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* 1958: the Browns sold the restaurant to two of their employees, Darrell Cook and Orv Erickson<ref name="ct-1974-03-16-p9" />.
* 1958: the Browns sold the restaurant to two of their employees, Darrell Cook and Orv Erickson<ref name="ct-1974-03-16-p9" />.
* March 16, 1974: last day of Brown's Restaurant, after 36 years<ref name="ct-1974-03-16-p9" />.
* March 16, 1974: last day of Brown's Restaurant, after 36 years<ref name="ct-1974-03-16-p9" />.
* April 4, 1974: [[Rocky Rococo]] opened<ref name="wsj-1982-04-04-p32">Martin, C. (1982, April 4). "Through pizza's thick and thin, Rocky Rococo Corp. pans out." ''Wisconsin State Journal''. p. 32. Newspapers.com image [https://www.newspapers.com/image/404415972/ 404415972].</ref>. Rocky Rococo Corporation had applied for a beer licence for the address in January<ref name="wsj-1974-01-28-p2">(1974, January 28). Beer licence application, Rocky Rococo Corporation, 411 W. Gilman St. ''Wisconsin State Journal''. p. 2. Newspapers.com image [https://www.newspapers.com/image/402489957/ 402489957].</ref>.
* April 4, 1974: [[Rocky Rococo]] opened<ref name="wsj-1982-04-04-p32">Martin, C. (1982, April 4). "Through pizza's thick and thin, Rocky Rococo Corp. pans out." ''Wisconsin State Journal''. p. 32. Newspapers.com image [https://www.newspapers.com/image/404415972/ 404415972].</ref>. Rocky Rococo Corporation had applied for a beer license for the address in January<ref name="wsj-1974-01-28-p2">(1974, January 28). Beer license application, Rocky Rococo Corporation, 411 W. Gilman St. ''Wisconsin State Journal''. p. 2. Newspapers.com image [https://www.newspapers.com/image/402489957/ 402489957].</ref>.
* May 1978: Rocky Rococo was still licensed here<ref name="wsj-1978-05-24-p55">(1978, May 24). City of Madison licence list, May 1978. ''Wisconsin State Journal''. p. 55. Newspapers.com image [https://www.newspapers.com/image/401232658/ 401232658].</ref>. When it closed has not been found.
* May 1978: Rocky Rococo was still licensed here<ref name="wsj-1978-05-24-p55">(1978, May 24). City of Madison license list, May 1978. ''Wisconsin State Journal''. p. 55. Newspapers.com image [https://www.newspapers.com/image/401232658/ 401232658].</ref>.
* 1995: Rocky Rococo closed to make room for the founders' first non-pizza venture, the short-lived Blue Cow, a 1950s-style diner serving burgers and custard<ref name="ct-1998-08-07-p2">Kalk, S. (1998, August 7). "Rocky's grows out of State Street." ''The Capital Times''. p. 2A, 8A. Newspapers.com images [https://www.newspapers.com/image/522135372/ 522135372], [https://www.newspapers.com/image/522135390/ 522135390].</ref><ref name="ct-1995-08-05-p21">Kalk, S. (1995, August 5). "Good news, custard lovers!" ''The Capital Times''. p. 21. Newspapers.com image [https://www.newspapers.com/image/522629891/ 522629891].</ref>.


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
* Darrell Cook, one of the last owners of Brown's Restaurant, was Rocky Rococo Corporation's agent on the city's licence list in 1975<ref name="wsj-1975-05-28-p35">(1975, May 28). City of Madison licence list, May 1975. ''Wisconsin State Journal''. p. 35.</ref>.
* Darrell Cook, one of the last owners of Brown's Restaurant, was Rocky Rococo Corporation's agent on the city's license list in 1975<ref name="wsj-1975-05-28-p35">(1975, May 28). City of Madison license list, May 1975. ''Wisconsin State Journal''. p. 35.</ref>.


==See also==
==See also==
* [[Item:Q392|411 W. Gilman Street in the Pizzapedia database]]
* [[Item:Q392|411 W. Gilman Street in the Madison Pizza Wiki database]]


==Notes==
==Notes==
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Latest revision as of 16:27, 29 October 2026

411 W. Gilman St., just off State Street, was the site of the first Rocky Rococo.

Timeline

  • 1949: Floyd and Lois Brown put up the building for Brown's Restaurant, which they had opened in the 400 block of State Street on January 4, 1938[1].
  • 1958: the Browns sold the restaurant to two of their employees, Darrell Cook and Orv Erickson[1].
  • March 16, 1974: last day of Brown's Restaurant, after 36 years[1].
  • April 4, 1974: Rocky Rococo opened[2]. Rocky Rococo Corporation had applied for a beer license for the address in January[3].
  • May 1978: Rocky Rococo was still licensed here[4].
  • 1995: Rocky Rococo closed to make room for the founders' first non-pizza venture, the short-lived Blue Cow, a 1950s-style diner serving burgers and custard[5][6].

Trivia

  • Darrell Cook, one of the last owners of Brown's Restaurant, was Rocky Rococo Corporation's agent on the city's license list in 1975[7].

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 LaBrasca, R. (1974, March 16). "Brown's Restaurant to Close Doors On 36 Years of Good Home Cookin'." The Capital Times. p. 9. Newspapers.com image 521389573.
  2. ↑ Martin, C. (1982, April 4). "Through pizza's thick and thin, Rocky Rococo Corp. pans out." Wisconsin State Journal. p. 32. Newspapers.com image 404415972.
  3. ↑ (1974, January 28). Beer license application, Rocky Rococo Corporation, 411 W. Gilman St. Wisconsin State Journal. p. 2. Newspapers.com image 402489957.
  4. ↑ (1978, May 24). City of Madison license list, May 1978. Wisconsin State Journal. p. 55. Newspapers.com image 401232658.
  5. ↑ Kalk, S. (1998, August 7). "Rocky's grows out of State Street." The Capital Times. p. 2A, 8A. Newspapers.com images 522135372, 522135390.
  6. ↑ Kalk, S. (1995, August 5). "Good news, custard lovers!" The Capital Times. p. 21. Newspapers.com image 522629891.
  7. ↑ (1975, May 28). City of Madison license list, May 1975. Wisconsin State Journal. p. 35.
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