On Monday pizza franchise Sbarro dipped into Chapter 11 bankruptcy ... Fear not for your local sandwich options, though. All but seven of Quiznos' nearly 2,100 restaurants are franchises.

First Sbarro, the pizza chain found in countless malls nationwide, went belly up on March 10th for the second time in 3 years, while sub-sandwich maker Quiznos followed suit just four days later.

Mama Sbarro used her knowledge of Italian meats ... customers knew never to ask for ketchup or mayonnaise on a prosciutto sandwich. "I don’t do that," she would say. "You want mayonnaise ...

However, much like these memories, not all food court pizzas are built to last. Sbarro is perhaps the quintessential example of food court pizza that rose and eventually fell from grace.

Sbarro died Saturday in an assisted-living ... She'd serve customers sandwiches alongside a very large slice of cheesecake, and worked there into her 80s, preparing meats and desserts.

Sacramento-based HypeBoyz Tri-Tip opened a sandwich counter in January at 1689 ... of fast-casual eateries including Ruby Thai Kitchen, Sbarro and Charleys Philly Steaks. As of Tuesday morning ...

And they liked it. Sbarro is back in town. I reported back in February that Sbarro, the pizza chain that was a mall food court staple in the 1980s, was planning to return to Wichita and open ...