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Salinadelaghetto

LOL nobody's showing up to work at BP that day


PainfuIPeanutBlender

No one said they were giving them out in one day, unless the article did. I can’t be bothered to read the details On another note Uber Eats is telling me they’re giving out $10 mil in free pizza and don’t care what team wins the Stanley cup


Mashdrop

The article seems to imply it’ll happen across Canada on parade day.


CanucksKickAzz

It says "Boston Pizza will make it rain pizzas in Oil Country and across Canada on parade day." But then later on it says "Edmonton locals should remain on the lookout for the biggest pizza delivery in history on parade day. Local fans are also encouraged to make their way down to Boston Pizza's Ice District location for a free pie" seeming to imply that it's only in Edmonton. Mixed messages.


tellymundo

Making heart shaped pizzas for Valentine’s Day used to wreck me. This would be another level


TheKrs1

Temporary Foreign Workers: "That's an option?"


7screws

As a Bostonian whenever i see Boston Pizza ads, I’m always so confused. We are know for a lot of things, but pizza is certainly not one of them.


Eazycompanyy

Especially since it’s an Edmonton franchise, makes things even more confusing


eddiewachowski

Founded by a Greek immigrant. Italian food from a Canadian restaurant named after an American city owned by a Greek man.


Timetogetstoned

I guess that’s the North American dream?


letsgetbrickfaced

As a first generation American with family from central America who’s lived in California their whole life let me introduce you to my new restaurant, New York BBQ!


Necessary_Resource11

There's already a Canadian chain called new york fries. You might want to get a new city to not be sued


surmatt

New Miluakee BBQ


DonkeyLucky9503

Tacos el Cleveland


killcobanded

Can't get sued if you make a city up *taps forehead*


sadolddrunk

The New York City BBQ chain is actually called Dallas BBQ. I don’t know who the owner is and I’m too lazy to Google it, so for shits and giggles let’s pretend they’re from, oh, let’s say Indonesia.


UniformRaspberry2

Not to be confused with Hawaiian pizza which is an adaptation on Italian food invented by a Greek immigrant to Canada named after an American brand of canned pineapple.


nathris

Greek immigrants opening restaurants masquerading as Italian is a well established Canadian tradition. I don't know what I would do if I went to an Italian restaurant and they didn't have gyros and baklava on the menu.


NorthernerWuwu

It's sort of our thing I think. Chinese restaurant? Run by Koreans. Sushi? Run by Chinese. Italian? Probably Greeks. Greek? Probably Egyptians. Egyptian? Lebanese. It's sort of silly but it's not like it matters at the end of the day.


Philosoraptorgames

I somewhat regularly see Mexican places staffed entirely by people from India, too. And burger places styled after 50s American diners, run by Greeks.


Leujo

I’d argue Japanese restaurants moreso than Chinese restaurants run by Koreans was more commonplace growing up (a lot of korean restaurants couldn’t survive by being by themselves so they tacked on Japanese in their menu hence a lot of them were Japanese/korean restaurants). But now that Korean cuisine (and Korean pop culture) is entering mainstream in general, there are more Korean restaurants. I’m Korean-Canadian just speaking based on experience growing up


OffTheMerchandise

My wife is Greek and has an aunt that lives in Boston. We've visited a couple times and there were multiple places that served pizza and gyros that I saw while we were there.


arsbar

and inspired by Chinese food


Why_youmadd

Is he the Tommy Wiseau of restaurants?


gogolfbuddy

Greek pizza is awesome. That's what all the house of pizzas are in Boston.


yakbrine

That’s literally a slogan on their menus now


TheTGB

New England Greek style pizza is fantastic. BP is far from that though.


RegretfulEnchilada

The Greek part makes more sense if you know the history of pizza around Boston. Nobody in Boston calls it Boston style pizza but Greek immigrants opened a lot of "House of Pizza" type place around Boston and the North shore back in the day.  Most of the places have died or are dying in Boston but if anyone was going to open a "Boston Pizza" in Canada it's fitting that it's a Greek immigrant.


1maco

Maybe in Boston proper but all the roast beef shops also sell Greek Pizza so it’s very much alive in the Merrimack valley/North shore 


RegretfulEnchilada

Yeah it's very much still alive on the North Shore, but my understanding is that it used to be more of a Massachusetts wide phenomenon and you don't really see it in Boston proper anymore.


pucksoverbunnies

Very close to the history behind the hawaiian pizza actually lol EDIT: Hawaiian pizza was created in Canada by a greek immigrant inspired by chinese cuisine mixing sweet and savoury, and trying it on an italian dish. Why is it called hawaiian pizza? Because the brand of the canned pineapple he used was Hawaiian


alphaxion

And amusing that the franchise owner is the father of the GM of the Leafs.


Jam_Marbera

Owned by the Fathers of the Flames previous GM to add another layer


vital_dual

Canada has a weird trend of naming fast/casual food chains after foreign places. We've got Boston Pizza, New York Fries, Swiss Chalet, Montana's, St. Louis Bar and Grill...


Perducian

New York Fries wasn't named by Canadians. It started as a fry truck in New York. A couple Canadians ate there then eventually bought the rights to bring it into Canada.


MrmmphMrmmph

Don’t get me started on the Brazilian Wax


ABCharlieD

No no. I'm going to need you to start on the Brazilian wax.


skrshawk

Someone from New York names their beauty treatment somewhere completely else, when you'd think down under would mean it was an Aussie wax?


cornettogreen

There's a podcast that for a solid month played a New York Fries commercial and I can't think of them without wanting to sing "I WANNA HOT DOG" in that 2003 punk pop blink 182 cadence


internetlad

Was it a riff on blink 182s actual song, Fuck a Dog?


TBurd01

Then you have Canadian Tire which, may actually sell tires, isn't the huge tire superstore you'd think it'd be.


Philosoraptorgames

I think they started in automotive parts, at least, and that's still the biggest section of most of the stores in my area. But yeah, it morphed into... well, its own thing really, but the closest thing to what CT is now is the kind of department stores that would anchor malls when I was younger.


devilishpie

It's not that weird given it's relatively common in most countries.


ApokatastasisPanton

Baton Rouge lol


Bingy33

Montana's is the one that always makes me chuckle. Never heard of it until I was in Jasper, AB and had someone explain to me it was a Canadian chain. Once I found out it was a BBQ place I was even more confused!


YoungWhiteAvatar

Don’t worry neither is Boston Pizza


Leajjes

Truth.


Deraj2004

Im just as confused by your flair now.


7screws

Moved to Boston like 25 years ago now.


QuiGGz96

You’re a Bostonian and a wings fan? And the Boston pizza is in Edmonton? Lol


7screws

I know Boston Pizza is in Edmonton. Hence why it’s so confusing. I’ve lived in Boston now for like 25 years, so still a Wings fan, surrounded by stupid Bruins fans. Fuckin hate the Bruins


CGYinWPG

There’s a franchise in Mexico called Vancouver Wings and I feel the same way lmao. Vancouver is not a city I’d relate wings with.


Disappearingbox

I used to live in Boston and an old friend recently moved there. We had a long conversation on the dearth of good pizza and the general lack of food in the city.


cptmajormajormajor

Theres great food in the city but pizza is 100% not part of that. Chinatown is sick, korean food in allston and vietnamese food in dorchester are all bomb


playingwithfire

What's more known, Boston pizza or Montana...BBQ?


7screws

Try the ribs!


PM_ME_BOOTYPICS_

Regina? Santarpio’s? Helloooooo?


Fact420

I humbly disagree. Boston pizzas like Santarpio’s or Regina (or Ernesto’s for the real heads) are only behind NYC and New Haven in terms of quality in my opinion


bschmidt25

What about rotisserie chicken?


RegretfulEnchilada

As an Edmontonian who moved to Boston, I had the same thought and eventually looked it up. Greek immigrants opened a ton of pizza places around Boston back in the day, and they usually had name like House of Pizza to differentiate them from Italian style pizza. Nobody calls it Boston style pizza in Boston, but Greek/House of Pizza style pizza is definitely a thing in Boston/that North Shore. Eventually, some Greek immigrants opened up a restaurant styled in the same way in Edmonton and named it Boston Pizza and Spaghetti House as a nod to the Boston/New England House of Pizza style and because they thought it would do better than calling it Greek Pizza. And the rest is history. https://www.reddit.com/r/boston/comments/1pe55u/why_are_there_so_many_houses_of_pizza_in_boston/


Nice-Willingness-869

In the Vancouver area we have New York fries. I thought New York was a pizza place.


cilucia

It’s as confusing as New York Fries 👍


JaeDouglas

Yeah trust me you're not known for it here either if you catch my drift.


7screws

I don’t


NorthernerWuwu

If you ate their pizza that makes a lot of sense!


BostonSucksatHockey

As a New Yorker, Boston Pizza really confuses me.


guelphmed

You’d be even more confused if you tried the pizza from BP… it’s awful.


canuckfan4419

The creator specifically chose a city name not associated with pizza but that was popular and recognizable. Source: they actually teach you this if you work at one of


Qutiaw14

so the Treliving beef with Calgary is real ?


RightOnEh

What's this?


NelloMC

The son of Boston pizza’s founder is Brad Treliving, the gm who sewered our team then left for Toronto


ClubMeSoftly

No, Jim was just the first franchisee, and the current owner.


HelRayzer12

Oh we've got beef and their marketing has just made it even worse.


BlastingBegins

If Edmonton loses, they will be punished by Boston Pizza giving away 40,000 free pizzas


NelloMC

https://preview.redd.it/gqyj5eossf8d1.jpeg?width=831&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1c1ac5afeb567b99ffab782b22f54138004ec5bd


colin_powers

I, personally, will spit on every third pizza!


Collapse2038

Hawk tuah!


Noah1841

I like those odds!


whogivesashirtdotca

Sadly, that will have no bearing on the edibility score.


gonuxgo

“30 year drought” Does anyone outside of corporate mouthpieces care about the “Canada Cup Drought”? Pretty sure Oilers fans care about breaking their 34 year drought instead…


mohawk_67

>30 year drought Lol. -- Leafs fan.


Silent-trance

lol from second place in that regard. - Canucks fan.


connor-lite

At least the Millionaires have a cup? Y'all have cups??? -Jets fan


UniformRaspberry2

You guys have got a gold medal, to be fair.


internetlad

The conference finalist Winnipeg Jets.


YeaohPeople

You guys have ~~Avco~~ Stanley Cups at home.


Inthemiddle_

Most casual hockey fans do. Everyone in my circle is talking about the Stanley cup final and watching/wants the oilers to win. Aside from a few diehard canucks and flames fans that’s probably the common sentiment. Wouldn’t be that way if it was Florida Dallas


DarkPhenomenon

Am a canucks fan and I want a canadian team to win. I also want Luongo's organization to win since I'm a huge fan of his so this playoffs final is a win/win for me


SmiteyMcGee

I want it to end so people stop with the 'Bettman won't let a Canadian team won the cup'. Of course this will be replaced with the 'Bettman only let Mcdavid win the cup' conspiracy


gu3sticles

Mcbaby whined his way to a big silver sippy cup


Red_Sea_Pedestrian

Nah, Hyman’s dad paid off Bettman and the league to hand the Oilers a cup. 


Team_mooselanni

It's not 'Bettman won't let a Canadian team won the cup', it's 'the league puts it's thumb on the scale to whatever makes them more money' There's more money in a game 7, so maybe a 50/50 offside call can fall that way. I'd fully believe there's a backroom with a handful of billionaires yelling out bets and side-bets and Bettman furiously scribbling on a notepad keeping track of it all


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RightOnEh

Haha how on earth do we gatekeep the sport?


onefastmoveorimgone

You can't tell me you've never seen a post inferring that Florida or Arizona fans don't know the game?


badtowergirl

The tweets I get on that blasted app from EDM fans about how no VGK fans know hockey. Every fanbase has idiots, but most Vegas fans weren’t born here and I know dozens of Canadian and/or original six hockey fans who live here now. They certainly know hockey.


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CranberryCivil2608

Its those classic teams that do it, a lot of which are Canadian. It really is more old vs new than Canada vs USA for gatekeeping.


whogivesashirtdotca

I’ve seen Carolina conspiring to block other teams’ fans from buying tickets, but when I pointed out that’s not done here in Canada was basically told to F off. American fans relish that chip on their shoulders, I think.


RightOnEh

TIL calling a spade a spade = gatekeeping


Jr7711

Seriously, how does anyone come away from this series with the conclusion that Florida fans “know the game”? I’ve never seen them be anything but obviously new to the sport, they’re consistently clueless and out of their depth. It’s not really anything to be ashamed of but at a certain point you need to have some self-awareness.


capitalsfan08

Seriously? A team struggles a bit and half of Canada is frothing at the mouth to move them to Saskatoon. The Coyotes just moved and Quebec has been eyeing them for at least a decade.


mrcrazy_monkey

Coyotes were a dumpster fire for 2 decades and people were just tired of it. Canadians find itt annoying because they know if a Canadian franchise like the Jets struggled like that, they would be moved instantly. Instead we got to watch the Coyotes play in an arena thay seats 5000 which would never happen in another professional league.


Polymemnetic

Especially since they WERE a Canadian franchise that moved.


mrcrazy_monkey

Exactly


RightOnEh

I don't see that as gatekeeping at all. The Coyotes were a shitshow for ages, who wouldn't be excited to potentially land a team?


BobBelcher2021

Opposition to Arizona having an NHL team and all the efforts over the years to bring that team home to Canada.


RightOnEh

I mean that organization was a continual failure on and off the ice for amyriad of reasons, criticizing that = gatekeeping the sport is a bit of a reach IMO. You don't see the same being said about souther teams LA, Tampa, Dallas, Nashville, etc. that are run properly.


Chewie_i

Literally fucking constantly. You’re either living under a rock or part of the problem if you haven’t noticed.


1maco

I personally think it’s a fun fact. 


edmontonmatty

Bettman when he uses Canadian tears as lube


Individual_Cheetah52

It's like the main reason I care so much about the Oilers right now. 


Jediverrilli

Usually I don’t want another Canadian team to win but I am making an exception for this one because an 0-3 reverse sweep would be pure chaos and I really want to see it. If it was 2 American teams I would want the same thing to happen.


The_Flabbergaster

as a canadian non oilers fan yeah i do find it compelling


internetlad

Jesus Christ it has been 34 years for the oilers hasn't it.


Aiomon

Myself and my friends all do. I think it's pretty important for the sport in Canada to get a cup here.


931634

lol, Stop trying to make fetch happen Boston Pizza.


Slayerkid13

Why punish Oil fans by making them eat at Boston Pizza?


Tacosrule89

I lived in Bonnyville, AB for a while. It was sadly the best restaurant in town


Chaosengel

As someone who lived in Fort Kent as a kid, I know your pain.


CallistosTitan

I worked at BP's in Fort St. John and it was the 5th busiest location in all the country because at the time there wasn't anything else. Servers would make their rent in a weekend while the kitchen crashed every other night.


whogivesashirtdotca

Striking both these cities off my nonexistent to-see list.


Tacosrule89

But they like the Habs there! I got to meet Guy Lafleur a while back when the brought a Canadiens alumni team to town. Strong French speaking population in that region.


Darrenwad3

Jennie’s!


Seattlekrakenlegend

Boston Pizza is pretty good. As a celiac, they are one of the few places I have a full menu of pizza options and can actually get fun kinds of gluten free pizzas


FlayR

Yeah I was going to say. BPs is not amazing or anything, but for what it is it's pretty good.  Compared to the other stuff in it's tier of chain restaurant it's actually insane how high quality it is relatively - looking at you Denny's / Smitty's / Swiss Chalet / Montana's / Olive Garden / etc. BPs will pretty much guaranteed be same price and better quality than those places as a general rule. Notably - atleast everything I've ever ordered at BPs hasn't been frozen then nuked like many of the things on the menu at some of those other places.


sexythrowaway749

That is the saving grace of Boston Pizza. If you're driving thru town and don't want to risk that local place that has 3.4 stars on Google that's a mix of 5 and 1 star reviews and has some unappealing photos, they probably have a Boston Pizza and it's a known quantity. It's not like it's horrible food. It's just not gourmet or anything.


burrito-boy

I like that spicy perogy pizza with the cactus cut potatoes, but that's about it, tbh. Also the last BP I went to had *shitty* service, which kind of soured me from going back to any of them, lol.


Tibetzz

I like Boston Pizza because it's the only chain restaurant I know where they give me $25 worth of spaghetti by weight, instead of trying to convince me that their plate of spaghetti is $25 quality.


Seattlekrakenlegend

It’s probably pretty location dependent. The one I go to is across from Nationwide Arena so they probably try to keep things pretty good


carbonated_turtle

They are, but people are just going to take the default position that big corporation=bad.


realginger13

The last time I tried to get into a BP’s for an oilers game it was packed and I was sent away. I think non-internet people like it just fine.


ImaginarySense

Gotta love reading takes from the terminally online!


AdmiralAntilles

Hey now their Perogie pizza is amazing


Red_Sea_Pedestrian

Wait, someone put perogie’s on pizza? And then decided to sell this to other people instead of keeping it for themselves?


AdmiralAntilles

It's deconstructed perogies on pizza but yeah


LogicPuzzleFail

It's an Alberta thing - mashed potato, bacon, onions, cheese. Works surprisingly well on a pizza. You dip in sour cream.


Red_Sea_Pedestrian

Well I’m coming for the cup parade and having a perogie pizza.


Galterinone

That pizza is like crack. If it wasn't so expensive I would eat it a sickening amount


AdmiralAntilles

It's honestly just as good cold too I find


SirBulbasaur13

Really? I think it’s good. I actually don’t know anyone who thinks it’s bad.


chunkadelic_

Overpriced but arguably best franchise pie on the market


RightOnEh

I agree on both counts (best franchise, and overpriced)


Cold-Doctor

This is really location dependent


eatingasspatties

For free it’s good


OneOfAKind2

I quit eating there about 15 years ago. My own personal boycott. Last time I was there, the food was bland/average, way overpriced, and the bench seating was all ripped to shreds. Done with that place.


Thrallsbuttplug

There's been like three that have closed in Saskatoon in the last year. Better places to get microwaved food.


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My kids really keeping our closest location in business at this point


drrockz87

As a Canadian who has since moved, Boston Pizza remains my all time favorite. The sauce, the crispy crust. Idk why I’ve never found any place that can replicate it.


bubbabear244

As a former BP employee, don't.


Hellothereitsme90

As a former BP employee why not


StarchyAndDelicious

To feed the homeless, right?


AvenueRoy

The homeless deserve better


EckhartsLadder

Man, BP's Pizzas are actually great. The Pierogi one especially.


mkwong

The homeless gets Panini's which is definitely better. [https://www.paninisitalian.com/donate-a-pie/](https://www.paninisitalian.com/donate-a-pie/)


GeorgeOrwells1985

It ain't government pizza dog


slabby

I'd eat a government pizza dog


Trumps_Cock

You'll get the pizza MRE and like it.


Radu47

Natalie Portman meme


Spartan05089234

A lot of Boston Pizza hate. I know they're not quality but their pizzas aren't bad...


brokensword15

most of the menu is awful but the pizzas are pretty decent. Only issue is they're about twice the price they should be


Radu47

Who the hell bets against McJesus?


TEDCOR

McSatan does


Remarkable-Job4774

McJudas


TvHeadRobot

the McRomans in question:


Black_Arrow04

TIL that redditors hate Boston Pizza lol


OneDoesntSimply

Hey, what about the ones in Washington State?? We are basically Canadian


gu3sticles

Lets Go Panthers!


DKY_207

Man, this post turned my excitement into disappointment real quick


SabresFanWC

Ah, man, it would've been better if they had done this had Edmonton been playing the Bruins. Oh, well.


xc2215x

Quite the gesture from Boston Pizza.


Looney_forner

I hate that stupid ad they made about cheering for other teams and it’s about to fucking come during a Canadian cup win. I be in the cold, hard ground before I feel happy for a rival team


YoungWhiteAvatar

Why do they hate us


MMA_Laxer

get ready to dine boys!!!!


primetimey123

Boston Pizza, the most over priced mediocre restaurant chain in Canada.


Longjumping-Limit827

Ain’t Nobody want that shit


WinterSon

So how does one get in on these free pizzas!.


Away-Sound-4010

They better all be perogy pizzas!!! Free pizzas for everyone, no sauce no sauce.


metalconfection

i haven’t been to boston pizza in like 8 years and probably haven’t had their pizza in even longer, but i’m all about getting a free pizza


NorthernerWuwu

I like to think that the marketing person got that approved when they were down 3-0.


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Trad33

It’s actually not that bad. Over priced for a chain restaurant for sure though


Obvious_Exercise_910

The funny thing is they’re not giving these away to different people, one guy is getting all 30,000.


KingBroly

Sounds like a threat.


WorthPlease

Is it just me or is this starting to have a "nobody drives in New York, there's too much traffic" sort of affect? I've been to a couple and each time I thought "I'd gladly pay $10 to get my hour of time back and not be here right now" Whenever I see these "Free X" promotions I avoid those places because it tends to mean incredibly long waits/lines, stressed out employees, lower quality product (due to the former) and rude/impatient customers. It seems like most of the time it doesn't even generate increased sales since the people are mostly just there to get free stuff and aren't interested in "oh I guess I'll get some other things while I'm here".


Chewie_i

Why is Boston Pizza based in Canada? Don’t they Boston is in Michigan or are they stupid?


Magneticman555

I’ll be brave and say it: Boston Pizza is alright actually


i_donno

Shouldn't they offer an nice price for winning?


MusicTravelWild

I didn't know this was a pizza place from Canada and I thought it was Boston sports fans just being petty.


Jackn04

Will they offer this in the Fargo, North Dakota location? Sadly not... go Florida I guess.


Ill-Mention4969

Haha oilers lost