Talk:Shakey's Pizza

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My name is Ivan Prasad
My first employer was Shakey's Pizza. I had such a beautiful time at this job. I was poor and going through high school and working was tiring but it was worth it since I had finally saved enough fix up my 1966 Buick Skylark. Driving through Mchenry Ave in Modesto was fun and going to work in my muscle car. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.233.133.193 (talk) 05:41, 22 June 2012 (UTC)

Location of second Shakey's
The article says the second Shakey's was in Beaverton, OR, but I'm virtually certain that is incorrect. In the 1960's we (myself and high school friends) often went to the Shakey's in Portland, OR, at 52nd and SE Foster Rd., and I'm very sure that was the only one in the area at the time (and we were avid about knowing any and all that might exist). Sometime around 1966-1967, another one opened on NE 122nd Ave. in Portland. I don't accurately remember if there was ever one in Beaverton, but there may have been, later to become a Gino's (with similar pizza, but lacking the distinctive taste and aroma of Shakey's sauce).

In any case, the Shakey's web page used to have much more historical information, and said the Foster Rd. location was Number Two. (Perhaps that can be dug up in an archive.)

Sadly, the Foster Rd. location burned down (I forget exactly when; 1970's, I think) and never re-opened. I remember seeing the ruins -- most of the damage was up front, where the touted 750-degree ovens were (hmmm...).

I believe the last Shakey's in Oregon was in Astoria (northern coast), in the 1990's, but it isn't shown on the current Shakey's web site.

BMJ-pdx (talk) 18:48, 23 April 2017 (UTC)

Call for a "Ye Old Notice" collection.
How about forming a "Ye Old Notice" collection? My contribution:

Shakey made a deal with the bank -- the bank doesn't make pizza, Shakey's doesn't cash checks.

BMJ-pdx (talk) 18:58, 23 April 2017 (UTC)

Shakey's in Mexico
Shakey's was a global chain. It also was in Mexico at least since the 1970s (and probably earlier given it's proximity to the United States), through 2019 and I hear the last shops closed due to the pandemic in 2020

I saw someone wrote a little about it here, but there's very little to no information about that country. It was a very popular chain in Mexico City when I was a kid, and I'm talking to someone to get more info (there's no Wiki on this subject in Spanish), because there are very few photos dating back to the 70s online.

Just letting you know in advance if you suddenly see someone writing on the subject of Shakey's in Mexico, it's not "vandalism." 2600:1702:1DF0:2530:A9B0:24B8:7A1E:6BBA (talk) 21:00, 6 February 2022 (UTC)