The 1980s were a decade of excess, and the wild retro dining trends of the '80s reflect that. Chain restaurants offered huge portions of American food, often buffet style, for a modest flat fee.

Brothers Mike and Stephen Lucey, who run Six Paupers Tavern in Hockessin, opened the restaurant in 2011. The new site is "our love letter to the pizza parlors of the '70s and '80s," Vouras said.