Gargano's Pizzeria (437 State Street) (Q988) : Difference between revisions

Gargano's Pizzeria (madpizza.wiki, 5 Oct 2021)

located at

437 State Street

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Madison Yellow Pages, 1980 edition (Wisconsin Telephone Co.), 'Pizza' classification, p. 447: listings Barnaby's Family Inn (4802 E. Washington Ave. 241-2131; 6613 Mineral Point Rd. 833-1671), Brat und Brau (1421 Regent; … (phone book, 1980, p. 447)

attested status

1980

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Madison Yellow Pages, 1980 edition (Wisconsin Telephone Co.), 'Pizza' classification, p. 447: listings Barnaby's Family Inn (4802 E. Washington Ave. 241-2131; 6613 Mineral Point Rd. 833-1671), Brat und Brau (1421 Regent; … (phone book, 1980, p. 447)

31 August 1980

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Capitol Square food-stand tour: 'Dan and his pizzamobile' at King and Main selling slices of mushroom or pepperoni pizza from Gargano's, 437 State St. — deep-dish pepperoni $1 a slice (WSJ, 31 Aug 1980, p. 73)

5 May 1983

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1983 license applications: 'Dollhausen Enterprises, Inc., Ruth Dollhausen, Agent, DBA Gargano's, 437 State Street'; 'Gargano Brothers, Inc., Stella Gargano, Agent, DBA Gino's, 540 State Street'; R & R Pan Style Pizza (Rocky… (WSJ, 5 May 1983, p. 20)

19 October 1983

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Help-wanted: 'Pizza driver wanted. Must have own car, we pay salary & commission. Apply at: Gargano's, 437 State St.' (WSJ, 19 Oct 1983, p. 35)

19 July 1979

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1979 Maxwell Street Days participants (CT, 19 Jul 1979, p. 62)

27 March 1965

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Gargano's restaurant help-wanted advertisement, 435 State St. (WSJ, 27 Mar 1965, p. 16)

9 December 1971

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Gargano's Pizzeria advertisement, 437 State St. (DC, 9 Dec 1971, p. 6)

4 November 1975

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Searching for the pie in the sky (DC, 4 Nov 1975, p. 1)

27 April 1965

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Naturalization ceremony; Biagio Gargano operates a pizza shop at 435 State St., his brother Gino a restaurant at 535 State St. (CT, 27 Apr 1965, p. 1)

22 March 1966

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Tear Gas Is Used In State St. Siege (CT, 22 Mar 1966, p. 1)

phone number

255-3200

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Madison Yellow Pages, 1980 edition (Wisconsin Telephone Co.), 'Pizza' classification, p. 447: listings Barnaby's Family Inn (4802 E. Washington Ave. 241-2131; 6613 Mineral Point Rd. 833-1671), Brat und Brau (1421 Regent; … (phone book, 1980, p. 447)

257-4070

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Madison Yellow Pages, 1980 edition (Wisconsin Telephone Co.), 'Pizza' classification, p. 447: listings Barnaby's Family Inn (4802 E. Washington Ave. 241-2131; 6613 Mineral Point Rd. 833-1671), Brat und Brau (1421 Regent; … (phone book, 1980, p. 447)

research note

1980 Yellow Pages menu ad: thin, regular and thick crusts (10, 12, 14 in.) and Pizza in the Pan (9, 10, 12 in.), 16 extra ingredients, Togo and Vesuvio sandwiches, Pizzaloka, pasta dinners; open 11:30–2 and 5 p.m.–2 a.m.; a separate pan-pizza line, 257-4722.

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Madison Yellow Pages, 1980 edition (Wisconsin Telephone Co.), 'Pizza' classification, p. 447: listings Barnaby's Family Inn (4802 E. Washington Ave. 241-2131; 6613 Mineral Point Rd. 833-1671), Brat und Brau (1421 Regent; … (phone book, 1980, p. 447)

In summer 1980 'Dan and his pizzamobile' sold Gargano's deep-dish slices ($1) on the Capitol Square; the cart was gone by July 1982. Biagio Gargano sold the restaurant before opening the Monastery in November 1980; Gargano's and Aunt Ruth's left the State/Broom/Gilman building about a year before Noble Roman's opened there in January 1985. Prager (1989) dated Gargano's founding to 1964.

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Capitol Square food-stand tour: 'Dan and his pizzamobile' at King and Main selling slices of mushroom or pepperoni pizza from Gargano's, 437 State St. — deep-dish pepperoni $1 a slice (WSJ, 31 Aug 1980, p. 73)

Capitol Square food carts: 'Gargano's pizza wagon seems to have disappeared' along with last summer's Mad Dog hot-dog stands (WSJ, 18 Jul 1982, p. 80)

A Gargano scores again (WSJ, 1 Mar 1981, p. 84)

Noble Roman's not distinguished (WSJ, 17 Mar 1985, p. 96)

Gino's ambience outdoes cuisine (CT, 3 Jun 1989, p. 8)

Operated from 1977 by Dollhausen Enterprises (the 1984 bankruptcy story's 'opened in 1977' refers to that company's start; the restaurant itself dates from the 1960s). Closed in January 1984; Chapter 7 petition March 9, 1984, with debts of $529,388; the landlord, Broom & State Corp., was owed for the lease and a 1977 purchase agreement.

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Gargano's files for bankruptcy (CT, 16 Mar 1984, p. 12)

Bankruptcy petition filed by Gargano's (WSJ, 17 Mar 1984, p. 1)

Opening ad Sept. 11, 1964: carry-out and delivery, 'Pizza, American & Italian Dishes', 255-3200. Biagio Gargano applied for a beer license in 1970. In 1971: 'dozens of varieties of pizza', seating for 75, 4 p.m.–2 a.m.; lunch from April 1974. Licensee 1975: Broom & State Corporation.

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Gargano's Pizzeria "Now Open" advertisement, 437 State St. (WSJ, 11 Sep 1964, p. 39)

City of Madison notice of new Class B beer license applications, May 1970 (WSJ, 20 May 1970, p. 23)

Gargano's Pizzeria advertisement, 437 State St. (DC, 9 Dec 1971, p. 6)

State Street Gourmet on pan pizza at Pino's and Rocky Rococo (DC, 25 Apr 1974, p. 8)

City of Madison license list, May 1975 (WSJ, 28 May 1975, p. 35)

In 1964–66 the address was given as 435 State St. (435-37 in a 1965 license application), where Carlo Caputo's Carlo's Pizza Parlor had been. In March 1966 police used tear gas to flush burglars out of 'Gargano's Pizzeria, 435 State St.'

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A reader who waitressed there in the mid-1970s recalled "the best pan pizza in the world (secret ingredient: anchovy oil)", Biagio Gargano's lasagna and the vegetable bar's "margarita salad".

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Your memories: Readers share stories of restaurants from the past (madison.com, 17 Oct 2019)

significant event

sale of business

1980

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