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Beek's Pizza was more than a spot to get a really tasty thin-crust pie.  For me and some of the people I grew up with, the little joint on Lyndale Ave. was a stage where we performed some of the ritual passages from adolescence to adulthood.  Beek's is where many of us earned our first paychecks or went on our first nerve-wracking dates.

I heard about the fire that burned our beloved spot from some of my Facebook friends  - many of whom I've known since elementary school.  I asked them to share some of their memories to post online.

Of course for us, 'dates' back then usually meant a parent would drop you off down the block, maybe near the Boulevard Theater, famous for .99 cent movies.  The Boulevard is no longer a movie theater.

Tonya Kenney worked at Beek's for six years:

I'm sure other folks I don't know have some Beek's stories too.  What's yours?

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Beek's is where many of us earned our first paychecks or went on our first nerve-wracking dates.

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