliced, fried in a pan on wheat with mustard.

In the days before Hamburger Helper (and such), sliced SPAM pan fried in the iron skillet was a quick dinner meat.  I remember liking it.  I didn't like it cold though.  It could also be diced and cooked in the skillet with either eggs or potatoes.

Good stuff!  Either cold or fried.  On wheat toast.  Lettuce, tomatoes, pickle, mustard... like a hamburger...

How about souse meat?  Or head cheese?  Get any of those as a kid?  You must have growing up in Pennsylvania...

She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed makes pizzaburgers with spam, hamburger, pizza sauce, spices, and cheese.  It goes atop a burger bun as an open faced sandwich, and it's cooked in the broiler.  We haven't had them for awhile because I can't have the beef or cheese, but you guys have me thinking of substituting sausage for the hamburger and a very light topping of white cheese like provolone or mozzarella.

I'm hungry.

Souse meat or head cheese - neither beef nor cheese, but good substitute for both...

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A six-month gap between Top That posts?!

somebody's really been slacking.

I'm from Baltimore - we LOVE scrapple! I think that's also a Pennsylvania thing, too.

I went to Top That at 81st/Memorial and it was closed at dinner time and had a realtor sign in the window.

That location closed a few months ago.

That should give you an idea about how often I go to restaurants. Are any other Tulsa locations open still?

According to their website,  BA, Edmond, and Abu Dhabi.

I saw a location noted on their website at 41st and Yale also.

Swear that one wasn't there earlier, but wasn't really with it yet.

If restaurants depended on people like me, they would all go out of business.

I rarely go out to eat unless I am out of town and have no choice.

Top That is pretty great. My money is still on Andolini's though.  ;D ;D(http://johnstonairduct.weebly.com/) ;D ;D

You shoulda tasted them when they first started out!!  Better than today's version!

Last time I was in (before Christmas) they still hadn't gotten the soft drinks right.  They have that single spout nonsense going on....

When does the new Andolini's in BA open?