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Posted by Adam Kuban, May 8, 2007 at 10:55 AM

I have a lot of links I thought I'd share with you. I have more, but I didn't want to make this too long. —The Mgmt.

If you're hungry for a slice at the Cumberland County Crown Center in Fayetteville, North Carolina, you're damn well gonna wait till after the national anthem is over. The sports coliseum instituted a no-concessions policy to allow workers the opportunity to pay their respects during the Star Spangled Banner.

The man who started the reform, Joe Waters, said the change was a positive and important step for a military community such as Fayetteville. His dad served in World War II. “I have a lot of close friends and church members in Iraq and Afghanistan,” Waters said.

Saint Louis is getting some crazy-ass sort of pizzeria called Incredible Pizza: "The 60,000-square-foot, 1950s-themed facility, 5254 S. Lindbergh, will have a pizza, pasta, salad and dessert bar; four themed dining rooms; nine private party rooms; a Go Kart track; a miniature golf course; miniature bowling; bumper cars; a prize area; and 100 video and redemption games."

Remember Pizza Patron, the Southwestern pizzeria chain that allowed its customers to pay with Mexican pesos? Looks like that move was muy lucrativo. Sales have increased 34.8 percent this year over the same period last year.

In Las Vegas, Domino's tests electric cars for delivery.

But, hey, guess what: Minneapolis's Galactic Pizza has been ecofriendly for a long time now. I guess with all this carbon footprint and alternative energy stuff, people are writing stories about the place again:

Captain Awesome is driving Bob tonight. Let's break that down. Dustin Saunders, a delivery guy for Galactic Pizza who dresses for the job in a blue superhero suit complete with red cape and boots, is ferrying pies around south Minneapolis in an electric-powered three-wheeled vehicle that's been dubbed ''Bob.'' Other members of the fleet are called ''Frank'' and ''Les.''

And here's a different kind of delivery vehicle. A $90,000 truck that's basically a mobile pizza kitchen: "Inside it are two freezers and a fridge, a chilled ingredient compartment, a cutting board that's scrubbed daily, and two generators. A pair of $10,000 compact ovens can bake four pies in six minutes -- nearly half the time of the average pizzeria oven, [owner Howie] Stern said. Customers are invited to peek inside."

And a delivery to New Jersey's Fort Dix that, thankfully, never occured:

It was soon determined that the men allegedly intended to assault a military base using automatic weapons. Electronic eavesdropping and a confidential informant determined that the men were serious in their intent. Though the plot did not reach an operational phase, the alleged cell members completed their surveillance and selected Fort Dix as their target.

It was chosen because one cell member's family owned a pizza parlor near the base and that member was able to enter the base to deliver pizza. The group believed this access would enable its attack to succeed.

I had no idea: " 'When I filed this thing [a copyright infringement lawsuit against YouTube], I was going after a couple of guys operating over a pizza kitchen,' [video journalist Robert] Tur is quoted as saying, referring to YouTube co-founders Steve Chen and Chad Hurley, whose headquarters were once located over a pizza parlor."

This sheriff's gone fishin'. With pizza toppings as bait.

In the Apulia region, in the town of Otranto, at the very heel of the boot that is Italy, New York Times food critic Frank Bruni finds some pizza:

The gorgeous drive from the southernmost tip of Apulia up its eastern coast will take you through Otranto, where you'll figure you should avoid the generic-looking restaurants on a beachfront stretch in the center of town. But stop at the Profumo di Mare pizzeria and restaurant on Lungo Mare Terra d'Otranto (39-0836-806-097), where the pizza is terrific and bottles of rosé and white wine — perfect for a sunny respite at one of the many outdoor tables — are reasonably priced. Lunch for two with wine is about 60 euros.

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