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1991
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latest date: 26 October 1991
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stated in: Pizza Extreme, "About Us: How It All Began" (pizzaextremes.com, 28 Sep 2026) quotation: In 1991, a small group of experienced pizza chefs noticed some things lacking in Madison's pizza choices. | |||||||||||||||
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| Property / founded by: Bill Stein / rank | |||||||||||||||
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| Property / founded by: Bill Stein / reference | |||||||||||||||
stated in: Stein, William L. (CT, 29 Sep 1992, p. 28) quotation: was a co-founder of Pizza Extreme at 605 E. Washington Ave., Madison | |||||||||||||||
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| Property / founded by: Jim Meyer / rank | |||||||||||||||
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| Property / founded by: Jim Meyer / reference | |||||||||||||||
stated in: 'Extreme' tastes familiar (CT, 26 Oct 1991, p. 28) quotation: says Stein, who owns the restaurant with Jim Meyer | |||||||||||||||
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| Property / associated person: Bill Stein / rank | |||||||||||||||
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| Property / associated person: Bill Stein / qualifier | |||||||||||||||
start time: 1991
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end time: 28 September 1992
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| Property / associated person: Jim Meyer / rank | |||||||||||||||
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| Property / associated person: Jim Meyer / qualifier | |||||||||||||||
| Property / associated person: Jim Meyer / qualifier | |||||||||||||||
start time: 1991
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| Property / associated person: Jim Meyer / reference | |||||||||||||||
| Property / associated person: Jim Meyer / reference | |||||||||||||||
stated in: Extreme foresight for local pizza chain (WSJ, 27 Sep 2009, p. 52) quotation: owner Jim Meyer explained | |||||||||||||||
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| Property / associated person: Donna Magdalena / rank | |||||||||||||||
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| Property / associated person: Donna Magdalena / qualifier | |||||||||||||||
| Property / associated person: Donna Magdalena / qualifier | |||||||||||||||
point in time: September 2009
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| Property / associated person: Donna Magdalena / reference | |||||||||||||||
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| Property / associated person: Tim Nicholson / rank | |||||||||||||||
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| Property / associated person: Tim Nicholson / qualifier | |||||||||||||||
| Property / associated person: Tim Nicholson / qualifier | |||||||||||||||
end time: 1997
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| Property / associated person: Tim Nicholson / reference | |||||||||||||||
stated in: Cheap Eats news: Glass Nickel Pizza Company opens (CT, 8 Nov 1997, p. 41) quotation: The two met while working at Pizza Extreme. Nicholson was there 2½ years; Glassel lasted under two months. | |||||||||||||||
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| Property / associated person: Brian Glassel / rank | |||||||||||||||
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end time: 1997
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| Property / associated person: Richard F. Meyer / rank | |||||||||||||||
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| Property / associated person: Richard F. Meyer / qualifier | |||||||||||||||
| Property / associated person: Richard F. Meyer / qualifier | |||||||||||||||
start time: 1991
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| Property / associated person: Harold W. Smith / rank | |||||||||||||||
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| Property / associated person: Harold W. Smith / qualifier | |||||||||||||||
| Property / associated person: Harold W. Smith / qualifier | |||||||||||||||
start time: 2000
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| Property / associated person: Harold W. Smith / qualifier | |||||||||||||||
end time: 2003
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| Property / associated person: Harold W. Smith / reference | |||||||||||||||
| Property / associated person: Harold W. Smith / reference | |||||||||||||||
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| Property / associated person: Jim Meyer / rank | |||||||||||||||
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| Property / associated person: Jim Meyer / qualifier | |||||||||||||||
| Property / associated person: Jim Meyer / qualifier | |||||||||||||||
point in time: 1997
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| Property / associated person: Jim Meyer / reference | |||||||||||||||
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| Property / official website: http://pizzaextreme.biz/ / rank | |||||||||||||||
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| Property / official website: http://pizzaextreme.biz/ / qualifier | |||||||||||||||
point in time: May 2009
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| Property / official website: http://pizzaextreme.biz/ / reference | |||||||||||||||
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stated in: 'Extreme' tastes familiar (CT, 26 Oct 1991, p. 28) quotation: Pizza Extreme offers stuffed pizzas beginning with the 9-inch plain cheese pizza | |||||||||||||||
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stated in: 'Extreme' tastes familiar (CT, 26 Oct 1991, p. 28) quotation: Pizza Extreme crusts are hand-tossed | |||||||||||||||
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point in time: October 1991
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point in time: February 1996
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point in time: September 1996
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point in time: February 2000
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point in time: March 2000
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4
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point in time: May 2009
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point in time: September 2026
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point in time: July 2010
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stated in: Table Talk: Mount Horeb now has a Pizza Extreme, at 1200 Highway 151 in a former Pizza Pit; the chain's other stores listed (CT, 15 Jul 2010, p. 7) quotation: Mount Horeb; Monroe Street and Raymond Road; North Sherman Avenue and Fish Hatchery Road | |||||||||||||||
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point in time: December 2005
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point in time: August 1996
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stated in: Gumby's help-wanted advertisement, 2433 University Ave. and 310 S. Brearly (WSJ, 18 Aug 1996, p. 83) quotation: 'apply at either Pizza Extreme location' | |||||||||||||||
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point in time: August 1997
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| Property / number of stores: 3 / qualifier | |||||||||||||||
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Newspapers call the business "Pizza Pit/Pizza Extreme" in 2016 and 2022; its online ordering uses the name "Pizza Pit Extreme". | |||||||||||||||
| Property / research note: Newspapers call the business "Pizza Pit/Pizza Extreme" in 2016 and 2022; its online ordering uses the name "Pizza Pit Extreme". / rank | |||||||||||||||
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| Property / research note: Newspapers call the business "Pizza Pit/Pizza Extreme" in 2016 and 2022; its online ordering uses the name "Pizza Pit Extreme". / reference | |||||||||||||||
| Property / research note: Newspapers call the business "Pizza Pit/Pizza Extreme" in 2016 and 2022; its online ordering uses the name "Pizza Pit Extreme". / reference | |||||||||||||||
| Property / research note: Newspapers call the business "Pizza Pit/Pizza Extreme" in 2016 and 2022; its online ordering uses the name "Pizza Pit Extreme". / reference | |||||||||||||||
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The founders of Glass Nickel Pizza Co. met while working at Pizza Extreme. | |||||||||||||||
| Property / research note: The founders of Glass Nickel Pizza Co. met while working at Pizza Extreme. / rank | |||||||||||||||
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| Property / research note: The founders of Glass Nickel Pizza Co. met while working at Pizza Extreme. / reference | |||||||||||||||
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Richard F. Meyer's obituary (2002): 'During his retirement, helped start Pizza Extreme in Madison in 1991, and was vice president.' Help-wanted ads of Jan. 2000 and March 2004 list the same stores: 5706 Raymond Rd., 605 E. Washington Ave., 2936 Fish Hatchery Rd., 1207 N. Sherman Ave. Third in the State Journal readers' 2002 pizza poll. | |||||||||||||||
| Property / research note: Richard F. Meyer's obituary (2002): 'During his retirement, helped start Pizza Extreme in Madison in 1991, and was vice president.' Help-wanted ads of Jan. 2000 and March 2004 list the same stores: 5706 Raymond Rd., 605 E. Washington Ave., 2936 Fish Hatchery Rd., 1207 N. Sherman Ave. Third in the State Journal readers' 2002 pizza poll. / rank | |||||||||||||||
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| Property / research note: Richard F. Meyer's obituary (2002): 'During his retirement, helped start Pizza Extreme in Madison in 1991, and was vice president.' Help-wanted ads of Jan. 2000 and March 2004 list the same stores: 5706 Raymond Rd., 605 E. Washington Ave., 2936 Fish Hatchery Rd., 1207 N. Sherman Ave. Third in the State Journal readers' 2002 pizza poll. / reference | |||||||||||||||
| Property / research note: Richard F. Meyer's obituary (2002): 'During his retirement, helped start Pizza Extreme in Madison in 1991, and was vice president.' Help-wanted ads of Jan. 2000 and March 2004 list the same stores: 5706 Raymond Rd., 605 E. Washington Ave., 2936 Fish Hatchery Rd., 1207 N. Sherman Ave. Third in the State Journal readers' 2002 pizza poll. / reference | |||||||||||||||
| Property / research note: Richard F. Meyer's obituary (2002): 'During his retirement, helped start Pizza Extreme in Madison in 1991, and was vice president.' Help-wanted ads of Jan. 2000 and March 2004 list the same stores: 5706 Raymond Rd., 605 E. Washington Ave., 2936 Fish Hatchery Rd., 1207 N. Sherman Ave. Third in the State Journal readers' 2002 pizza poll. / reference | |||||||||||||||
| Property / research note: Richard F. Meyer's obituary (2002): 'During his retirement, helped start Pizza Extreme in Madison in 1991, and was vice president.' Help-wanted ads of Jan. 2000 and March 2004 list the same stores: 5706 Raymond Rd., 605 E. Washington Ave., 2936 Fish Hatchery Rd., 1207 N. Sherman Ave. Third in the State Journal readers' 2002 pizza poll. / reference | |||||||||||||||
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By Oct. 1993 Pizza Extreme had a 'westside location' (276-7840) besides 605 E. Washington Ave. and was hiring because 'our business is increasing at the speed of light'. | |||||||||||||||
| Property / research note: By Oct. 1993 Pizza Extreme had a 'westside location' (276-7840) besides 605 E. Washington Ave. and was hiring because 'our business is increasing at the speed of light'. / rank | |||||||||||||||
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| Property / research note: By Oct. 1993 Pizza Extreme had a 'westside location' (276-7840) besides 605 E. Washington Ave. and was hiring because 'our business is increasing at the speed of light'. / reference | |||||||||||||||
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Third in the 1997 Readers' Choice pizza poll. Jim Meyer hired managers for 'our pizza restaurants' at $20,000–35,000 in Aug. and Oct. 1997 ('a growing company with room for advancement'), from 1207 N. Sherman Ave. and then 605 E. Washington Ave.; drivers were sought at both in September. | |||||||||||||||
| Property / research note: Third in the 1997 Readers' Choice pizza poll. Jim Meyer hired managers for 'our pizza restaurants' at $20,000–35,000 in Aug. and Oct. 1997 ('a growing company with room for advancement'), from 1207 N. Sherman Ave. and then 605 E. Washington Ave.; drivers were sought at both in September. / rank | |||||||||||||||
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| Property / research note: Third in the 1997 Readers' Choice pizza poll. Jim Meyer hired managers for 'our pizza restaurants' at $20,000–35,000 in Aug. and Oct. 1997 ('a growing company with room for advancement'), from 1207 N. Sherman Ave. and then 605 E. Washington Ave.; drivers were sought at both in September. / reference | |||||||||||||||
| Property / research note: Third in the 1997 Readers' Choice pizza poll. Jim Meyer hired managers for 'our pizza restaurants' at $20,000–35,000 in Aug. and Oct. 1997 ('a growing company with room for advancement'), from 1207 N. Sherman Ave. and then 605 E. Washington Ave.; drivers were sought at both in September. / reference | |||||||||||||||
| Property / research note: Third in the 1997 Readers' Choice pizza poll. Jim Meyer hired managers for 'our pizza restaurants' at $20,000–35,000 in Aug. and Oct. 1997 ('a growing company with room for advancement'), from 1207 N. Sherman Ave. and then 605 E. Washington Ave.; drivers were sought at both in September. / reference | |||||||||||||||
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1998 hiring: managers at $22,000–32,000, drivers at $8–14 an hour and counter help at $6–7 in April; from August a standing block for all three stores (605 E. Washington, 2936 Fish Hatchery, 1207 N. Sherman) with resumes to Harry Smith at the Fish Hatchery Road office, fax 827-5497. A Taste of Madison booth (76) in September. | |||||||||||||||
| Property / research note: 1998 hiring: managers at $22,000–32,000, drivers at $8–14 an hour and counter help at $6–7 in April; from August a standing block for all three stores (605 E. Washington, 2936 Fish Hatchery, 1207 N. Sherman) with resumes to Harry Smith at the Fish Hatchery Road office, fax 827-5497. A Taste of Madison booth (76) in September. / rank | |||||||||||||||
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| Property / research note: 1998 hiring: managers at $22,000–32,000, drivers at $8–14 an hour and counter help at $6–7 in April; from August a standing block for all three stores (605 E. Washington, 2936 Fish Hatchery, 1207 N. Sherman) with resumes to Harry Smith at the Fish Hatchery Road office, fax 827-5497. A Taste of Madison booth (76) in September. / reference | |||||||||||||||
| Property / research note: 1998 hiring: managers at $22,000–32,000, drivers at $8–14 an hour and counter help at $6–7 in April; from August a standing block for all three stores (605 E. Washington, 2936 Fish Hatchery, 1207 N. Sherman) with resumes to Harry Smith at the Fish Hatchery Road office, fax 827-5497. A Taste of Madison booth (76) in September. / reference | |||||||||||||||
| Property / research note: 1998 hiring: managers at $22,000–32,000, drivers at $8–14 an hour and counter help at $6–7 in April; from August a standing block for all three stores (605 E. Washington, 2936 Fish Hatchery, 1207 N. Sherman) with resumes to Harry Smith at the Fish Hatchery Road office, fax 827-5497. A Taste of Madison booth (76) in September. / reference | |||||||||||||||
| Property / research note: 1998 hiring: managers at $22,000–32,000, drivers at $8–14 an hour and counter help at $6–7 in April; from August a standing block for all three stores (605 E. Washington, 2936 Fish Hatchery, 1207 N. Sherman) with resumes to Harry Smith at the Fish Hatchery Road office, fax 827-5497. A Taste of Madison booth (76) in September. / reference | |||||||||||||||
Latest revision as of 16:07, 24 October 2026
pizza chain founded in Madison, Wisconsin, in 1991 by two former Pizza Pit employees
- Pizza Pit Extreme
- Pizza Pit/Pizza Extreme
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pizza chain founded in Madison, Wisconsin, in 1991 by two former Pizza Pit employees |
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Statements
1991
26 October 1991
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In 1991, a small group of experienced pizza chefs noticed some things lacking in Madison's pizza choices.
2 references
was a co-founder of Pizza Extreme at 605 E. Washington Ave., Madison
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says Stein, who owns the restaurant with Jim Meyer
1991
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September 2009
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The two met while working at Pizza Extreme. Nicholson was there 2½ years; Glassel lasted under two months.
1 reference
Pizza Extreme offers stuffed pizzas beginning with the 9-inch plain cheese pizza
1 reference
Pizza Extreme crusts are hand-tossed
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October 1991
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February 1996
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September 1996
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February 2000
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March 2000
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May 2009
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September 2026
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July 2010
1 reference
Mount Horeb; Monroe Street and Raymond Road; North Sherman Avenue and Fish Hatchery Road
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December 2005
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August 1996
1 reference
'apply at either Pizza Extreme location'
Newspapers call the business "Pizza Pit/Pizza Extreme" in 2016 and 2022; its online ordering uses the name "Pizza Pit Extreme".
3 references
The founders of Glass Nickel Pizza Co. met while working at Pizza Extreme.
Richard F. Meyer's obituary (2002): 'During his retirement, helped start Pizza Extreme in Madison in 1991, and was vice president.' Help-wanted ads of Jan. 2000 and March 2004 list the same stores: 5706 Raymond Rd., 605 E. Washington Ave., 2936 Fish Hatchery Rd., 1207 N. Sherman Ave. Third in the State Journal readers' 2002 pizza poll.
4 references
By Oct. 1993 Pizza Extreme had a 'westside location' (276-7840) besides 605 E. Washington Ave. and was hiring because 'our business is increasing at the speed of light'.
Third in the 1997 Readers' Choice pizza poll. Jim Meyer hired managers for 'our pizza restaurants' at $20,000–35,000 in Aug. and Oct. 1997 ('a growing company with room for advancement'), from 1207 N. Sherman Ave. and then 605 E. Washington Ave.; drivers were sought at both in September.
3 references
1998 hiring: managers at $22,000–32,000, drivers at $8–14 an hour and counter help at $6–7 in April; from August a standing block for all three stores (605 E. Washington, 2936 Fish Hatchery, 1207 N. Sherman) with resumes to Harry Smith at the Fish Hatchery Road office, fax 827-5497. A Taste of Madison booth (76) in September.
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