The Pizza Hut restaurant chain sold to a private equity firm recently, and, of course, people reached out to Mike Neilson.
“It doesn’t feel surprising that it’s changing hands,” Neilson said wistfully.
Neilson, 46, who lives in Pittsburgh, is a chronicler of the afterlife of Pizza Hut buildings that once dotted the American landscape, like the buffalo. Around the Nashville area, you can see the bones of Pizza Hut buildings at Nadeen’s Hermitage Haven, Cancun Lagoon Mexican Restaurant in Gallatin, Hertz Car Rental in Murfreesboro and TitleMax Title Loans in Franklin…