Old-fashioned good pizza

Pasquale's on Bardstown Road in the Highlands, where Avalon is now. I remember the decor, the stereotypically American-Italian restaurant interior. And a little jukebox at every booth. I loved the pizza as a kid. Who knows if it was actually good; it was just a big deal to get to go there.

Joe Z's was on Hikes Lane, but not in Hikes Point. It was a white corner building which was torn down and now is a White Castle across from John E's (which used to be Bill Boland's)

There was a place in Hikes Point called the Village Inn where you could drink beer, eat pizza and sing along to old honky tonk piano songs. It was an A frame building. I loved it!

Not the same place - this place was on Hunsinger Lane directly across from the Hikes Point post office. It was a regular place for my family from about 1966 through 1970. Then we got hooked on Lum's.

[Robin Garr]

There was a place in Hikes Point called the Village Inn where you could drink beer, eat pizza and sing along to old honky tonk piano songs. It was an A frame building. I loved it!

I remember that!

I remember Joe Z's on Hikes Lane and Village Inn at Hikes Point. I also remember a place in a strip center about where Bearno's is on Taylorsville road called DiSano's, I think, with good pizza.

Trying to remember the name of a pizza place that was located in the strip center behind "Empress of China" (Hikes Ln. & Bardstown Rd.) during the late-70's/early-80's...they made wonderful Sicilian (thick crust) pizza.

It was terrible and I wouldn't eat it now but I thought rectangular school pizza was to die for as a kid.

I loved rectangular pizza!

There was a place called Joe-zs but I believe it was in the Hikes Point area but not sure of the location.

I double-checked with my mother on this, and she said she couldn't remember exactly; she just thought it was in the Buechel area.

Trying to remember the name of a pizza place that was located in the strip center behind "Empress of China" (Hikes Ln. & Bardstown Rd.) during the late-70's/early-80's...they made wonderful Sicilian (thick crust) pizza.

That was Carmens.

I worked at the Carmens in Bowling Green. The store here was an attempt to franchise. It was owned by Jack Hayes, ex DJ from WABC in NY. They were the first deep dish, rectangular pizza I remember. It was also the first pizza in town that cost over $10, but would feed 5 people.

Trying to remember the name of a pizza place that was located in the strip center behind "Empress of China" (Hikes Ln. & Bardstown Rd.) during the late-70's/early-80's...they made wonderful Sicilian (thick crust) pizza.

That was Carmens.

Thanks, Tony - that was it.

Pizza Inn on Poplar Level in the late 60's before the chain of Pizza Inns ..they changed their name to Guys Pizza House I believe. The first pizza place I remember going to But really my favorite pizza was when my older sister would get the Chef Boyardee mix and doctor them up she could really do them up right.

I don't believe Guy's was ever called Pizza Inn. There was a Pizza Inn just a few doors down from Guy's, kinda like Papalino's and Wick's today, but Guy's was always Guy's.

There was a place in Hikes Point called the Village Inn where you could drink beer, eat pizza and sing along to old honky tonk piano songs. It was an A frame building. I loved it!

I remember that!

That was the first place I ever had pizza as well. They had a banjo picker named Ray. And Linda and I remember the location of JoeZs Pizza the same (where the WC is now on the Buchel by pass) I'd love to find someone that makes the same sauce they did. They served spagetti /meatballs (for carryout) in an aluminum lined box almost the size of a shoebox. And were just a few doors down from Fanelli's ice cream place.

I still love arni's in new albany. thin crust pizza on cardboard inside a paper bag. that's old school.

This past Friday, while doing a nanny job, I ordered a pizza from Spinellis. (Found a coupon on the front door in the St. Matthews area so I thought sure. Why not?) Coupon was for a large cheese pizza for $9.95. ($2 for each additional item) I asked for sausage on half of the pizza. Total came to $13 and change. It took an hour to get to us but when it did get there it was HOT. And it was very good. It had big, almost golfball size sausage chunks on it and the sauce was real good, almost ideal. (It could have use a wee bit more sauce on it.) And, unlike some of their pizza I have had in the past, it wasn't greasy or oily. Kids loved it. Delivery guy was very nice. I was a very happy camper and will call them again for pizza delivery.

I'll bet very few people remember The Prospector on U.S. 42 highway about a mile from the Oldham County Line. The pizza came in a nondescript white box with no logo. My family never ordered it but when I went to a friend's house for a sleepover it was often the Friday night meal. Lots of sauce and cheese made it great. At the time, it was the only place to get pizza in Prospect unless you made the drive to Holiday Manor which had a Mr. Gatti's and a Pizza Hut. It's worth mentioning that the sit-down Pizza Hut's with the red tablecloths and pitchers of beer were really awesome. Regardless of how you feel about chain restaurants, they made a decent pie back in the day before their stuffed-crust ridiculousness.

It was terrible and I wouldn't eat it now but I thought rectangular school pizza was to die for as a kid.

I remember "The Prospector" very well...while I don't have a clear memory of their pizza, they made excellent chili.

Pizza from the Prospector -- big fan here. Ham, green olives and onions. Came with lots of cheese. Probably a frozen crust, but we ate of ton of those pizzas after we moved to the Prospect area in 1981. Loved them - usually on Friday nights. Hated to see them close. The closest thing to a Prospector pie I can think of now is Frolios, which has even more cheese.