You Wanted Pizza Hut Back. It Came Back. Nobody Went

Historian and Retro Ontario founder Ed Conroy joins to trace the stuffed crust pizza back to 1995, the celebrity fast food wars that produced it, and why the nostalgia for that era says more about being a kid than it does about the pizza. Pizza Hut brought back its dine-in restaurants after years of people posting throwback photos online and guaranteeing half a million views. Ed explains why it didn't work: the tablecloths came back, the Pepsi glasses came back, and everyone sat there staring at their phones. He also covers the open-air salad bar as a casualty of the COVID era, what happened to Mother's Pizza and Chicago deep dish in Toronto, and why fast food losing its price advantage is the real story of where the industry went wrong. The restaurant you remember wasn't really about the pizza. It was about being twelve. Topics: Pizza Hut nostalgia Canada, stuffed crust pizza history, 90s fast food wars, retro dining Canada, Ed Conroy Retro Ontario GUEST: Ed Conroy | http://retrontario.com | @‌retrontario Originally aired on 2026-06-25