Where the hell did Deangelos go?

I was wondering the same thing myself.

Was a big fan of the one next to the Winn Dixie on Burbank and Lee. There is still one in BR, on Bluebonnet I believe.

Edit: On Bluebonnet next to the Buffalo Wild Wings across from Perkins Rowe

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There is still one in BR, on Bluebonnet I believe.

Edit: On Bluebonnet next to the Buffalo Wild Wings across from Perkins Rowe

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That one has been closed for months. Sign on the door said they were re-opening on Siegen. Don't know how that's going (or where).

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That one has been closed for months. Sign on the door said they were re-opening on Siegen. Don't know how that's going (or where).

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Oh dang my bad for the false info, that is kind of sad to know though, was a yuge fan of the calzones and sensation salad. Hopefully they do reopen on Siegen. RIP you will be missed

No one will pay $20 for a pizza anymore.
I remember when it was in Hammond Aire in the small space, it was maybe 5 tables in the place before they moved to the corner spot in Hammond Aire.

Rotolo's kind of took over the Deangelo's market over time.
Now you have a Lit Pizza on every corner.

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No one will pay $20 for a pizza anymore.

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Not true

Bistro Italia has the best pizza in town.

Deangelos started to suck years ago. In my youth I waited tables at the original Bluebonnet location, which is now Casa Maria. Everything used to be about quality and fresh ingredients. Louis’ mom made the cheesecakes herself. They only did pizza, calzones, and salads, focused on those things only, and made them great. They trained their staff very well. You could have an awesome casual meal for $20. It wasn’t unusual for an hour wait on a Friday/Saturday night.

Then they opened a third location, and a fourth, and a fifth. Then they started franchising. Then they started adding more and more items to the menu until it ballooned to several pages with unnecessary items. I wanna say they hired outside consultants instead of looking to the people that had helped them be successful for years. Quality ingredients were replaced with lesser items. Prices started getting ridiculous. Food became hit or miss. I think there was a lot of family drama...Louis cut his dad out at some point.

They tried to grow to big too fast, sacrificed what made them great, and they slowly died.

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Original location was Hammond Aire shopping center across from where Burlington is now

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Yes, that’s true.

I guess I should’ve been more clear...I worked at the first location they had on Bluebonnet, before they moved it next to Buffalo Wild Wings. The restaurant that is now a Casa Maria used to be a Deangelos, and was the second restaurant Louis opened.

Loved Deangelos back in the day. Used to buy my salesmen lunch there when I worked with them in BR. Always ordered the Foccocia Bread with Mushrooms and Pesto Sauce. Ate there years later when it was a shell of itself. Shame.

PA is correct, the original DeAngelos was in Hammond Aire. It was started as Parma's Pizza, which my contractor cousin, his crew(including I), built when I was in school at LSU. Paul Parma was some form of kin to Louis I believe, and had him come down from Jersey to see if he wanted to buy it.

I and my father were loyal regulars, and worried for a few years if he would make it. Louis started as a one man show(much like Jared at Yamanuha now), answered the phones, made the pizzas,etc..eventually had a girl to work phones and counter, then another,etc..He'd be so tired, and would show up at Spanky's after close for a daiquiri.

The Dinardo era and catering for an LSU event,etc..helped launch him further as word of his quality spread, eventually he had his whole family move down here. Had a great run before the menu and focus sprawled into fast expansion.