Everybody’s Pizza to close after 41 years in Emory Village
For generations of Emory University students, faculty and staff, Everybody’s Pizza has been that restaurant. The campus restaurant. Lots of food for a decent price, cheap drinks for those who can show the right I.D. and the kinds of oddball dishes that people cramming for finals learn to crave — such as Thai chicken pizza salad.
But just as the number of food offerings in Emory Village are on the upswing with the recent additions of Chipotle Mexican Grill and Zoës Kitchen, Everybody’s has decided to call it quits. The last day will be March 19. Owner Andy Kurlansky sent this press release:
After 41 great years in Emory Village, we are retiring from the restaurant business.
We are proud to have served some 3 million pizzas to multiple generations of Atlantans since 1971.
Here’s to all who had their first dates at Everybody’s, met their spouse at Everybody’s, or celebrated other of life’s joyous events with us.
Thanks to all in Atlanta who have been loyal fans of our pizza, and who have been guests in our “home.”
But most of all, we thank all of the wonderful folks who have worked with us throughout these 41 years,
for they have been the true heart and soul of the place.
Without their dedication and love, none of it could have happened.
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iRun
March 7th, 2013
11:27 am
Why don’t they just sell it so it can stay open?
beachwriter
March 7th, 2013
12:17 pm
No more chicken and cheese pizza sandwiches….I may not be able to go on.
Patrick
March 7th, 2013
12:17 pm
This is horrible news! Everybody’s is one of my favorite places to eat. I was really sad when they closed the Va-Hi location, but could handle it thinking I could always drive over to Emory.
Say it ain’t so, Everybody’s!!
Lochlin Sturrock
March 7th, 2013
12:34 pm
I am truly saddened by this news. I have been going to Everybodies since I was born in 1971…..same year they started. My mom was an Emory Alum and we grew up very close to the campus. I now work at the CDC on the other side of the campus and frequently walk over for a lunch special. I am going miss this iconic institution so very much!
Sad news….
pb
March 7th, 2013
12:40 pm
A truly sad development ! Been going there for over 30 years. Guess things are always changing in the food/restaurant scene. Too bad for us old timers…
stephieZ
March 7th, 2013
12:43 pm
I love their thai pizza salad. I remember coming here as a kid 25 years ago. Very sad:(
Road Scholar
March 7th, 2013
12:50 pm
Been going there since 1972. Best pizza in town. Sandwiches weren’t bad either!The lunch special (personal pizza, side salad and drink for $7.99) was great Say it ain’t so!!!
Heather
March 7th, 2013
12:50 pm
Saddest restaurant news I’ve heard in a while. My husband and I grew up on Everybody’s pizza and salad. The new places don’t have the right feel. Emory Village is losing its soul.
sarah
March 7th, 2013
12:56 pm
Very sad news. I too, grew up eating there and met my husband there 29 years ago. Very sad!
Susan
March 7th, 2013
12:58 pm
This is so sad. My ex and I had our first date there, back in 1973. I still have so many fond memories of Everybody’s, even though I haven’t been there in some time. A real loss for Atlanta.
Les
March 7th, 2013
12:59 pm
Does this mean that both locations of Everybody’s Pizza is closing? Or only one location?
Pete
March 7th, 2013
1:00 pm
This means no more of their sinfully rich bread pudding. Even though I am diabetic, I always took an extra shot so I could enjoy a little of it. The food and the staff will be missed.
xxx
March 7th, 2013
1:03 pm
Ate there once, the pizza was mediocre, at best.
BGOLD
March 7th, 2013
1:15 pm
Worked there in the late 70s; ate there off and on… even drank at the Lullwater when it was opened. Say it ain’t so Kurlansky, Paymer…
(I remember when the Miranda was created.)
I guess it’s so!!!
Bridget
March 7th, 2013
1:17 pm
Thanks for the good times Everybodys!!! You will be missed!
Al
March 7th, 2013
1:21 pm
Great news! This place sold truly awful pizza. I mean, really bad stuff. They should have closed years ago. Good riddance
davy
March 7th, 2013
1:32 pm
I love that people say things like “great news!”. There really is no need for that. A lot of good people lost their jobs. People with mortgages and families. Hope you’re happy with yourself.
Carol M
March 7th, 2013
1:33 pm
Thank you Everybodys! Sure would loooooove the recipe for your salad dressing and pizza sauce!
Otis
March 7th, 2013
1:36 pm
Over rated pizza at best. See ya!
Kat
March 7th, 2013
1:41 pm
Everybody’s should sell their recipes to the general public.
Dave
March 7th, 2013
1:43 pm
“For generations of Emory University students, faculty and staff, Everybody’s Pizza has been that restaurant. The campus restaurant. ”
I’ve never heard that in all of my time at Emory. The place was mediocre at best. Sorry!
Susan
March 7th, 2013
1:43 pm
So happy! Their place was dirty and their food was below average.
JACKBALLJ
March 7th, 2013
1:49 pm
If they changed the name to Wings and Courvoisier they would have made it.
JACKBALLJ
March 7th, 2013
1:51 pm
Hey Dave how can u call a place mediocre if you NEVER WENT THERE.
Julie
March 7th, 2013
1:57 pm
Oh, no! I remember when Everybody’s opened, and I grew up eating there. I got hooked on pizza by eating there and Papa Leone’s and Pizza by Candlelight in the Decatur area. Despite moving to NC in the mid-70s, I still went back there every chance I got when visiting Atlanta. So sorry to see this.
Emory Resident
March 7th, 2013
1:59 pm
The pizza never was that good…Emory residents rarely ever dined here. Customers were often visitors and people from out of town– not sad to see it go. bring in a better restaurant!!!
AC
March 7th, 2013
2:02 pm
uhh jackball, check your reading comprehension, dave was saying he never heard anyone call it “the campus restaurant.”
Beverly Hunter
March 7th, 2013
2:05 pm
I am so sad that you are closing. I have gone there ever since you opened in 1971. Please, if you could, share your recipes, especially for your pizza sauce. I would love to keep enjoying the dishes along with the memories.
Rick Smilow
March 7th, 2013
2:09 pm
First….those 70’s era favorites, JAGGERS and PJ HALEYS….now EVERYBODY’s …..
These institutions should be protected from rising rents and such; like land trusts and historic buildings are protected. Wishing future students fun, Rick
Local Girl
March 7th, 2013
2:14 pm
@BGold, Paymer has been out for several years now. I’m sorry for the employees that were only given two weeks notice by Kurlansky. Love it or hate it, Everybody’s has been an Emory institution for a long time and a lot of people will miss it, even just for nostalgia’s sake.
)_)
March 7th, 2013
2:20 pm
everybody’s was overpriced and bad.
guy adams
March 7th, 2013
2:24 pm
We use to drive over from Buckhead in ‘73 , spend the evening eating pizza,drinking beer and playing foosball. Will be missed.
'08 Emory Grad
March 7th, 2013
2:28 pm
Everybody’s may have been an Emory mainstay for its first 30 years, but in the last ten that I have been at and around Emory post-graduation, students never went there. It was way too high priced for college kids, and their prices have only gone up in the last 5 years. The same can be said for Romeo’s Pizza though. Pizza that’s average at best with prices that rival Antico. I am welcoming the change for the neighborhood!
chuck
March 7th, 2013
2:51 pm
To the guy who said that Everybody’s is “overpriced and bad”. Are you sure you weren’t referring to nearby Emory University ?
Laura Akerman
March 7th, 2013
2:51 pm
This is really sad. I’ve been eating there since way back, and though Everybody’s has changed a bit (I still miss the eggplant pizza choice), it still retains its originality. I hope this will not result in another “chain” moving into Emory Village… Sorry, but nothing can compare to a good restaurant whose owner puts themselves into it. Thanks Everbody’s, for staying with us…
Charles Forrest
March 7th, 2013
2:52 pm
Sorry to see the passing of another “institution”. Congratulations of 41 years in a business where so many others come and go after a few seasons. I’ll miss the chicken and broccoli pizza…
Nurse
March 7th, 2013
2:53 pm
I remember sending a ward clerk to Everybody’s for dinner for the nurses in our unit. We had to send urine containers to put the salad in because they didn’t have take-out boxes for salad!
Ashutosh (09 Emory grad)
March 7th, 2013
2:54 pm
This is really sad. Everybody’s was a fixture during the 5 years when I was in graduate school and I can’t remember the number of times I hung out here with friends and had a good time. Even after leaving school I used to visit with friends whenever I was in town, most recently in December 2012. Will definitely miss it.
Mel
March 7th, 2013
2:58 pm
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Wils
March 7th, 2013
3:00 pm
OH NO! Where ever shall I go for expensive yet mediocre pizza now?
Emory Student
March 7th, 2013
3:01 pm
Great,more wasted space in pitiable emory village. As if the decrepit, run-down gas station, huge lots that remain empty by stores that were not appropriate for a college community, and sparse variation in food options were not reason enough to avoid dining in Emory village. This college “village” is a joke, definitely one of the most pathetic of its kind.
Neal Schwartz
March 7th, 2013
3:12 pm
OMG, what is my old buddy Ken, the manager going to do?
Steve
March 7th, 2013
3:21 pm
meh – it was average pizza at best
Steve
March 7th, 2013
3:23 pm
Sounds like all the people who “loved this institution” didn’t really give it the support it needed.
clem
March 7th, 2013
3:30 pm
hope someone fills the void; in my mind jaggers had better pizza but guess that is an individual preference. thank you everybody’s.
Grasshopper
March 7th, 2013
3:31 pm
I guess ‘everybody’ will have to go to the General Muir now for a $20 pastrami sandwich and some $5 pickles.
Al
March 7th, 2013
3:41 pm
food for thought: if the management actually cared about the ‘good people’ who worked there, then maybe they should have started selling edible food.
only a handful of Emory students ever went here. the majority were out-of-towners and/or people who didn’t know any better. it was a poorly managed restaurant with mediocre food. quality and taste were bad.
simple and cheap changes, if implemented years ago, could have saved this place. as i said before, good riddance.
on a side note, emory village is a sad place in need of a major face lift. the abandoned gas station, prevalence of awful taco joint(s), awful pizza joint(s), etc. is really getting old
NJDramaGuy
March 7th, 2013
3:45 pm
I lived in Atlanta for TN most of my life, but I have to agree….Everybody’s Pizza $ucked….Everyone seems to forget that there was a rumor for years that they were responsible for the fire that destroyed the Emory Movie Theatre, just so they could get it cheap for parking….which they did and towed off any who parked there just to walk around. My cousin from TN had his car towed away just for running across the street to get an apple from Kroger…..the pizza at Rocky’s Pizza was the best in town!
Will
March 7th, 2013
3:54 pm
Their Thai Chicken Salad pizza went from superb to average to bad over the last two years. It’s a shame that it had to follow in the footsteps of Jagger’s demise. Both establishments were great in their prime.
I’ve missed them both for some time now… (Jagger’s came back from the dead for a couple of years, but that didn’t last. The pizza was pretty close to the original, but the salads wouldn’t last 24 hours in the fridge…)
Native Gurl
March 7th, 2013
3:57 pm
This was the very first place I had pizza growing up in Decatur. Haven’t been in years …… but loved their pizza’s back in the day!
Good Riddance
March 7th, 2013
4:01 pm
Some of the most god awful pizza I’ve ever had. Won’t be missed.
Dean Wormer
March 7th, 2013
4:08 pm
I heard they reported sales based on everyone who looked at the menu, not just the people who actually ate there.
resident
March 7th, 2013
4:38 pm
Maybe another coffee place can move in– since we have 5 right there! or maybe a noodle place– since we have 2. I look forward to welcoming something better like a french bistro or a marketfresh. Please NO MORE sandwich places– we have enough!
remmie
March 7th, 2013
4:40 pm
I grew up eating here and my parents had their first date here. This is a place where tones of memories very dear to me took place. For all the people who feel like it is their duty to say rude things about a restaurant that has been a land mark for so long and has been so wonderful for so many people through the years, why don’t you try spending your time putting more positive messages out in the world instead of being rude.
Julia
March 7th, 2013
4:47 pm
Chipotle’s is upscale? who knew!! *snark*
Brent Tozzer
March 7th, 2013
5:32 pm
I have always loved and appreciated Everybody’s pizzas. Can’t imagine what will take its place, except some franchise. This is a loss.
question for davy
March 7th, 2013
5:38 pm
davy @ 1:32 pm said … People with mortgages and families. Hope you’re happy with yourself.
————————————————–
Wait staff and kitchen / cooks should not have mortgages? A little dramatic?
Marcia
March 7th, 2013
6:21 pm
I AGREE WITH ANOTHER COMMENT THAT ASKED WHY DIDN’T THE OWNERS JUST SELL IT TO SOMEONE WHO WOULD AGREE TO KEEP IT THE SAME (AS A CONDITION F SALE)?
chuck
March 7th, 2013
6:31 pm
While the quality of the food in the past years is debatable what isn’t debatable is how whiny Emory students are about what they are “entitled” to. EB’s tried very hard to work with Emory. At their own expense, bought a terminal that would allow them to accept the Emory card. But the thing failed frequently and wasn’t serviced in a timely fashion. It cost EB’s money to even attempt this. And Emory students never tipped and also whined because staff wouldn’t sell alcohol to them (uh – you are underage!). Sorry but EB’s was nicer to Emory than Emory was to EBs by a long short.
Bubba
March 7th, 2013
6:34 pm
LONG LIVE Rocky’s Brick Oven Pizza on Peachtree !
Cyn
March 7th, 2013
6:50 pm
Damn. Will someone PLEASE give us the recipe for the Thai Chicken Pizza Salad????
ardnamor
March 7th, 2013
6:52 pm
Creative destruction. On with the new.
DeDe
March 7th, 2013
7:16 pm
Started going to Everybody’s Pizza in 1973. Great place for a group to go for Pizza and Beer. As our friends were located all over Atlanta, Everybody’s was a great central meeting place. Although none of us went to Emory. Great place to gather after Rugby games at Emory. Haven’t been there in years, but it holds fond memories. Sorry to see it go. To many good places being run out of business or taken over by so-so chains with no atmosphere and boring food.
Lance
March 7th, 2013
8:11 pm
Who cares about the pizza place. They are kicking out the best coffee place in the southeast next door. That is what is actually sad here.
bryantkarnold
March 7th, 2013
8:28 pm
I worked for these folks in the 90’s. They ran a tight ship!!!! As a chef I always utilize my experience there as inspiration.
Times are truely tough people! If this “Mom & Pop” cant make it, then there will be none. I blame the administration and their lack of leadership in protecting small business……..
Valerie
March 7th, 2013
8:50 pm
I am so upset! My husband and I had our first date there back in 1974 and we’ve been going there since then. Having moved out of Atlanta a few years ago, we still make a point of going to Everybody’s when in Atlanta (which is several times a year). I am also saddened by the fact that I won’t be able to go one last time before it closes. I realize people can retire, but it’s hard to imagine that no one would buy this great restaurant and keep it going.
Larry
March 7th, 2013
9:19 pm
sad day for many in the Emory community. not everyone loved it, but I did! It’s had a decent crowd every time I’ve been there in the last year. what’s up with all you downer folks wanting to just insult the place! It was an institution and will be missed by many! The everybody’s special pizza is still one of my faves!
berry steve
March 7th, 2013
9:39 pm
I went for 20 yrs on a semi regular basis. The pizza got very Avg but their prices went up to where you started looking for something better. It was easy to find better and cheaper in the pizza world. At the end, just last mon, I decided that Hungry Howie’s was alot better. Sad but true.
RJ
March 7th, 2013
10:14 pm
Are they closing due to the crushing tax burden and regulations of obamacare?
maury
March 7th, 2013
10:16 pm
just open up a subway or dominos pizza — no big deal
Matt
March 7th, 2013
10:23 pm
I sadly have to agree with the dissenters. It wasn’t *bad* by any stretch, but coming from a 2010 grad who stayed on for grad school, trust me when I say very few Emory students dined there. There are so many other places with MUCH better pizza: Antico, Fellini’s, Ammazza, Mellow Mushroom, Shorty’s, even Fritti.
Shogun
March 7th, 2013
10:41 pm
Have been eating pizza there since 1973. Last Easter when I got out of one of the ICUs at Emory, the first thing I wanted was an Everybody’s pizza. (And no, my ICU admission had nothing to do with their food.) Jagger’s was OK for beer and burgers but Everybody’s was THE pizza place. P. J. Haley’s was good for a pitcher or two too. For those who are glad to see Everybody’s go, I hope they put a McDonlald’s in, that would be about their style.
Rachel
March 7th, 2013
11:01 pm
I loved it there – my husband was an Emory faculty member for years and our family enjoyed many pizzas at Everybody’s. Took my grandson there last Summer and regaled him with stories of our times there. I’ll miss it.
Native Atlantan in Colorado
March 8th, 2013
12:16 am
This is so sad! I’ve been going there for the full 41 years and always loved it! Another Atlanta tradition gone, not surprising! When’s Atlanta going to learn?
sandra
March 8th, 2013
12:21 am
I love going there sometimes when I was in the area. Gonna miss it.
Al
March 8th, 2013
12:25 am
at the end of the day this place was a restaurant people – if the food stinks, they will sink. this ship was taking on water for years. it’s really nice that some people met their spouses here, but that doesn’t change the fact that the FOOD (the actual thing that matters in this discussion) was BAD. very bad (with one or two exceptions im sure, but on the whole, BAD).
and this whole argument about Emory students feeling entitled – give me a break. the restaurant moved to accept Emory cards? OH WOW THAT’S A GAME CHANGER!! come on. the food people. lets talk about the food.
Al
March 8th, 2013
12:28 am
and also, the talk about losing an “Atlanta tradition” – Atlanta has an amazing, growing, evolving food culture – institutions like everybodys that just lingered and lingered and continued to get worse and worse for years without improvement is the REAL insult to the “Atlanta tradition.”
Dylan
March 8th, 2013
1:09 am
So sad to hear it! My first job was at the restaurant as pizza delivery girl. I learned so much from my time there and all the great folks who worked there. Lived on lunch special pizza I snatched out of the kitchen while casually passing by after depositing my car illegally in the lot- thanks for looking the other way, guys! And good luck with the next step.
Pizza Man
March 8th, 2013
1:40 am
This is sad new especially since Jaggers is also closed. Jaggers was THE BEST pizza. I was SO glad when it reopened in Sage Hill, but he just couldn’t afford to keep it open anymore after I moved out of state. LOL!
MrBill
March 8th, 2013
3:54 am
How hard can it be to put tomato sauce on dough? Keep Gushing or Hating it’s what we do in the U.S. now.
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March 8th, 2013
6:40 am
If Fellini’s was better than Everybody’s, they were screwed. How Fellini’s gets away with calling that crap “pizza” I will never know. Decent salad, however
SorryToHearIt
March 8th, 2013
7:29 am
My family loves the pizza at Everybody’s. I was sick when I was born, and spent a week in NICU. When I was released, my mom and dad parked at the bank across the street and dad went in to get an Everybody’s Pizza. They sat in the bank parking lot and drank beer and ate Everybody’s. That was almost 38 years ago. My husband and I announced our engagement there. We’ve been going there my whole life. None of us think the pizza sucked, we love it. Sorry everyone doesn’t agree about the food, but the restaurant and the food will always hold great memories for us.
Mark
March 8th, 2013
7:37 am
I didn’t see anything that said the place was failing. It said “retiring from the business.” After 41 years, I’m probably going to close my business too, that is if I make it 41 years. For those that are knocking the food, you don’t last 41 years in the restaurant business with bad product. I’ve only been once, when I was photographing part of the 1996 Olympic team as they visited kids at the hospital around the corner. I don’t remember it being bad, but I do remember intending to come back one day. Looks like it’ll have to be very soon.
Boog`
March 8th, 2013
7:52 am
The chainification of Atlanta continues unabated…
Danny L
March 8th, 2013
8:00 am
Sad…my friends and I hung out there countless times in the early seventies. It was a fun place to be with a lot of good memories..
Rich
March 8th, 2013
8:00 am
I had my first gourmet pizza here in 1979. The fresh tomato slices on top were a new found delight
Lea
March 8th, 2013
8:04 am
When I was in college in Macon in the 70’s, we used to go to Everybody’s whenever any of our friends had a birthday. We would “kidnap” them, hope in a car and head for Atlanta. So sad to see this go!
Brooke
March 8th, 2013
9:02 am
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
ebird
March 8th, 2013
9:13 am
I am not commenting on food good or bad. They had to do something right to be in business for 41 years. I moved OTP 5 years ago, and now have less choice in non chain establishments, and I miss that part of life ITP. It has been a long time since I at at Everybody’s, but I will remember it fondly and say thanks for the memories.
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Marsh
March 8th, 2013
9:54 am
Congratulations to all the turds that are so happy a local business is shutting down. Yeah, 41 years in business is a real “epic fail” as you morons would have said 15 mins ago, when that was “cool.” Just giddy with anticipation over what the next 15 minutes will bring!
The owners and staff should be proud of making an institution work, for a while, in a now increasingly disposable society. Best wishes to all of them. But not you, Al (Queada).
Helen
March 8th, 2013
10:49 am
Everybody’s has been the favorite for us, and our guests for quick bites ever since we moved to Emory in 2003. My daughter is currently attending College in Maryland, and forwarded us the news of closing. She could not belive it, and so do we. All of us will miss dearly THE Restaurant.
HB
March 8th, 2013
11:13 am
This is actually very very sad. This place is so special to Emory Students. It is one of the places in Emory Village that MADE it Emory Village. As an alum, it is sad to see them go. Bless them for those years.
Ray
March 8th, 2013
11:23 am
I took my wife there for our first date in 1980. We were both students at Emory. We go back every year on that date (Jan 29) and I always ask the wait staff if they were working there in 1980 (usually results in strange looks). I think they have the best pizza anywhere (including Chicago) It is a shame to see so many good mom/pop places closing now. There was a good pizza place called Ida’s on PleasantHill Rd that also just closed. It is hard to believe places with good food cannot make a good at it but I suppose this is just the economy
Thanks for all the great memories Everybody’s
Ray
Thanks for all
Mickey
March 8th, 2013
12:01 pm
Our family grew up with the company and ate there often. It was a unique experience that we will always remember. It will be missed.
Dana Payne
March 8th, 2013
12:06 pm
I heard this on 11 Alive news this morning and it is very depressing. I live in west cobb and we have for over 20 years eaten here. Why don’t someone just buy it and keep it open? It seems like such a waste to close.
This is the best pizza/salad around. We even have an made of concoction we call our “special brew” when we eat there, which is, pitcher of Miller draft with a bottle of Guinness
poured in.
Please someone buy it and keep it open!!!!
JohnS
March 8th, 2013
12:17 pm
Crawford Moran the brew master at 5 Seasons Brewing is taking it over. It will become a brewpub and pizza place called Slice and Pint.
Marie Let's Eat
March 8th, 2013
12:17 pm
I never had a bad experience here, not since my first visit in 1987. There are certainly pizza places in the city that I’ve enjoyed more, but a much larger number that I’ve enjoyed less. Happy retirement to you, Andy!
Linda Standifer
March 8th, 2013
12:33 pm
When I was in seminary in the late 80’s, Everybody’s Pizza was our special treat! My daughter and I loved eating there. We don’t live in Atlanta anymore, so we will just remember the place as if it’s still there! I Jaggers still down the street, or did a some chain get it, too?
truth
March 8th, 2013
12:56 pm
Al – betting you are probably one of those whiny entitled students who assume that the entire Druid Hills area should be an extension of Emory. That you can park wherever you want in any neighborhood, that all restaurants, even in the Highlands, should accept the “Emory card”, and that come graduation time, the ENTIRE 5 mile radius around Emory should shut down in deference to your school. Your idea of “good food” is probably the chain-based gruel served up with french fries.
pb
March 8th, 2013
1:37 pm
Well, seeing these comments, maybe Everybody’s wasn’t as good recently as it was about 20 years ago, when I used to go there. But it was good back then. And it was never the cheapest place around to get a pizza. If you want that, go to CiCi’s, Stevie B’s, or the other buffet joints…They did something right to stay in business 41 years. Too bad all the whiners and complainers are out today.
John
March 8th, 2013
1:51 pm
This news brings to mind a line in Iris Dement’s song, Our Town- “Nothin’ good ever lasts.”
Steve
March 8th, 2013
1:57 pm
I ate there many times in the 1980s and early 1990s. The pizza was very good and so was the atmosphere. I have some fond memories of lunches and dinners there. I say thank you to those who helped create those fond memories.
Shocking...
March 8th, 2013
3:16 pm
Emory kids are douches. Go figure.
Steve
March 8th, 2013
5:50 pm
Sad day for Atlanta – one of the classics
J va
March 8th, 2013
9:53 pm
Thanks to Everybody’s and staff. As a swimmer I first enjoyed the dining out in the late 80’s, and moved to the Emory area then the Highlands. Always a welcoming place to go, you will be missed.
To those that like other pizza delivery, enjoy chewing your paper plates! You might need to look up what “tradition” means, cause you just lost one.
Leonard
March 9th, 2013
9:41 am
I went there just once with family and extended family. We waited for over twenty minutes as the server never once approached our table. She waited on everyone else. We finally got up and left and went to another restaurant with far superior service. Good riddance.
Morgan
March 9th, 2013
10:33 am
My dear sweet daddy who is now in heaven introduced me to Everybody’s pizza over 35years ago. We would go to lunch there at least once a week and then take home our leftovers and eat cold pizza for breakfast for days. This was our special place…just for us. I am so sad to see it close!!
aoj
March 9th, 2013
12:14 pm
So very sorry to see Everybody’s close their doors….but they truly did something right…the restaurant business is not child’s play…..41 years! To all the naysayers, no one business can be all things to all people. It’s just impossible. So let the folks who care and have positive memories have their say. Everybody’s, the people/employees, the institution, the whole dynamic was very good for a very long time. Thanks!
ann
March 9th, 2013
1:03 pm
My husband and I are almost in tears over losing Everybody’s. I’m an Atlanta native whose family and friends have celebrated countless occasions there ever since it opened. I make pizza at home, and would love their pizza recipe. Thanks for the memories and good luck to the staff.
moboman
March 9th, 2013
4:07 pm
Fond memories of when they first opened and it was just that one front room. When they had the Eat a Large By Yourself and its free challenge.
Alex Allen
March 10th, 2013
9:07 am
So many happy times, so many salads, so many half-n-half pitchers, and a couple of streakers – but all a lifetime ago. Will miss it and wish it weren’t so. (And I LOVED the pizza – even brought one home to my family in Miami back in college days.)
Pierson
March 10th, 2013
4:45 pm
Lots of great memories with my Dad while I went through Emory residency and fellowship. I will miss Everybody’s!
Teresa
March 10th, 2013
8:03 pm
Been eating there since you opened. Once, a friend and I actually ate other people’s left over pizza (when they paid and left the table)as we were broke. But, that was only once. Saw the man who dressed as an astronaut in your establishment, and your staff was kind to him, as they were to other homeless people. Watched as the theater burned down next door, and Everybody’s stood! Thank you for being an anchor for so many years to the Emory Village. Believe me, I’ve eaten at your restaurant more times than I can count. My husband and I had a standing table on Thursday nights for years, after our run. We would run to Everybody’s, (4 miles). then go home, shower, and come back and eat pizza and down a pitcher! My children (now 21 and 22) eat at Everybody’s, too.
Thank you, again. to say you will be missed doesn’t even begin to say enough.
EmoryGrad
March 10th, 2013
8:04 pm
Thanks for the pizza and memories!
Red
March 10th, 2013
9:04 pm
My family is very sad that Everybody’s is closing. It was always fun to eat on the patio-at either location. I hope they will share the recipe for their delicious PBLT sandwich!
jessie
March 10th, 2013
11:52 pm
if you people “loved” everybodys so much it wouldnt be closing. shut up.
Mark
March 11th, 2013
5:45 am
Loved this place! The pizza was outstanding. I only have two complaints about the place. Over the past several years I think the quality of service the wait staff provided really slipped. My last several times there, some of my servers really had no clue how to service a table. Slow, indifferent, didn’t seem to want to develop any chemistry at all with the customer. Mom and Pop places should excel at that aspect of service.My other complaint? Those wooden bench booths were SO uncomfortable! They should have passed out stadium cushions!…I agree with those who say that 41 years is not a story of a failed business. It is a celebration of an owner who worked hard to make a business work.
Doug
March 11th, 2013
10:38 am
Truly an Atlanta icon. They should have called Restaurant Impossible. I bet with a new menu, a 10,000 renovation and 2 days of labor, they could reinvent themselves.
Let me introduce you to Pizza Bella Emory…. http://www.pizzabellaemory.com
Road Scholar
March 11th, 2013
12:45 pm
Mark, the original booths when it was a three room telephone booth were even smaller and more uncomfortable. I started going in 1972. During my breaks in classes at GT we would go and have a large pizza and 2 pitchers of beer. Made the class in Dam design understandable!
Of all those above who did not like Everybodies, they either commented on the price or quality. Only one suggested a better pizza place. If you want cheap crap go to Dominos. Everybodies has a lunch special.. a personal pizza, a salad (good size) and a drink (coke, tea, or beer or wine) for $7.99. That’s expensive???
The students at Emory have their parents paying for everything and do not have the stamina to walk across the street! People who live nearby (Druid Hills) do not go anywhere that is not 4 or more stars.
Was at Everybodies last night. It was PACKED!!!! Wall to wall with a 20-30 min wait! Bad food? No I think it is bad taste by those who know nothing about pizza! Go eat you DiGiornos!
Road Scholar
March 11th, 2013
12:49 pm
Mark, their plethora of tattoos slowed them down! I agree, when the regular servers left, the service did decline.
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Preston
March 11th, 2013
8:19 pm
First restaurant I rememeber going to with just my siblings. We played cards and drank Dr. Pepper for what seemed an eternity until the pizza arrived. Many memories, sad to see it go.
Atlanta Pizza
March 12th, 2013
12:28 pm
Truly a loss for the Atlanta Pizza Scene.
Jack
March 14th, 2013
7:31 am
I have been a fan since 1972 when my roommate and I would drive to Atlanta from Athens for an Everybody’s pizza fix. Remember the free popcorn they used to serve while you waited for your pizza? It really isn’t about the “best” pizza in town or the best prices for pizza, but more about the overall casual ambiance of the dining experience that people have grown to cherish. Remember that Atlanta was rather lacking in good pizza places back in 1971 when Everbody’s first opened and was really a groundbreaking addition to the Atlanta restaurant scene. Other newer and more sophisticated pizza restaurants have surpassed them but Everybody’s was great in their heyday. You will be missed!
Jeff
March 14th, 2013
12:17 pm
Kurlansky, I don’t get it. Everytime I go there it’s busy. Did you try to sell the restaurant, at least? There are too many people who have loved this place for too many years. It’s not just a great pizza place for us. It’s like feeling at home.