Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Eatza Pizza

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The result was keep. Nomination withdrawn. (non-admin closure)‎ LibStar (talk) 23:55, 2 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Eatza Pizza

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Could not find significant coverage to meet GNG. Gnews yields very little despite this being an US company. LibStar (talk) 00:29, 27 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Food and drink, Companies, Arizona, and Connecticut. AllyD (talk) 06:10, 27 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Weak keep Interesting how things can fall behind to history. I found [1], which seems to indicate that it had some cultural standing. Oddly enough, the phrase "Eatza pizza" is in my personal lexicon, not till now did I realize this was its source. I am seeing a few sources talking about its closing: [2], [3], [4]. CaptainEek ^{Edits Ho Cap'n!}⚓ 06:41, 27 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per the significant coverage in multiple independent
reliable sources
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1. Villarreal, Phil (2002-07-12). "Diners buffeted by pizza at Eatza Pizza locations". Arizona Daily Star. Archived from the original on 2023-04-28. Retrieved 2023-04-28.
  The restaurant review notes: "Granted, the Eatza Pizza fare isn't the tastiest. You won't need to be pulled, kicking and screaming, out of the restaurant when it closes. The pizza is a bit greasy and somewhat cardboard-crusted. The quick-working staff keeps up to 12 pizzas on the shelf for people to pick from. The standard fare includes pepperoni and veggie varieties. ... The salad bar is serviceable but spartan. Lettuce, bell peppers, celery, tomatoes, mushrooms, onions, cucumber and croutons are included, as well as a choice of four dressings. But come on — you're not coming to Eatza Pizza for the salad."
2. Tanner-Brown, Stephanie (2002-07-25). "Eatza Pizza offers heaps of treats for very cheap". Deseret News. Archived from the original on 2023-04-28. Retrieved 2023-04-28.
  The restaurant review notes: "I took my family to the pizza buffet called Eatza Pizza. There are three locations, in Orem, West Jordan and Ogden — all cleverly situated in neighborhoods thick with large families. ... I found that the best pies were the popular ones, mostly because the slower movers had lost their crispy, steamy edge and had gone soggy. The crust at Eatza is just too doughy to hold up over time. ... I wasn't crazy about Eatza's red sauce. It tastes very plain. It seems to be what goes into the baked ziti as well. I also wasn't crazy about the bread sticks. They tasted as if they'd been double rolled in garlic salt. Eatza Pizza has a lot of things going for it, despite some mediocre selections."
3. Domeier, Robin Hall (2007-03-07). "Out to Lunch - Eatza Pizza, but Don't Miss the Chicken". The Charlotte Observer. Archived from the original on 2023-04-28. Retrieved 2023-04-28.
  The restaurant review notes: "Eatza Pizza offers 20 varieties of pizza. If you don't see what you want, the staff takes requests. Among my favorites: simple pepperoni, sausage, and supreme (green pepper, onion and sausage). The salad bar was the weakest offering. There just wasn't much to it. Dessert includes cinnamon rolls that had an off-putting salty taste. Cherry pizza, with a sheer layer of cherry pie filling and ample drizzling of white icing, was better."
4. Radigan, Mary (2005-01-14). "Buffet offers bounty of pizza - Eatza Pizza serves up food, fun at family prices". The Grand Rapids Press. Archived from the original on 2023-04-28. Retrieved 2023-04-28.
  The article notes: "This is the first Eatza Pizza in Michigan and one of at least three scheduled to open this year. Other locations include Lansing and Southfield. The three Michigan sites are owned and operated by Tim Pugh, a Lansing resident and former partner in Damon's Restaurants, as well as former chief operating officer for Big Buck Brewery & Steakhouse. The corporate Eatza Pizza is a Scottsdale, Ariz.-based franchise, with 58 restaurants in seven states. Eatza Pizza focuses on pizza dough prepared daily and fresh ingredients. Varieties range from the standard pepperoni and cheese, to chicken alfredo and vegetarian. Two types of pasta, three pasta sauces and a salad bar are included."
5. Kershner, Jim (2004-08-28). "Who gives a hoot what editors think?". The Spokesman-Review. Archived from the original on 2023-04-28. Retrieved 2023-04-28.
  The restaurant review notes: "So I started in on my pizza. The most amazing thing about Eatza Pizza is the variety. Some of those 12 pizzas were your routine varieties, like pepperoni. But there was also a barbecue chicken pizza, a taco pizza and even a Spinach Alfredo pizza with white sauce. ... Now, as for quality, it was just fine. Please understand, the preceding sentence was written in my capacity as thrifty food consumer, not as professional restaurant reviewer. These aren’t gourmet pizzas. No one will ever mistake Eatza Pizza for Bennidito’s. These are cheap pizzas sitting under heat lamps. However, as the sign overhead states, they use 100 percent real cheese, they slice their own veggies, prepare their own dough and "blend" their sauce there every day. If I were to use one phrase to describe the pizza it would be: "Beats frozen.""
6. Campanelli, John (2006-11-03). "Kids, pizza and games: They're OK, you're OK". The Plain Dealer. Archived from the original on 2023-04-28. Retrieved 2023-04-28.
  The restaurant review notes: "But after a visit to Eatza Pizza, there might be a place that kids can love and parents can, um, tolerate. ... The place has a few things going for it: It's clean. It's cheap. The noise isn't at ear-bleeding levels. It's buffet-style. And the all-you-can-eat grub isn't dog food. ... What made Eatza Pizza bearable was the scaled-down game area and the desserts. You can sit at a table in relative peace, sip coffee, snack on a slice of cinnamon pizza and just watch your kids waste their tokens and further shorten their attention spans."
7. Larson, Lisa (2006-11-24). "Kid-friendly Eatza Pizza won't break the bank". Newspapers.com
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  The restaurant review notes: "On the up side, the restaurant is clean, spacious, brightly lit and filled with foods few kids will decline. The down side is it's a buffet which often means trading quality for quantity. ... Looking with a child's eyes I'd say this place ranks around three or even three and a half stars. But if you have an adult palate to satiate, the food experience lands around two and a half."
There is sufficient coverage in
reliable sources to allow Eatza Pizza to pass Wikipedia:Notability (organizations and companies)#Primary criteria, which requires "significant coverage in multiple reliable secondary sources that are independent of the subject".
Cunard (talk) 08:40, 28 April 2023 (UTC)[reply
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Keep per all above. Please be more careful when nominating articles. There is lots of work ahead of us in the article space and mass AfDs takes up lots of community resources! gidonb (talk) 09:07, 28 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Keep
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WP:JUSTAVOTE. LibStar (talk) 08:37, 30 April 2023 (UTC)[reply
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Keep Cunard has found many reasons to keep. Meets our guidelines for inclusion. Lightburst (talk) 13:33, 1 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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