texas 3006 on khou

[lildave40]

This morning I was going through FB and I saw a post from KHOU and a pizza location. As I read the Gun Bashing I saw a response from the Texas 3006. I wanted to thank you for your professionalism on your response. Below is the link

http://www.khou.com/entertainment/dinin ... /326989714

[n5wmk]

Agree - very good response by Texas3006.com

[TreyHouston]

Wow! Read the comments below. Now we are inbreeds, and pi pizza even makes a comment about vets! This guys is just too much!

[bblhd672]

Typical liberal/progressive response to people whom they don't agree with - name calling and threats.

[Mxrdad]

Seems like he is dancing around the fact he told a potential customer to ... Off. Its his choice to post the signs, not much I can do about that. I wish the reporter would have pressed him more about why a business owner thinks he can tell customers to ......... and not feel any repercussions of that. My biggest beef with this owner is what he said, not his signs.

[Charles L. Cotton]

Something tells me the "owner's" revenue has not increased by the numbers he claims. If he cannot express himself without the vulgar comments, then it speaks volumes about his outlook and lack of respect for others. I think the video said he has been open for nine months. Let's look back in a year and see if this delightful follow is still in business.

Chas.

[SHogun62]

I wonder if this idiot will still be saying [abbreviated profanity deleted by moderator; we've had to handle almost a dozen posts using this abbreviation; please stop using it] when some thug walks in, readies a firearm and asks for a large pie and everything in the register "For carry out"?

[Jusme]

I don't live in Houston, but no pizza is that good. Hope he is happy with his obvious invitation to criminals.

[Skiprr]

Something tells me the "owner's" revenue has not increased by the numbers he claims.... I think the video said he has been open for nine months. Let's look back in a year and see if this delightful follow is still in business.

Actually, the restaurant opened slightly less than one month ago today. For 4 1/2 years, Pi Pizza was a food truck owned and operated by a guy named Anthony Calleo. Calleo partnered with the gracious gentleman in the video, Lee Ellis. Ellis is the money behind the move to brick-and-mortar, and his mouth may doom Calleo's baby barely before it gets off the ground. (And if you want to stay away, Ellis owns Cherry Pie Hospitality, whose properties include State Fare, Petite Sweets, Lee's Fried Chicken & Donuts and Lee's Creamery.)

The stated increases in revenue may well be valid. After all, if you're looking only at your 4th week in business, any data you assume is an indication of trending is totally bogus. Any business person knows you can't determine trends until you establish baseline, and you have zero baseline for a brick-and-mortar in three weeks.

BTW, I checked Pi Pizza's Facebook page last Monday when this first hit, and it had a full complement of chronological posts in its timeline, before and all the way through its delayed opening. That includes the profanity in multiple posts by Ellis directed at a customer who politely and civilly noted his personal opinion. Now, there is an animated GIF thanking Houston for the overwhelming support (the restaurant has dropped from 4 to 2.5 stars in Google reviews in 48 hours) heading a post from September 26, and no other posts appear prior to March 21, 2014. They've pulled them all down, including the ones by Ellis insulting a customer at the drop of a hat.

Hopefully, this means someone has convinced Ellis to get off the keyboard and maybe hire a branding or customer service consultant.

If he cannot express himself without the vulgar comments, then it speaks volumes about his outlook and lack of respect for others.

It's this precisely, for me. Pi Pizza has every right under Texas law to prohibit LTC holders from carrying in the establishment. I appreciate and respect that completely.

Had Ellis simply responded that he understood, but wished Kyle would consider returning...well, the whole enchilada would have been a total non-issue.

Instead, Ellis's knee-jerk reaction was targeted profanity and "keep your money." It's that response that incensed an entire class of Texas citizens (yep; we're a class, as determined in a year-old pending class action lawsuit). Imagine what the outcry would have been--and the very different media treatment--had it been a different population class that had been insulted. Quick, think of the first three classes that pop into your head.

I don't think we'll have to wait a year, Charles. The restaurant business is a very fickle one. Calleo's Pi Pizza Truck became an icon in the area, and got a lot of media attention for the pizza, in a model that made it's money selling mainly by-the-slice. The truck is now no more, and the brick-and-mortar doesn't sell slices, only whole pizzas...plus, of course, other items including salads and desserts and alcoholic beverages. Whole different business model. But it ain't true that there's no such thing as bad publicity.

[Jusme]

Something tells me the "owner's" revenue has not increased by the numbers he claims.... I think the video said he has been open for nine months. Let's look back in a year and see if this delightful follow is still in business.

Actually, the restaurant opened slightly less than one month ago today. For 4 1/2 years, Pi Pizza was a food truck owned and operated by a guy named Anthony Calleo. Calleo partnered with the gracious gentleman in the video, Lee Ellis. Ellis is the money behind the move to brick-and-mortar, and his mouth may doom Calleo's baby barely before it gets off the ground. (And if you want to stay away, Ellis owns Cherry Pie Hospitality, whose properties include State Fare, Petite Sweets, Lee's Fried Chicken & Donuts and Lee's Creamery.)

The stated increases in revenue may well be valid. After all, if you're looking only at your 4th week in business, any data you assume is an indication of trending is totally bogus. Any business person knows you can't determine trends until you establish baseline, and you have zero baseline for a brick-and-mortar in three weeks.

BTW, I checked Pi Pizza's Facebook page last Monday when this first hit, and it had a full complement of chronological posts in its timeline, before and all the way through its delayed opening. That includes the profanity in multiple posts by Ellis directed at a customer who politely and civilly noted his personal opinion. Now, there is an animated GIF thanking Houston for the overwhelming support (the restaurant has dropped from 4 to 2.5 stars in Google reviews in 48 hours) heading a post from September 26, and no other posts appear prior to March 21, 2014. They've pulled them all down, including the ones by Ellis insulting a customer at the drop of a hat.

Hopefully, this means someone has convinced Ellis to get off the keyboard and maybe hire a branding or customer service consultant.

If he cannot express himself without the vulgar comments, then it speaks volumes about his outlook and lack of respect for others.

It's this precisely, for me. Pi Pizza has every right under Texas law to prohibit LTC holders from carrying in the establishment. I appreciate and respect that completely.

Had Ellis simply responded that he understood, but wished Kyle would consider returning...well, the whole enchilada would have been a total non-issue.

Instead, Ellis's knee-jerk reaction was targeted profanity and "keep your money." It's that response that incensed an entire class of Texas citizens (yep; we're a class, as determined in a year-old pending class action lawsuit). Imagine what the outcry would have been--and the very different media treatment--had it been a different population class that had been insulted. Quick, think of the first three classes that pop into your head.

I don't think we'll have to wait a year, Charles. The restaurant business is a very fickle one. Calleo's Pi Pizza Truck became an icon in the area, and got a lot of media attention for the pizza, in a model that made it's money selling mainly by-the-slice. The truck is now no more, and the brick-and-mortar doesn't sell slices, only whole pizzas...plus, of course, other items including salads and desserts and alcoholic beverages. Whole different business model. But it ain't true that there's no such thing as bad publicity.

Once again, Skiprr comes through as our resident internet sleuth, and gets all the dirt on these guys. Great post Skiprr! Yeah he sounds like a real gem of a guy. (by the way I mowed my yard in case you are looking at anything up my direction )

[RoyGBiv]

From http://houston.culturemap.com/news/rest ... -campaign/ (bottom of page)

Pi Pizza has created a [name redacted] Pizza and will donate 100-percent of proceeds to The 100 Club

If I was local, I'd go in for a donation pizza if "100% of proceeds" are actually going to a very worthy cause... Seems like the thing to do.
I wonder what's on that pizza.. Crow?

[Charles L. Cotton]

From http://houston.culturemap.com/news/rest ... -campaign/ (bottom of page)

Pi Pizza has created a [name redacted] Pizza and will donate 100-percent of proceeds to The 100 Club

If I was local, I'd go in for a donation pizza if "100% of proceeds" are actually going to a very worthy cause... Seems like the thing to do.
I wonder what's on that pizza.. Crow?

Chas.

[Charles L. Cotton]

Thanks Skiprr, I was wrong about how long they had been open. You're right, percentage increases over a single month are meaningless.

Chas.

[Charles L. Cotton]

Agree - very good response by Texas3006.com

That was an excellent response Russell!
Chas.

[SewTexas]

huh, their, FB page was edited just now, while I was on it. the video was there, with comments, then, it was gone. No posts since Jan 2014. serious damage control.