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[moorecajun]

Maybe someone more informed can correct me, but I was told that Johnny (of Johnny’s pizza) went through a divorce and his wife was awarded the franchise.

He then moved down south (of the state) or maybe he was awarded the franchise and she moved south…either way…and whoever it was that moved south opened another pizza joint using the same recipes.

And they named it “BJs”, as in…better than Johnny’s.

After I was told this, I had Johnny’s for the first time, and if I’m being honest, it seemed like the story was true. VERY similar.

True or not, it's good! The story, not necessarily the pizza.

[cjr3888]

Maybe someone more informed can correct me, but I was told that Johnny (of Johnny’s pizza) went through a divorce and his wife was awarded the franchise.

He then moved down south (of the state) or maybe he was awarded the franchise and she moved south…either way…and whoever it was that moved south opened another pizza joint using the same recipes.

And they named it “BJs”, as in…better than Johnny’s.

After I was told this, I had Johnny’s for the first time, and if I’m being honest, it seemed like the story was true. VERY similar.

Johnny is in his 80's so this would have had to happen a long time ago. He still is up in Monroe and has a 2 parking spots very close to the entrance of the football stadium.

[Atown cajun]

I worked for Johnny’s growing up in Alexandria when it changed to BJ’s. I thought it was a partnership splitting the franchise between Funroe and Cenla. I have noticed there are Johnnys once again in Cenla though. It might be a two part story.

[LaCajunsFan]

True or not, it's good! The story, not necessarily the pizza.

C’mon man…..BJ’s is the best pie in town. Hands down.

[Million$Mullet]

Gross I've tried it twice tasted like great value frozen pizza

We got Johnny’s on the way out in 2020. I thought it was delicious. I am a big fan of BJ’s though. It also could have been the 37 beers I drank that day as well.

[sportsfanatic21]

Johnny is in his 80's so this would have had to happen a long time ago. He still is up in Monroe and has a 2 parking spots very close to the entrance of the football stadium.

May have been the wife who moved south and opened BJs, which would make more sense to name it that way.

And yeah, it was a long time ago. BJ’s has been around for at least 35 years here in Lafayette

[Atown cajun]

The other partners’ first name was Fred. He was a civil engineer I do remember that. They changed the Johnnys to BJ’s around 1982.

[CajunT]

May have been the wife who moved south and opened BJs, which would make more sense to name it that way.

And yeah, it was a long time ago. BJ’s has been around for at least 35 years here in Lafayette

Might have been, but I met the owner several times in the early 80's. He was often in the restaurants in Monroe and Bastrop. He didn't have many locations back then, in fact it was just those two cities.

[ZoomZoom]

He still is up in Monroe and has a 2 parking spots very close to the entrance of the football stadium.

Well, given what ULM draws, isn’t most available parking spots very close to the entrance of the football stadium?

[CajunRebel]

Johnny’s is what people in Monroe think is good pizza.