On Saturday, March 15, a friend who teaches at Noelani with me sent out a mass e-mail to a bunch of our co-workers. It read something like this:

FYI- The Pizza Hut and Taco Bell in Manoa Marketplace are closing on Tuesday! Read here to find out more.

Yes, this was very big news to our Noelani lunch group. We have given the little take-out fast food joint lots of business over the years! At least once a month, one of us would call in an order and make a lunch run to Taco Bell. And the delicious Pizza Hut pizzas would show up as faculty refreshments a few times a year (just last month, the purchased pizza saved my grade level from having to prepare refreshments- picking up pizza is so much easier than slaving away in the kitchen!).

The closing of Pizza Hut and Taco Bell really came as a surprise to us, as I’m sure it did to many others in the community. I would always see the place full of kids after school grabbing a quick snack, or moms and dads heading to their cars with a stack of pizza boxes in their hands at dinnertime.

Now comes the big question- what will occupy the space left behind? Does anyone have the inside scoop? I’m personally hoping for another eatery! If you could choose what would take Taco Bell/Pizza Hut’s space, what would it be?

The letter that was posted for a few days prior to the closing of Pizza Hut and Taco Bell

Pizza Hut and Taco Bell officially closed

Tags: Manoa Marketplace, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell

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