Comments on: Breaking: Sidewalk Pizza gone?

By: PiddlyD

PiddlyD — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 19:46:40 +0000

Those of you looking for a Sidewalk/Shakey’s type pizza experience in Sacramento might try Brick Oven Pizza at the corner of 35th and S. Land Park in the IGA (former Jumbo) parking lot.

I’m in Ohio, now, so tell the owner, Gary, that I said hi and sent ya.

Their pizza has that same sort of cracker type crust that gets air bubbles in it and is *very* dry.

I went to Sutter Middle School, so Sidewalk on J was the defacto hangout on short days back in the 80s, but I haven’t been there in decades.

For arcades, though, my favorite was the one in OldTown, but I can’t remember the name. Hated the MineShaft, but the HideOut in OLD Arden Faire back by the UA was cool too.

Cal State Fair arcade tents were always cool, too. You would see the rare, odd games that never seemed to work for very long and waste quarters on it.

By: Tenebrist

Tenebrist — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 22:45:01 +0000

I think Sidewalk didn’t taste like Shakey’s at all. Shakey’s had it’s own unique taste. I remember it distinctly. And I miss it terribly! Crappy-crap-CRAP!

By: basuraman

basuraman — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 21:52:02 +0000

Back in JR High in the 80’s I used to stop by on the way home..I would play a great Le Mans game. It had cool paddle shifters..

By: mt sacramento

mt sacramento — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 21:43:42 +0000

I’m almost positive it was 1941.

By: cooldmz

cooldmz — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 18:13:04 +0000

mt sacramento, lunch buffet and vidja games was a staple of mine and commenter John’s as well.

i’m trying to remember what games they had there at various times. i’m conjuring up a memory of Spy Hunter but i’m not sure.

oh man this could easily be extended into a full post generating tons of comment. Rygar at 51st Round Table, Time Zone, etc. … expect that post soon.

By: McGregor

McGregor — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 18:05:43 +0000

BOOO! We already have too many crappy mesican restaurants in sacramento. Sidewalk pizza tasted just like Shakey’s. I liked both.

By: mt sacramento

mt sacramento — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 17:22:01 +0000

I used to go to Sidewalk as a kid for the lunch buffet & video games & I loved it. Much later I lived across the street from it & couldn’t believe how downhill it had gone. I’ll miss looking at the cool awning & sign but I’m 100% sure I never would have gone there to eat again.

By: FFT

FFT — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 23:19:28 +0000

i actually was stoked to see sidewalk gone. never liked the place.

By: sac-eats

sac-eats — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 21:43:03 +0000

Now you know how I felt when Tiny’s closed.

By: John

John — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 20:23:09 +0000

No Way!!!!

What horseshit. First Frankies now Sidewalk… What’s next Vic’s and Burr’s!!!

By: RunnerGirl

RunnerGirl — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 19:52:01 +0000

Tenebrist, I went to a Shakey’s down in the San Fernando Valley about five years ago, and the mojo potatoes were just as good as I remembered them from 30 years ago when I first had them at the Shakey’s in Eureka.

By: cooldmz

cooldmz — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 18:22:16 +0000

uneasy rhetoric: you’re probably right, it definitely has a nostalgic basis. same reason my favorite burger is right across the street at Franke’s.

Tenebrist: the Yelpers were saying Sidewalk == Shakey’s, what do you think about that?

By: Tenebrist

Tenebrist — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 08:24:36 +0000

I miss Shakey’s Pizza!

It is very NOT COOL that there isn’t a Shakey’s in Sacramento.

I fear that I’ll eat at Shakey’s again some day and be disappointed that it doesn’t live up to all of my childhood memories of THE BEST PIZZA EVER. Maybe I don’t want Shakey’s to return afterall.

By: uneasy rhetoric

uneasy rhetoric — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 06:11:36 +0000

Sidewalk was a pale imitation of its former glory. The last time I was there I was very sad because I remembered it being a much better, much more vibrant place. But maybe that was just the rose colored glasses of nostalgia.