Big Wok Mongolian BBQ in Manhattan Beach, CA

I am not going to lie. I had a hard time believing Lauren when she claimed that this used to be a Pizza Hut. Nothing about it jumps out at me as having once been a Pizza Hut. But, again, I am forced to give benefit of the doubt to people who have foggy memories of having been places in the 90s. Plus a few Google searches lead me to believe that this restaurant (or the property, I can't tell which) is actually owned by Pizza Hut. The internet is never wrong.

I enjoy Mongolian food because I am pretty sure it is just Chinese food that you eat more of. Big Wok sounds like it can fulfill the need that I have to stuff massive amounts of fried rice into my face. A visit to Manhattan Beach, CA might be in my near future.

I might even have a birthday party there.

Cars 2 Credit in Lancaster, PA

So, it turns out that opening a crappy used car lot in a former Pizza Hut may not be the best business plan. I am using the previous posts on this blog as my empirical evidence for this hypothesis.

Loyal reader, Harrisburg native, and commercial real estate agent Amanda (who is now batting .500, for those keeping track) sent this one in in a fit of nostalgia, dreaming about that night in 1993 when she came to this Pizza Hut after her graduation rehearsal (if you don't practice graduating, you might graduate wrong).

There are a lot of landmarks along the Lincoln Highway that are worth noting -- That coffee-pot-shaped building in Bedford. The original location of the Leaning Tower of Pisa before it was moved to Italy (the fact checker has off today). And, of course, not this place, because no one really cares about how you put Whoomp! (There It Is) on the jukebox and then got drunk on cheap vodka and barfed all over the parking lot on that fateful graduation rehearsal evening in 1993.

Monte Carlo Pizza in Harrisburg, PA DID NOT Used to Be a Pizza Hut!

Not even close, but thanks for the submission, Amanda. I actually remember eating at this place as a kid. It may have been something else then, but definitely not a Pizza Hut.

Mediterranean Food Warehouse in Paraparaumu, New Zealand

In Paraparaumu, New Zealand, there is only one place that used to be a Nando's Chicken that Used to be a Pizza Hut that you can visit to get good, warehouse-style Mediterranean food, and that place is the Mediterranean Food Warehouse, right off of SH 1N. Personally, this one seems a little but suspect. I don't really see many of the telltale signs of a former Pizza Hut in this photo, but loyal reader Dan, who (I checked) is neither member of Flight of the Conchords, despite being from New Zealand, assures me that, at one time, this was, indeed, a Pizza Hut. Well I am not one to argue with a Kiwi over matters of local history, flightless birds, or locations with addresses that don't seem like real addresses, so I will trust our friend Dan and assume that either the former Nando's or the current MFW (I don't feel like typing all of that again) really did a number on this place. That is quite sad to me.Or else Dan is a liar.

FoxNews.com Loves UTBAPH

Filed under "Hey, now my dad will finally see my blog" news,  FoxNews.com had the insight to do an article about UTBAPH and even link to it from the front page for a little while.

They even did a nice slideshow of some of the better posts from the site. Now that Huffington Post and FoxNews have each linked to this blog, I feel like we have covered all ends of the political spectrum, so now there is no excuse for anyone to not Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.

Carewell Urgent Care in South Dennis, MA

When you are in South Dennis, MA, it is hard to think that anything can go wrong. Maybe in Dennis proper, where all of the Cape Cod gangs hang out, sure, you could get knifed over a bowl of chowder, but in easygoing South Dennis, injuries are rare.

But here in South Dennis, the sadness of the loss of a Pizza Hut was a lot to take for the townsfolk. Local resident and submitter, Duke, offered only a simple eulogy.

"She was a fine establishment. Out here we are people who believe in two things: Tom Brady and Pizza Hut. Whether it was choking in the big game or choking on an overabundance of greasy cheese, we yearn for the better times of both of our sacred icons."

But, alas, there is relief in the form of the CareWell Urgent Care Center. Whether you jumped out a window during a Super Bowl between the Pats and Giants, or smashed a hand while vandalizing a Giants' fan car after a different Super Bowl between the Pats and Giants, it is good to know that you can find respite in the old Pizza Hut.

Sometimes, we all need urgent care. Especially during the playoffs.

Latham Biryani Restaurant in Latham, NY

Somewhere outside of Schenectady, NY (which is probably more fun to say than to visit) is the town of Latham, NY (which is neither fun to say nor visit, if I had to guess). In Latham, all of the photos are blurry and everyone drives a Chevy Malibu. That is all I know about Latham, and I learned most of that from this photo.

Oh wait, plus the fact that there was once a Pizza Hut in Latham, which basically just means that Latham was populated sometime prior to 1987. As all good things must end, so did the lifespan of that old Pizza Hut, but lo! A new, better, nearly identically facaded restaurant has opened in the UTBAPHs place, the Latham Biryani, submitted by the lovely Kathleen who is most likely slightly out of focus and drives an Impreza (she is not from Latham).

Now, I don't know about you, but I love Indian food. And, just like most ethnic food, the places that open up in places that used to be other places are the BEST of the best. According to Foursquare, this place serves up an awesome lunch buffet, and, unless you know what the hell you are doing, buffet style is really the only way to eat Indian food. You don't want to order a whole plate of something and then find out that it is just that weird sweet yogurt noodle crap, right? Hell no! You want some naan, some of that chicken that they cook until it turns red, some of that green stuff that might be spinach and curds of some kind, and, last but not least, the curried vegetables. OH GOD THE CURRIED VEGETABLES PLEASE MAKE ME STOP EATING THEM I MIGHT EXPLODE RIGHT HERE AT THE BOOTH.

Yeah, so anyway, Indian food. UTBAPHs. Yeah. That'll do.