No pizza for suburban Queensland street after 'abusing' staff

A suburban street in north Queensland has been blacklisted by a pizza outlet, after young delivery staff were allegedly verbally abused.

The Daily Mercury reported that Pizza Power made the decision because of harassment and ongoing verbal abuse from some people living in Sunita Drive in Andergrove, Mackay.

Shop manager Lillian Riley said she was being verbally abused and struck by one angry customer from the street who walked to the pizza shop to demand why delivery service had been refused over the phone.

The case went before Mackay Magistrates Court and the man was fined.

Ms Riley said the man came in "yelling and screaming" pushed the heavy counter and went to punch her in the head but struck her arm instead, the Daily Mercury reported.

She said they had no choice but to ban deliveries to the street because it had become too risky for staff.

The shop has also blacklisted houses in other streets as no-go areas considered potential trouble and dangerous for staff.

Deliverers encountered drunks, people who refused to pay and, too frequently, copped offensive language and verbal abuse, Ms Riley said.