Pizza King

Wow.. its like steping back to 1988.. NO REALLY this place is the same as it was in 1988 it even has the same carpet (whats left of it). But what its worth my 5yr old had a blast and loved the train bringing her drinks. It would have been nice to still have the video games at each table. Oh btw they do have tvs at each table, ours was fond of taking our quarters and not working (sigh)

I love Pizza King pizza. I even love their salads! The actual building, however, not so much. The floor is absolutely disguising, the booths are ripped and most of the time the TV's don't work. The train tracks are pretty gross too. I'm really surprised they're allowed to stay open!

With most previous trips the service had been abysmal but this last time (12/3/12) was actually not that bad.

I don't think we'll be dining in any time soon, not until the place gets a little bit of a refurb at least.

Man, what happened to his place?

Pizza King in Avon was a major fixture of my youth, mainly thanks to the unique restaurant design. The booths are set up like the booths in a train, complete with TVs and video games.  The coup de grâce is the toy train that brings you your drinks.  The pizza was always amazing too.  It's thin crust with crumbled sausage or pepperoni. It's very salty and addicting, chances are you'll eat half a pizza and not even be aware of it.

I probably hadn't been here in 15 years, but my fiancee insisted we go after I told her how much I loved the place when I was younger. The place just isn't very well kept nowadays. The seat cushions are worn out and ratty.  The TVs are a wreck and the video games in the booths were taken out.  The train still delivers your drinks but the "scenic backdrops" are faded or falling apart.  It was also really dark in there for some reason. Would it have killed them to turn on the lights?  The worst thing is that everything, from the table to the seats was sticky from years of spilled soft drinks.

So, the dining room was pretty gross,but the pizza is still great right?  Well, kinda.  Most notably, our pizza had a giant puddle of grease in the middle of it.  It tasted fine, but  it wasn't as high quality as I remember it.   Buzz's Pizza in Plainfield has a very similar recipe but is of much higher quality.

I hate to be hard on this place, but it really isn't what it used to be.  It's in need of a major renovation.  In all honestly, I'd love to bring my own kids here someday, but it's hard for me to recommend it in it's current state.  Let's hope Pizza King Avon gets it's act together by then.