Pizza Extreme (605 East Washington Avenue) (Q513) : Difference between revisions

605 East Washington Avenue

located at

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service format

delivery and carryout

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quotation

Carry out. Delivery to limited area.

phone number

259-1500

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259-1500

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Pizza Extreme help-wanted: 'Due to our great food, service & prices, our business is increasing at the speed of light'; sandwich/counter person, prep person, delivery drivers at 605 E. Washington Ave. (259-1500); 'pizza cu… (WSJ, 17 Oct 1993, p. 96)

259-1500

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Student dining guide 1995: Pizza (WSJ, 16 Aug 1995, p. 59)

259-1500

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Dining guide: "Domino's, Papa John's, Pizza Pit, Pizza Hut, and Rocky Rococo's all have several locations" (WSJ, 20 Aug 1997, p. 103)

1991

August 1991

26 October 1991

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Pizza Extreme help-wanted advertisement (earliest found) (WSJ, 11 Aug 1991, p. 85)

Extreme foresight for local pizza chain (WSJ, 27 Sep 2009, p. 52)

quotation

Nearly a year to the day of opening that first Pizza Extreme, Stein died at age 39.

August 2009

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Extreme foresight for local pizza chain (WSJ, 27 Sep 2009, p. 52)

quotation

At the end of August, Pizza Extreme closed its original East Washington outlet in favor of a closer-to-Downtown location at 1614 Monroe Street

attested status

26 October 1991

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11 February 1996

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Pizza Extreme help-wanted advertisement, 605 E. Washington and 2936 Fish Hatchery Rd. (WSJ, 11 Feb 1996, p. 74)

8 September 1996

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Pizza Extreme delivery-driver advertisement listing three stores (WSJ, 8 Sep 1996, p. 79)

26 March 2000

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Pizza Extreme and Pizza Pit help-wanted advertisements (WSJ, 26 Mar 2000, p. 95)

3 September 1994

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Pizza choices as varied as toppings (CT, 3 Sep 1994, p. 42)

21 May 2009

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Dining guide: Near East, North and South (WSJ, 21 May 2009, p. 68)

8 December 2005

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Pizza Extreme help-wanted ad listing all locations: 5706 Raymond Rd., 605 E. Washington Ave., 2936 Fish Hatchery, 1207 N. Sherman Ave. (CT, 8 Dec 2005, p. 27)

30 January 2000

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Pizza Extreme help-wanted advertisement listing 605 E. Washington Ave., 2936 Fish Hatchery Rd. and 1207 N. Sherman Ave. (WSJ, 30 Jan 2000, p. 95)

11 September 2000

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Help-wanted advertisements: Pizza Extreme, 605 E. Washington Ave.; Domino's drivers, 444-9078 (WSJ, 11 Sep 2000, p. 7)

12 March 2002

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WYOU is moving, but not far (CT, 12 Mar 2002, p. 4)

14 March 2003

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Robbers strike another pizza place (WSJ, 20 Mar 2003, p. 2)

7 March 2004

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Pizza Extreme management help-wanted advertisement listing its four stores (WSJ, 7 Mar 2004, p. 132)

17 October 1993

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Pizza Extreme help-wanted: 'Due to our great food, service & prices, our business is increasing at the speed of light'; sandwich/counter person, prep person, delivery drivers at 605 E. Washington Ave. (259-1500); 'pizza cu… (WSJ, 17 Oct 1993, p. 96)

3 September 1994

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Pizza choices as varied as toppings (CT, 3 Sep 1994, p. 42)

1995

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Ameritech PagesPlus Yellow Pages, Madison, 1995 edition, 'Pizza' classification, p. 640: display ads — Gino's, 540 State St. ('5 blocks from the Capital'; fettucine Alfredo, stuffed pizza, veal Romano, bar; free delivery … (phone book, 1995, p. 640)

6 August 1995

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Rocky Rococo hourly ad listing 694 S. Whitney Way 273-1227, 3001 N. Sherman 241-4423, 4002 E. Washington 241-8001, 1618 W. Beltline 251-0304, 4 West Towne Mall 829-2901; Pizza Extreme 'Due to our expansion, business has inc… (WSJ, 6 Aug 1995, p. 83)

16 August 1995

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Student dining guide 1995: Pizza (WSJ, 16 Aug 1995, p. 59)

18 August 1996

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Gumby's help-wanted advertisement, 2433 University Ave. and 310 S. Brearly (WSJ, 18 Aug 1996, p. 83)

20 August 1997

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Dining guide: "Domino's, Papa John's, Pizza Pit, Pizza Hut, and Rocky Rococo's all have several locations" (WSJ, 20 Aug 1997, p. 103)

23 September 1997

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Help wanted: Fresh Express Subs & Salads / Falbo Bros. Pizzeria drivers; Pizza Extreme drivers (WSJ, 23 Sep 1997, p. 29)

26 October 1997

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Help wanted: Pizza Extreme managers; Alley-Oops (WSJ, 31 Aug 1997, p. 99)

2 August 1998

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Help wanted: Sal's Pizzeria, Pizza Extreme, Pizza Pit, Pizzeria Uno (August 1998) (WSJ, 2 Aug 1998, p. 90)

area served

west to Highland Avenue and Woodrow Street, east to Commercial and Clyde Gallagher avenues, south to Olin Avenue

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research note

The original store, in a former market and liquor store that the founders remodeled themselves.

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Extreme foresight for local pizza chain (WSJ, 27 Sep 2009, p. 52)

Rath, Sept. 1994: 'The stuffed pizza is the great specialty, and many believe it's the best in town. The owners are veterans of Pizza Pit and Edwardo's Natural Pizza, and the crust is very similar to Supreme Pizza's — doughier than Pit's. Toppings include spinach and pesto.' Open 11 a.m.–2 a.m. Tue–Sat.

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Pizza choices as varied as toppings (CT, 3 Sep 1994, p. 42)

1995 ad: 'Open Late' to 2:45 a.m. Fri–Sat; 'Extreme Team' two-pizza deal; 21 toppings; ten sandwiches on bread baked daily; wings with ten sauces; delivery to campus, downtown, near east and near west.

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Ameritech PagesPlus Yellow Pages, Madison, 1995 edition, 'Pizza' classification, p. 640: display ads — Gino's, 540 State St. ('5 blocks from the Capital'; fettucine Alfredo, stuffed pizza, veal Romano, bar; free delivery … (phone book, 1995, p. 640)

'Stuffed pizza is their specialty. Carryout, delivery' (1995 student guide).

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Student dining guide 1995: Pizza (WSJ, 16 Aug 1995, p. 59)

significant event

robbery