Happy Joe's пицца тізбегі: тарихы мен дамуы

Pizza chain in the United States

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| owner = Dynamic Restaurant Holdings with a location in Egypt, which opened in October 2022. The idea for Happy Joe's came from a combination of a pizza parlor and ice cream palace. On September 15, 2022, Happy Joe's filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, and would close several corporate owned stores, although franchise owned restaurants are not affected by the bankruptcy.

Joseph Whitty's "Happy Joe's" claimed to be the first pizza restaurant to offer a taco pizza (a pizza with refried bean/tomato sauce, cheese, lettuce, tomato and taco chips). After a franchisee suggested adding tacos to the menu, Whitty invented the restaurant's best selling product, the Taco Pizza.

In 2005, Happy Joe's started offering breakfast pizzas at select locations.

In 2013, Happy Joe's started offering flatbread pizzas. He was inspired to include birthday parties in his restaurant concept after he got disciplined after hosting one at the Shakey's Pizza he managed.

Joegurt is the chain's signature ice cream product that combines ice cream with yogurt. It is available at all the locations including the Pizza Grille locations. It is not currently sold in grocery stores.

The chain was started in 1972 by Lawrence Joseph "Happy Joe" Whitty after he was disciplined for throwing a child a birthday party while working at Shakey's Pizza. Birthday parties became a centerpoint for the restaurant as did its signature taco pizza (claimed by the chain to be the first pizza place to offer such an item) and Joegurt (ice cream infused yogurt). In the 1980s, the chain had operated a location in Cairo, Egypt that was shaped like a boat and was situated on the Nile River. A follow up restaurant in Coralville was lost to floods in 2008, but it was rebuilt and continued to operate. In the mid 2010s, the chain debuted a new concept alongside the traditional restaurants called Happy Joe's Pizza Grille where you can get traditional American fare such as Rubens alongside their signature pizza and Joegurt. They also feature a small buffet featuring their pizzas as well. The chain also had a presence in Arizona with two since closed stores, however, a return to Arizona is in the works with plans to open more restaurants in the state in the future. On October 29, 2019, Happy Joe Whitty died at the age of 82 at the Clarissa C. Cook Hospice Center. In 2022, the chain has plans to expand their operations to the Middle East and North Africa. They have plans to open at least 25 new restaurants across Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Morocco, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the U. A. E. over the course of 10 years. The first locations the chain plans to openen in Cairo, Egypt,