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==Locations== | '''Cafe Porta Alba''' was a Neapolitan pizzeria at Hilldale, open from 2006 to October 19, 2019<ref name="mc-2019-10-01-porta-alba-closing">Kalk Derby, S. (2019, October 1). [https://madison.com/life-entertainment/local/food-drink/restaurants/article_fa421a10-093e-5072-82e9-7bd0bb85a160.html "Cafe Porta Alba closing after 10 years at Hilldale, owner moving to Baltimore."] ''madison.com''.</ref>. | ||
* Hilldale | |||
==History== | |||
Nick Pjevach opened Cafe Porta Alba in 2006 at 15 N. Butler St. — the downtown space "where [[Naples 15]] is now" — and moved it to Hilldale in 2009. Its wood-burning oven, in a design from Pompeii, came from Naples. Pjevach closed the restaurant after ten years at Hilldale, with the last day October 19, 2019, to move to Baltimore<ref name="mc-2019-10-01-porta-alba-closing" />. | |||
The closing was felt in Madison's Neapolitan pizza world: [[Novanta]]'s Nick Mattioli, whose first professional kitchen was at Porta Alba, said he had to pull over to the side of the road when he heard the news<ref name="ct-2019-11-06-pO25">Haase, N. (2019, November 6). "New Novanta pizzeria is twice as nice." ''The Capital Times''. p. O25. Newspapers.com image [https://www.newspapers.com/image/613239955/ 613239955].</ref>. | |||
==Former Locations== | |||
* 15 N. Butler St. (2006 to 2009). Later the home of [[Naples 15]]. | |||
* Hilldale (2009 to October 19, 2019). | |||
==See also== | |||
* [[Naples 15]] | |||
* [[Novanta]] | |||
* [[Item:Q968|Cafe Porta Alba in the Madison Pizza Wiki database]] | |||
==Notes== | |||
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Revision as of 13:51, 21 October 2026
Cafe Porta Alba was a Neapolitan pizzeria at Hilldale, open from 2006 to October 19, 2019[1].
History
Nick Pjevach opened Cafe Porta Alba in 2006 at 15 N. Butler St. — the downtown space "where Naples 15 is now" — and moved it to Hilldale in 2009. Its wood-burning oven, in a design from Pompeii, came from Naples. Pjevach closed the restaurant after ten years at Hilldale, with the last day October 19, 2019, to move to Baltimore[1].
The closing was felt in Madison's Neapolitan pizza world: Novanta's Nick Mattioli, whose first professional kitchen was at Porta Alba, said he had to pull over to the side of the road when he heard the news[2].
Former Locations
- 15 N. Butler St. (2006 to 2009). Later the home of Naples 15.
- Hilldale (2009 to October 19, 2019).
See also
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kalk Derby, S. (2019, October 1). "Cafe Porta Alba closing after 10 years at Hilldale, owner moving to Baltimore." madison.com.
- ↑ Haase, N. (2019, November 6). "New Novanta pizzeria is twice as nice." The Capital Times. p. O25. Newspapers.com image 613239955.
