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Jawn foul

I wonder if you have to order your drinks on Tuesdays in advance for Friday just to be disappointed in the hype 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

For real (with the caveat that I’ve never actually tried the pizza because of how annoying it seemed to order it)

fucking cringe as all hell

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Same. Getting food should be as seamless as possible.

I refuse to give these guys business because of their convoluted ordering system.

jawn is dead. No more jawn! TIA

Anyone trying to generate an "air of exclusivity" in Manayunk of all places can eat shit.

Is Jawn dead yet?

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Gross. I could tolerate the Pizza Jawn name, as cringe as it was. This is just a step too far lol.

especially pizza

Puke

The pizza is good but I’ve ordered it exactly once because it was such a pain in the ass to order and pick up

catfish-jawn spittin

I never want a business to fail.

But…

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Manayunk Tavern is the best neighborhood bar hands down, and the bar staff (Adrian in particular) are all fantastic. It's such a loss that it's going to be ruined by the most pretentious business in Manayunk.

These guys used to frequent a restaurant I worked in and would come in ~15 minutes or so before the kitchen closed and special order a bunch of food to make it more keto friendly.

My chef at the time absolutely hated them. They did always tip well, to their credit.

Dopey asses

They make great pizza tho

their pizza is fine but it's not like you can't get good pizza at a million places that don't have insanely stupid ordering systems

Its the best pizza ive had hands down but to each their own

please no

They may be the most pretentious, but there is still a whole lotta pretention down there without them

If I open Laundry Jawn will I now get sued?

I personally love post-cringe Jawn. It's so overused by now that it's become hipster ironic or something, and I think it's hilarious watching people get all bent out of shape about it. I think I'm gonna use it even more.

I don’t know what bothers me more.

People saying jawn or people saying cringe.

cough Goat's Beard cough

Thanks for the heads up. Do they have availability for cocktails next month??

thank you for letting me know, I was really concerned about how you were feeling regarding those words

I've had it a few times and it seems like it's probably pretty good for what it is, I just don't really like that super thick Detroit style or whatever it is.

now I'm wondering where else you've had pizza from if that was the best you've ever had

Mediocre

Jawn might be the single worst regional slang term I've heard anywhere. Always sounds terrible and stupid no matter how it's used.

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Union Taphouse is hands down better

Apparently, we’re using “Jaan” now

The name alone is enough reason to avoid it.

It isn't dead. Just too forced. If it's planned than it's not legit. I'm too legit to quit.

It's pretty fucking simple to pick up.... your pick up time is X.... go get it at X

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There's a reason they are selling... bar going downhill for a while.

Tell me you’re not actually from philly without saying you’re not from philly

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Maybe they can have Jawn Morgan at the opening. “Youse Jawns Hurt?”

Maybe they can do a pretzel place called Jawn Dough next.

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Maybe people don’t want to plan their day around eating pizza at a specific time?

Enjoy the 200 other pizza places available to you then

Clearly Ive been doing that, yes

ha the woman owner's name is Ana Lee. Ana L.

like anal

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Scanlons Saloon, Dawson Street Pub, and Union Tap House are all better neighborhood bars in various directions.

Gotta be honest with you, a lot of people were telling me i HAD to try their pizza. “Your from NY! You’re always saying it’s hard to fine a NY slice here, you HAVE to try their pizza”

That shit was gross dude. I do not understand the hype with that place.

Bruh, I’m from North Jersey originally, been here for 4 years… I still have yet to find any pizza here that REMOTELY tastes as good as a true NY/North NJ slice.

Don’t know why you’re getting downvoted, that’s funny.

Jaan is Chinese for Jawn

Dude I’ve given up on it. I’ve just accepted it’s not a thing here. Closest I found is this place in manayunk called Pizzeria l’angolo. Their plain slice is sort of close, as long as you go in knowing it’s not going to the be the same.

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Like don’t get me wrong, I found a good pizza place. Ani’s has decent pizza and great wings, but like you said, don’t expect it to be the same. Apparently someone doesn’t like us trash talking the shit pizza here. That’s ok though, I’ve supplemented with cheesesteaks and pretzels hahaha now those are good here

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Happens every time I bring up the pizza thing too, I’m used to it at this. Idk how else to convey to people “it doesn’t taste like pizza I grew up with ≠ an insult to you or the city. I just don’t like it” but whatever lol.

Agree on the cheesesteaks though, shit is good. I’m definitely adding Ani’s to the list, I haven’t heard of that place.

Clearly you have no taste

It’s a pretty sophisticated joke, they probably don’t understand it

This the definition of a bad jawn

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me and everyone else in here I guess

There's a ton of great pizza spots that aren't cringy

How do they know how you taste? 😶

Time to return the favor 😈

Curious if you've tried Shackamaxon?

Agreed, it's not like I'm ordering clothes

Honestly, I prefer Twisted Ginger’s just a little bit up the hill.

Granted, I’m more partial to thin crust. Pizza Jawn is pretty damn good. It’s ordering there is such a stupid ass nightmare I almost never bother.

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I’m fascinated by the rise of this guy’s business empire. I remember his CrossFit Gym. He was a nice guy though, so I wish him well.

Jawn will never (probably) die in the black community where it came from

Anally

Rediculous

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You people are all miserable lol

They should buy a Mexican restaurant and call it Juan Jawn to complete the trifecta.

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Not going there. Not ever. Not once

Adrian! I only met her a few times, she's so sweet. I hope the new owners keep her.

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Well they actually created the slang and it's not cringy when they use it.

The Rook too!!!

Not even trying to gatekeep but this reeks of transplant

Nobody from Philly actually uses the word jawn unless they have a Percocet addiction and have been in CFCF

bruh i hear it everyday from many different people tf you talking about??

What part of the city?

everywhere i go? i live in north, ride the train, work in cc and hear it all the time. one of my friends grew up in west oak lane and uses it constantly

Yea he on all bullshit lol

I’m in the northeast, port Richmond, fishtown, south Philly. Never hear it unless it’s, like I said, some wanna be.

Or Beddia. Easy 8+s .

Na just from different neighborhoods. It’s not that big of a word where I’m at. Not since the 90s at least or unless you’re 35 and act like you’re 16 still

that might be why, jawn is largely a black philadelphian thing

Well, in my experience it’s not the white Philadelphians who are using it, maybe the transplants pick it up but I don’t have many friends that came from outside of philly. For what it’s worth, I listen to sports talk radio just about everyday and I don’t recall many of the host or callers ever using it, no matter white or black, unless they are specifically talking about the word itself.

You said nobody from philly says it should have just said the neighborhoods eagles season ticket holder here and you hear that shit from the tailgate to the last whistle of the game …… word is alive and well

I rarely hear it used seriously. I don’t see it used seriously on Facebook, I don’t hear it used seriously on WIP sports talk radio and that would come from a wide range of callers from all different parts of the city. It’s def a philly word, it always has been. I just don’t really believe anyone from here would consider it a word to seriously name their business after. I mean someone has so what do I know?

FYI, it’s been plenty easy to get their pizza for a long time now. It’s delicious, give it a try.

Bar Jawn is a dumb name.

People have been saying jawn since the dawn of time in urban communities. So "jawn" is not dead.

But the people who are using it suburban white folk are forcing and using the term incorrectly where it's just becoming cringe!

LIKE YOU CANT USE A NOUN WITH A FUCKIN NOUN. TF IS A BAR JAWN AND A PIZZA JAWN?! FFS!!

I’m born and raised in Philly, still live here and go to Temple, and I did hear jawn organically used among (white) native Philadelphians growing up. I was in high school when jawn started really being co-opted by wannabes/transplants/businesses so it stopped being cool with natives then. When my parents were kids in Philly growing up they used jawn but not as frequently as you’d think

This is among white people from South Philly/Roxborough primarily btw

I was born and raised in philly in 1983, originally juniata Frankford and then far northeast. Spent a lot of time in other neighborhoods. The word obviously existed and still exists in the Philadelphia lexicon, but it certainly isn’t used enough in any real sense to be considered some gem of local vocabulary. It’s hardly used seriously outside of the deep inner city. That’s why someone using it in this way has most of the responses here as “cringe.”

You were born and raised here, so you recognize how it’s use has become somewhat unorganic, especially in this context.

I mean…ok sure.

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Ugh. Pretentiousness is the complete opposite of Tavern and why I love it. And one of the few bars in Manayunk not filled with newly 21 year olds.

Yeah even kids I know at Temple that aren’t from this area at all use it because it’s plastered everywhere and they think it’s “Philly slang”. Definitely more inorganic now among inner city people esp in the past few years.

Heeeeyyy!!! 🎶🎶🎶 too legiiiiiitttt

On a scale of 1 to rum ham????

They have a normal ordering system now. That shit was obnoxious though. The pizza is still overrated. Drizzling Mike's hot honey on a pizza does not elevate it to greatness.

They have regular pies, grandma pies with a denser dough with sesame seeds, and Detroit style.

I would love their grandma style if they distributed the cheese better and used a regular tomato sauce. As it is, the middle slices are basically tomato pie, and sometimes the outer slices are 90% dough. And the sauce is really acidic.

I felt embarrassed the couple years as a kid in the 90s when I tried to use jawn in my lexicon. It was forced then, and I was a city kid. It's really forced now when transplants from Colorado are throwing it around.

I think you can just call in pickup orders like a normal pizza place now? Am I wrong?

Agreed

You definitely can use a noun with a noun. Pizza place. Coffee shop. Soda bar. It's pretty common with restaurants and such. The problem here is that "jawn" essentially means "thing". So "pizza jawn" is fine, because jawn is replacing "place". But "bar jawn" doesn't work because no one in history has ever said "bar thing" or "bar place". "Bar" is always used as the noun being described, never the other way around.

He would definitely say "yinz".

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How do you do, fellow Jawns?

I remember when 'jawn' came back, like 10 years ago. As a kid in NE Philly we said it all of the time, then it disappeared for a long time and when it came back I was into it. But now it's just fucking ruined

HEY HEY

I liked when jawn was kept esoteric… people always gotta colonize and ruin something. Probably don’t use the word anyway smh 🥱🥱🥱🥱🥱

I’ve never really heard it used in the way it’s meant to be used, only in a premeditated manner that’s really forced.

Oh and I saw a billboard yesterday for a lawyer, and it said “Youse hurt?” Underneath of it. Made me cringe.

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Where’s your favorite place? Mine is Famous Pete’s, but anytime someone brings it up I like to ask. I have yet to try Pizza Brain or Pizza Jawn.

The hype may have died down because I got it 2 weeks ago and ordered it online same day like any normal online order

I live in center city now and my go to pizza spots have been Giovanni's at 15th & Chestnut and Zio's at 13th & Sansom

I ordered from Giovanni’s for a couple years as my go-to. When I tried Pete’s Famous they stole me away.

damn I'm gonna have to try them next time I order pizza then, thanks for the recommendation

Yep! L'angolo is legitimately great. Their grandma pies are also very good.

I haven't tried Pizza Jawn simply because all of the photos I have seen of their food look gratuitous. Maybe it's something I'd want to eat while hammered at 3 a.m., but those days are long in my past.

emmy’s squared and taconellis are my favorites. prices arent friendly but better than this jawn

I don't mind springing for something a little more pricy sometimes as long as I don't have to order my pizza like it's an over hyped pair of sneakers lol

love G-vo's. great happy hour too.

I mean in the sense of using the word jawn. Nobody uses jawn like that. And I mean no one that I know who uses it like that. It's just jawn. Like "hand me that jawn right there" or "u see that jawn" .. I have never heard anyone say "I'm going to the Rita's jawn"... "I'm going to a pizza jawn", imma "temple jawn" it doesn't even make sense. It's more like "I'm putting these jawns on a pizza", "hand me that jawn over there" I get what ur saying in proper English terms but this is a slang term.. people are just misusing it, where it's just becoming beyond cringe. Once the masses get a hold of things that have been around since my parents were little and probably before that, they end up ruining the shit.

ALSO ANYONE NATIVE FROM PHILLY DOES NOT CALL THEMSELVES A "JAWN" TF?

Pete's Famous is great.

I know, the crust is so amazing. It’s kinda in the Goldilocks zone between a pan pizza and a thin NYC style, so it’s the best of both worlds.

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SLAY QUEEN! facts.

The new signs he has out say “Youse hurt?”

UGGHH

They used to have pretty decent food, I would get mussels pretty regularly. Last time I was there it seemed all my favorites were no longer on the menu

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why? you’re not absolutely sure you want pizza at 6pm three weeks from now?

Agenlo’s and Pizzatta are good if not their own styles. Paulie Gee’s is also good and closest to a NY classic pie. Pizza Jawn was terrible last time I tried it.