I went on a mission to find out all I could about State College's tattoo culture straight from the sources. I visited every shop in State College to talk with anyone who would give me the time of day to see how many people they've inked in Happy Valley, what kind of stuff makes them cringe, and whether they had any particularly good stories after working in a business that was born from the taboo.
I was led into this unchartered territory by the manager of the drivers, who scrambles around me to fill orders while calling his employees in one by one to share their adventures of late night distribution of the treasured poultry. As the various delivery drivers come in and out I begin to get a taste of the other side of Wings Over. Here is what they had to say.
In a highly scientific evaluation, six participants look to settle which State College pizza place has the best drunk pizza.
You may have noticed Canyon Pizza's newest edition to its delivery fleet -- an old police cruiser. You'll remember seeing the "Canyon police car", so you'll remember Canyon Pizza, at least if the marketing plan works out.
Like Ron Swanson, I too am a red blooded American who prefers to eat steak and bacon over "the food my food eats" i.e. salad. So you can imagine my intrigue when I noticed an advertisement for Bradley's Cheesesteak Eating Competition.
A local pastor was fired for performing a same-sex wedding ceremony in State College last month. The pastor said in a typed statement that he performed the ceremony because he supports marriage equality and the men "are very much in love and obviously committed to each other."