Around the NHL 20-21 pt. 1: the season begins

[SundherDome]

La Nova hasn't been good in years. The quality seriously nosedived since you probably last had it.

Here are some recent review titles:

Not what it used to be, not even close.
Meh
A total disaster, and an insult to the real LaNova in downtown Buffalo!
A Buffalo Area Icon that no Longer Lives up to its Reputation
Buyer beware
Over Rated At Best

and this one takes the cake:

An Embarrassment to Buffalo and Humanity

I had a ton of the buffalo chicken pizza about 2 years ago and it was amazing. I prob went back 3-4 times during a 7 day trip.

 

[brian_griffin]

They do over $25 million per year in sales. It's not like they're laundering money or anything.

Dats a lotta pepperoni!! Brings back memories of the Buffalo Billions kickback scandals and the denotation in the phoneline taps of skim/payoffs as "ziti". "Tell them we need more boxes of ziti!!"

 

[tsujimoto74]

 

[explore]

Dats a lotta pepperoni!! Brings back memories of the Buffalo Billions kickback scandals and the denotation in the phoneline taps of skim/payoffs as "ziti". "Tell them we need more boxes of ziti!!"

TIL: 'Ziti' was code for bribes in messages between corruption case players | Govt. & Politics News | buffalonews.com

EDIT:

They do over $25 million per year in sales. It's not like they're laundering money or anything.

Just went further into this rabbit hole, and wow.

The Mafia is all but dead in Western New York. So what killed it? | Local News | buffalonews.com

Pizza too lucrative

The FBI maintained for decades that the Todaro family of Buffalo – the late Joseph Todaro and his son, Joseph Todaro Jr. – were the bosses of the Buffalo mob family after Magaddino died. But federal agents never proved that allegation in court.

Joseph Todaro Sr. died in 2012. And his son continued to run and expand the family’s popular La Nova Pizza on Buffalo’s West Side.

The belief among law enforcement officials now is that La Nova pizza is so successful that Todaro Jr. would be too busy to be involved in mob activities, according to Fino, Deitch, Coppola, Clark, Goralski and other sources.

A food industry website called Pizza Marketplace in 2002 described La Nova as the “world’s busiest pizzeria” and reported that the Todaros’ business had annual gross sales of $5 million – nearly 10 times the per-store average of the U.S. pizza industry.

Apparently La Nova pizzeria pulls in ten times more money than the average pizzeria. Well, that explains that

 

[sufferer]

La Nova's fries are pretty damn good. The pizza from their West Ferry location is decent but the stuff they sell at the arena is ass. Same goes for Rachel's. I spent upwards of $12 on what was pretty much a bowl of cold rice at their foodstand.

 

[brian_griffin]

TIL: 'Ziti' was code for bribes in messages between corruption case players | Govt. & Politics News | buffalonews.com

EDIT:



Just went further into this rabbit hole, and wow.

The Mafia is all but dead in Western New York. So what killed it? | Local News | buffalonews.com



Apparently La Nova pizzeria pulls in ten times more money than the average pizzeria. Well, that explains that

Don't ask too many questions...

 

[SundherDome]

TIL: 'Ziti' was code for bribes in messages between corruption case players | Govt. & Politics News | buffalonews.com

EDIT:



Just went further into this rabbit hole, and wow.

The Mafia is all but dead in Western New York. So what killed it? | Local News | buffalonews.com



Apparently La Nova pizzeria pulls in ten times more money than the average pizzeria. Well, that explains that

It's that good

 

[jc17]

Kaliyev with his first nhl goal in his first game.

 

[SundherDome]

Kaliyev with his first nhl goal in his first game.

It was a weird game. Seeing Deslauries and Backes score and the Kings in the lakers colors...

 

[brian_griffin]

It was a weird game. Seeing Deslauries and Backes score and the Kings in the lakers colors...

You do know the Kings spent their first ~25 years in purple and yellow, and switched to black/white about the time Gretzky was traded there...

 

[SundherDome]

You do know the Kings spent their first ~25 years in purple and yellow, and switched to black/white about the time Gretzky was traded there...

I do, that color combo will always be Lakers to me as they have made it mainstream.

 

[TheDawnOfANewTage]

I’d be a much bigger Kings fan if they went back to purple and yellow, shits unique. But nah, instead they’re generic af.

 

[DJN21]

Kaliyev with his first nhl goal in his first game.

Kill Me Now. My wife still comments on how much I screamed at the computer when we took Johnson and left him on the board.

 

[Paxon]

I’d be a much bigger Kings fan if they went back to purple and yellow, shits unique. But nah, instead they’re generic af.

I only use those jerseys playing as LA or vs cpu LA in video games. They're nice.

 

[zenthusiast]

I'm also broken in that my first reaction to seeing his goal was to think back to that draft thread

 

[joshjull]

 

[SundherDome]

Tampa Bay has so much puck luck, I want to believe it is because they are always moving their feet but man they are lucky.

 

[slip]

Dats a lotta pepperoni!! Brings back memories of the Buffalo Billions kickback scandals and the denotation in the phoneline taps of skim/payoffs as "ziti". "Tell them we need more boxes of ziti!!"

Tony Soprano: "Give him 5 boxes of Ziti. Good luck"

 

[joshjull]

 

[Fjordy]

Maybe they will suspend the season for a while and vaccinate the players?

 

[Ehran]

 

[Jim Bob]

Maybe they will suspend the season for a while and vaccinate the players?

I doubt that the government will allow pro athletes to jump to the front of the line.

 

[Jim Bob]

Report: Drury withdraws from Penguins' GM search

That is interesting.

 

[Fjordy]

Now everyone will declines and the time will come for Botterill.

 

[Jim Bob]