BEWARE of Chicago Pizza!!!

[Dog Walker]

More importantly, the place was absolutely dead. It was a football game day and with all the TV's you'd think the place would be packed, it wasn't.

All football games, high school, college, and professional, destroy business for most non-sports oriented entertainment venues and retail.

I had to go the the Orange Park Sears to get a tool a few Sundays ago at 6:30 PM.  When I arrived, the mall parking lot was virtually empty.  "Oh crap, the mall closes at 6 PM on Sundays" I said to myself.  Not true.  The mall was open and Sears was empty.  I was the only customer in the tool department.  The Jaguars were playing.

High school football hurts on Fridays, college games on Saturdays, and professional games on Sundays.  These days are a great time to do your shopping, take a drive, or go to a restaurant that does not specialize in sports, wings, and beer.

Another unpopular opinion, but I am afraid it's true.  I have reservation books going back to 1983 to prove it, and it appears it's not just me.

There have been a number of economic studies over the past couple of decades showing that having professional sports teams in a town actually hurts other "discretionary recreation dollars" businesses like restaurants and theaters.  In effect, we are subsidizing a business that hurts other businesses in this town.

[urbanlibertarian]

Went to Chicago Pizza at the Landing last night about 7:30.  It was about 10% full.  Food and service were both very good.  I'll be back.

[fieldafm]

Until recently, I went to Chicago Pizza at least once a week.  I really want the place to do well, b/c as Tufsu says... sitting outside on the water watching a game is really phenomenal. 

But sadly, Ive made the unfortunate decision to cut back drastically on my trips.  The service has been consistently bad, and I really don't feel like its good to reward consistently bad service any longer.