Eatza Pizza was a pizza buffet chain that became popular in the late 1990s and early 2000s. It offered an all-you-can-eat setup with many pizza and pasta choices, fried chicken, macaroni and cheese, and housemade Zatos, along with a salad bar. Customers could also choose Sicilian pizza, fill salad bowls, and eat desserts, often while using a games room with arcade-style entertainment. The chain opened in Scottsdale, Arizona in 1997 and grew to nearly 100 restaurants across multiple states. It promised at least 18 pizza options and extensive desserts. Popularity declined quickly after a change in ownership in 2003, and the chain later vanished.
"Eatza Pizza was best known for its all-you-can-eat buffet, which served rows and rows of endless pizzas and pastas, as well as fried chicken, macaroni and cheese, and housemade Zatos (a fried potato specialty). There was even a salad bar. You could grab a slice or two of Sicilian pizza, fill up your salad bowl, stuff yourself on dessert, and send the kids off to play in the restaurant's decked-out games room."
"Originally opened in Scottsdale, Arizona in 1997, Eatza Pizza drew customers in with the promises of a pizza buffet featuring at least 18 different options at any given time, along with an extensive selection of desserts. Even if a different restaurant claims the title of the best all-you-can-eat buffet in Arizona, Eatza Pizza is still largely remembered as "when pizza was actually pizza and tasted good," according to a commenter on Facebook."
"By the mid-2000s, things went downhill fast for Eatza Pizza. It had already changed hands once in 2003, but by 2007, the buffet restaurant fou"
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