Little Caesar statues

**xphillipjrx** · October-17-10, 01:53 AM

Here is a photo of the Little Caesars on Stadium in Ann Arbor:
http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w...s/DSC_0611.jpg

How many other Caesars have the Caesar statue above the store? I bet there aren't five in the Metro area...

**reddog289** · October-17-10, 02:01 AM

I noticed that one a few months ago, Have to look at the LC's in Canton and Westland/Livonia to see if Caesar is still standing guard.

**Catman** · October-17-10, 11:08 AM

Originally Posted by reddog289

I noticed that one a few months ago, Have to look at the LC's in Canton and Westland/Livonia to see if Caesar is still standing guard.

Yes, the one near Merriman Road and Ann Arbor Trail is still standing on it's own pole! I remember that one as a kid.

**agirlintheD** · October-18-10, 11:01 AM

Originally Posted by Catman

Yes, the one near Merriman Road and Ann Arbor Trail is still standing on it's own pole! I remember that one as a kid.

Yikes! He's on a pole??

**izzyindetroit** · October-17-10, 02:43 AM

East side, on Mack.

Is getting butter and parm smothered on your hot and ready a Detroit thang? I have never seen it done until moving here and I see it happens quite often.

**ja!mz** · October-17-10, 06:22 AM

Am I the only one who can't stand those $5 shiite pies? I would rather support my local pizza shop, as most of them offer the same thing but you get a much better pizza. When did Little Ceaser's decide that a square pizza is a deep dish? It is not, I'm sick of their false advertising as well, I guess they think we are all lousy pizza eating morons.....more coffee please!

**mcsdetroitfriend** · October-17-10, 07:43 AM

Originally Posted by ja!mz

Am I the only one who can't stand those $5 shiite pies? I would rather support my local pizza shop, as most of them offer the same thing but you get a much better pizza. When did Little Ceaser's decide that a square pizza is a deep dish? It is not, I'm sick of their false advertising as well, I guess they think we are all lousy pizza eating morons.....more coffee please!

After living and working in Europe for the last five months I can say I officially love real italian pizza vs. anything else. However I will say based on eating a lot of Little Caeser's deep dish pizzas it really varies from location to location. I've had actual deep dish pizzas and in the same week had a square flat pizza. It really just depends on the luck of the draw and how stoned the employees are

**rooms222** · October-17-10, 09:59 AM

The pizza in Genoa [[the only city we went to in Italy) was so very good.

http://www.paginegialle.it/artepizza-ge

Tomatoes Apizza certainly captures a great deal of the experience here in Michigan...

http://tomatoesapizza.com/

Back on topic-- There are still some statues around this area. Several Little Caesars in the western suburbs still have the statues, especially those not on real major roads...Dearborn, Westland, Garden City, perhaps???

FoxyScholar10 · October-17-10, 01:18 PM

Originally Posted by mcsdetroitfriend

After living and working in Europe for the last five months I can say I officially love real italian pizza vs. anything else. However I will say based on eating a lot of Little Caeser's deep dish pizzas it really varies from location to location. I've had actual deep dish pizzas and in the same week had a square flat pizza. It really just depends on the luck of the draw and how stoned the employees are

Factoid shared lightheartedly: You do realize pizza as we know it in America is an "American" thing. So what is "real" Italian pizza? I do believe you though that it probably tasted better because it was made with fresher ingredients?

My first job as a teenager was at Little Caesars and I had a lot of fun working there. I do consider myself a pseudo pizza snob. Little Caesars ain't gourmet pizza and it's not trying to be. It is what it is. Better pizza in this area? Buddy's and sometimes Pizza Papalis.

In other words, the fresher, the better.

ETA: Thruster315 said what I was thinking first and better.

**Maof** · October-17-10, 10:43 AM

Originally Posted by ja!mz

Am I the only one who can't stand those $5 shiite pies? I would rather support my local pizza shop, as most of them offer the same thing but you get a much better pizza. When did Little Ceaser's decide that a square pizza is a deep dish? It is not, I'm sick of their false advertising as well, I guess they think we are all lousy pizza eating morons.....more coffee please!

oh i couldn't agree more but they do come in handy when i have a house full of kids...feed 'em on the cheap

**Parkguy** · October-17-10, 10:54 AM

http://davidlegg.aminus3.com/image/2009-11-17.html

**Thruster315** · October-17-10, 10:49 AM

Originally Posted by ja!mz

Am I the only one who can't stand those $5 shiite pies? I would rather support my local pizza shop, as most of them offer the same thing but you get a much better pizza. When did Little Ceaser's decide that a square pizza is a deep dish? It is not, I'm sick of their false advertising as well, I guess they think we are all lousy pizza eating morons.....more coffee please!

Okay, we get that you don't like Little Caesars' pizza. Support your local neighborhood pizza shop if you like' it's obviously your choice to do so. Just don't go to Little Caesars that offended you- it's problem solved. I don't think anyone making claims that it's phenomenal pizza. It is what it is. I don't think that people go to McDonalds and expects a top notch hand made Black Angus sort of burger; Little Caesars is fast food pizza- it's not gourmet by any stretch of the imagination. Their idea of deep dish is that it could very well be THEIR idea of deep dish pizza, not yours or any other company's standards [[are there any industry standards stating how deep a deep dish pizza has to be?) so I don't see how they're lying about it.

I agree with mcsdetroitfriend that it can be hit or miss depending on the location and your timing. It's a five dollar cheap pizza- it doesn't really pretend to be much else. The way I look at Little Caesars is that it's a down and dirty, dash in, dash out sort of food- it's not some grandiose hand tossed, sit down restaurant sort of pie. Accept that notion and all things will be fine. I enjoy a fine pizza from places like Red Devil, Primo's, PizzaPapalis, Green Lantern, Buddy's, and all of the other finer pizza places in town too- and I still every now and then can enjoy a pie from Pizza Hut, Domino's, and Little Caesars. They're all different and I can distinguish between when I'm having a top notch pizza and a fast food pizza.

And like Maof says, they can serve a mob on the cheap. It's functional pizza at times too!

**donpablo** · October-17-10, 12:22 PM

Originally Posted by Thruster315

I enjoy a fine pizza from places like Red Devil, Primo's, PizzaPapalis, Green Lantern, Buddy's, and all of the other finer pizza places in town too-!

Hey Thruster, are you talking about the Red Devil on Fenkell? How is it lately?

IMO, Tomatoes Apizza is the best east coast/Italian style pizza in southeast Michigan and Lou's [[in Hazel Park) and Buddy's are the best Detroit style square pizza's anywhere in the world. Detroit is the originator of that square style, correct?

**cman710** · October-17-10, 04:05 PM

Originally Posted by donpablo

Hey Thruster, are you talking about the Red Devil on Fenkell? How is it lately?

IMO, Tomatoes Apizza is the best east coast/Italian style pizza in southeast Michigan and Lou's [[in Hazel Park) and Buddy's are the best Detroit style square pizza's anywhere in the world. Detroit is the originator of that square style, correct?

I don't know. In New York City, "square" pizza is called Sicilian pizza and tends to be thicker than regular New York style pizza but thinner than a Chicago deep dish pizza.

**rooms222** · October-17-10, 05:55 PM

[QUOTE=donpablo;190890]Hey Thruster, are you talking about the Red Devil on Fenkell? How is it lately?

Would like to know as well...Since Sports Bar became its main theme, I have stayed away, for better or worse...

thatguy123 · October-17-10, 04:56 PM

Originally Posted by ja!mz

Am I the only one who can't stand those $5 shiite pies? I would rather support my local pizza shop, as most of them offer the same thing but you get a much better pizza. When did Little Ceaser's decide that a square pizza is a deep dish? It is not, I'm sick of their false advertising as well, I guess they think we are all lousy pizza eating morons.....more coffee please!

Fail troll. Little Caesars is a"local pizza shop" considering their world headquarters is in the heart of downtown, where most people on this board think every business on the planet should be located. On top of that they provide tons of jobs for the area so try again because it doesnt get more local then that.

As far as false advertising they claim to be America's greatest value not America's best pizza. Nobody ever goes around saying it is the best pizza out there or cares that it is not as good as some 30 dollar pizza at a sit down place. Like someone else said it is fast food pizza and is great for feeding the kids in a hurry or if you don't have the cash or want to throw down the cash for another place considering you will end up paying more then 5 dollars for delivery and tip.

DetroitDad · October-17-10, 08:23 PM

While not Metro Detroit, it is one of the Detroit satellite cities, and in Michigan. We occassionally go to this one when visiting in-laws up North. Because there are two adjacent one way streets right there, I believe there may be a second sign one block to the North, over on State Street.

Now, am I the only one who can't stand pizza, and American's obsession with them? You might as well compare to Kraft dinners to each other, or two deep fried Twinkies. Anyone who compares two of them clearly has no culinary taste, and has proven that they shouldn't be judging any food, based on what they have already proven, is their own horrible taste....more Cristal Brut 1990 Methuselah to sip with my ooo Almas caviar please

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Sincerely,

Sean_of_Detroit
Urbane suave DetroitYES poster;
Smoking one of Gurkha’s premier cigar; His Majesty’s Reserve
Posting high atop the majestic Leland Hotel in Downtown De Troite.

Originally Posted by ja!mz

Am I the only one who can't stand those $5 shiite pies? I would rather support my local pizza shop, as most of them offer the same thing but you get a much better pizza. When did Little Ceaser's decide that a square pizza is a deep dish? It is not, I'm sick of their false advertising as well, I guess they think we are all lousy pizza eating morons.....more coffee please!

[[Post made in jest)

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**FlyingJ** · October-17-10, 08:31 PM

To attack Littler Caesar's for not being Ray's Original is a loser's argument. I got in an argument with my brother last week as to whether Dino's Pizza was any good. I thought so, we didn't have a Buddy's around-or the budget, frankly. No one here has ever declared why Detroit area's a National Pizza Chain Incubator; Domino's, Little Caesar's, Hungry Howie's, & now Jet's...

**jtf1972** · October-17-10, 10:05 AM

They should all have Little Caesar statues. And giant concrete "pizzas." And a merry-go-round. And a ferris wheel. Maybe skee ball too. The kids love these things! Hey, what do you want, a decent pizza?

**Dan** · October-17-10, 10:25 AM

There is a bronze statue in the lobby of the fox office building....

**bike4beer** · October-17-10, 10:33 AM

there is one on outer drive in Dearborn. I thunk it used to spin years ago

gdogslim · October-17-10, 10:54 AM

Okay here's an important question.
Going toe to toe; who would win in an unlimmited fighting match;
Little Caeser or Big Boy?
My guess is Big Boy

**preserve** · October-17-10, 11:30 AM

I agree with Thruster - it is what it is - Hot & Ready and inexpensive.

**ja!mz** · October-17-10, 11:44 AM

Their idea of deep dish is that it could very well be THEIR idea of deep dish pizza, not yours or any other company's standards [[are there any industry standards stating how deep a deep dish pizza has to be?)

..uhhh no, but if I advertise a steak and I get a burger, does that mean thats my idea of a steak? ...order a deep dish in Chigaco and see what a deep dish is...its not a regular pizza with a 1/2 inch of dough..

**Thruster315** · October-17-10, 11:52 AM

Originally Posted by ja!mz

...uhhh no, but if I advertise a steak and I get a burger, does that mean thats my idea of a steak?

Yes it does constitute YOUR idea of steak. People can call it whatever they want. I don't have to like it or subscribe to it though, but I do have to respect it.

Originally Posted by ja!mz

...order a deep dish in Chigaco and see what a deep dish is...its not a regular pizza with a 1/2 inch of dough..

See? Now you're trying to find standards to what you constitute a deep dish pizza. You're using the "Chicago style" as your barometer to what you would consider deep dish pizza. It's obviously not Little Caesars' standard.