Sir Pizza of South Broadway, the once gallant knight of teeny tiny pepperonis, faced debasement yesterday after former vice mayor Jim Gray’s dinner showed up over two hours late. Gray cited last night’s delivery as the straw that broke camel’s back, as it was just another example of their serial tardiness and an abject disregard of human rights.

The now former Sir, had earned the esteemed honor a little over four years ago, when it managed to pull a sword from a pizza stone. The legendary act was recognized by Gray himself at an official ceremony of knighthood downtown. However brief, the knighthood meant a lot to the location, which had started out as just a Popeye’s Chicken but evolved into a restaurant worthy of receiving the honor that is reserved for only those of the highest order. Which Sir Pizza found easy to come by as it was usually those who were highest that ordered from there.

On the heels of revocation the debased pizzeria is still hopeful of an eventual redemption. Store manager Lance Sallot proclaimed “We will bounce back, we’ve faced a lot of adversity it the past, but for now we shall seek solace in Camelot,”  then muttered, “east” under his breath.

Editor’s note: For story reasons we traveled with the staff to both Camelot East and West only to discover they were both closed permanently.  So we just dropped them off in the parking lot of The Castle Jewelry And Pawn on Richmond Road.