I was passing through NCW yesterday evening and stopped for a pizza. I went to Mama Mia pizza it was grand. But while waiting for the pizza (10mins) I decided to walk around the block. I turned right outside Mama Mia’s and then left bottom of the road and just did a square taking in Whelan’s pub on my walk. It took probably three minutes and I passed five different pizza places within about 3mins max walk of one another. Some fair dubious looking places among them. These are the names of the five I passed:
Eskimo Pizza
Mama Mia
Pizza Max
Pizza House
Pizza Point
There wasn’t a sinner in three of them I’d say the whole evening, let alone just when I was passing.
I was RAVENOUS the day of the Waterford match this year, and as we passed this spot on the walk out to the ground, we veered in. The lights were off, but the door was open - there was one other punter inside there and a fella behind the counter under serious pressure, constantly scanning the forecourt with fear in his eyes. Gradually we gathered that the place wasn’t really open, or wasn’t meant to open for a few hours at least - yer man was only in there as a favour to someone (who was possibly well gone at this stage). He was now commanding an understaffed and understocked chipper on the day of a Munster Championship match and needed to extricate himself from this situation asap.
Given the circumstances, my order was uncomplicated - a bag of chips, plenty of salt + vinegar, I might have stretched him as far as a battered sausage, I can’t really remember. Anyways, the bag had melted like Michael Jackson’s face by the time I got to the Gaelic Grounds - a sure sign of quality.
I was in there after the Liam Gallagher concert. Eds Ryan of kidnapping fame was in there with a pack kf gurriers. I played pool against him a few times as a teen. While he seemed to recognise my face, im not sure he placed where from. Given i can have the appearance of a guard, thought it best to take my hunger and leave while he continued to eyeball me.
