RIP Ybor Pizza!?

An email from Chuck Gutz:

In other pizza news... After a lingering illness brought on by neglect and
poor management Ybor Pizza & Subs was finally allowed to die on Friday,
March 23. Despite valiant efforts to save her, she was killed by greed.
After being recently sold to a new owner (who locked her in the basement and
fed her crumbs) The staff and management were notified of the change with
less than 12 hours notice. Thanks to Terry and Augustine for their class and
tact in conducting business. To some Pizza & Subs' passing will be no big
loss. To those of us who loved this place and worked dilligently in the face
of many obstacles, this is a huge blow. I first walked into Pizza & Subs in 1990
(originally on 8th Avenue in what is now Centro Ybor-ed) for a slice and
after a conversation with the owner was offered a job.
I worked there on and off for 11 years until I moved away from the bay area.
When I moved back home YP&S was my first stop. I was thrilled to see
familiar faces, but I was horrified to see the state the place was in after
years of apathy on the part of kitchen manager Scott 'Jungle Yard' Barrick.
I came back and tried to remedy the situation, but the inertia of neglect
was like swimming in honey. Over the following months we cut the dead wood,
improved the quality of service and product, and built a tight crew that
functioned as a team. What would 6 more months have shown? We will never
know. I know this will garner negative posts and flames, but remember that
to some of us this was a family; a family destroyed by the greed and apathy
of a few. Our love extends to all of our family members but especially-
Kerry Thomson, Rex, Kurt, Kirk, Mary, Marta, Belinda, Ed, Fletcher, Otto,
Kevin Lousy, Stoney Tony, Charlie Doan, Potts, Hubcap, Stephany, Birgitte,
Big Sam, Uaratiex, Crackhead Steve, Brenda and her demon Brood, Chaka,
Archie, Joli, Mudshark, Lewis Clark, Floyd, Martha the fathead, Mike
No-Land, Shoy-boy, J.D., Miss Beverly, David the jew, Ashley, Swinger Steve,
Vanessa and Taj, Gail, Mark, Danny, Possum, Marmaset, Dallas, Morgan with
the Wrench, Tiphany (all of em), Kalani, Rolling John, Count(0), Spanky,
Smack Rick, Ernie, Big Tittie Katie, Andre, Billy Budget, Kelly Kombat, Rick
and Amy, Girl Chris, Brittish Chris, Big Chris (R.I.P.), Chris & Eddie
(R.I.P. brothers), Marley (R.I.P.), Big Gay Pat, T Rick Dangerous, Shane,
Irish Al (kill a brit!), Irish John, Hobert (R.I.P.?), Paulie, Rough Riders
(the bar not the rich boy club), Madame Amnesia, Anjelica and John, Blue
Devil Tattoo,the Colson clan, Bad Penny (stay up), Jules, Junky Jim, Shut up
Jackie, Dave, Jeff, Donny, Otter, Paul the Plumber, Paula, Magadog, G.G.
Allin, Green Day, Fugazi (you still aint gettin pizza), Tibetan Dread,
Claude Kennedy, Sabastian Bach, Sonic Youth, Fishbone, Nazi Hunter Jew Boys,
Josting Elders, FFF, The Independents..................

.............. And
every other wierd, pierced, tattooed, tracked, combat booted, chemically
challenged, disenfranchised, gothic, mohawked, squatter, punk rock, biker,
gangster, BEAUTIFUL LOSER who ever walked through our front door and felt a
kinship to us. I LOVE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU WITH ALL OF MY HEART! YOU
ARE ALL HEROES! STAY FREE- chuckgutz