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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>. When it closed has not been found.


==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==

Revision as of 03:28, 24 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]. When it closed has not been found.

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[5].

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. ↑ (1975, May 28). City of Madison license list, May 1975. Wisconsin State Journal. p. 35.