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Maria's opened in 1978 in a modest brick building off South Main Street, under an Italian-flag awning, and John Indelicato — born in Marsala, on the Sicilian coast — made a point of changing nothing: the cash register, with employee names taped to the front, was the one he bought in 1978<ref name="ct-2018-11-21-pO23">Davis, V. (2018, November 21). "Maria's Pizza 'keeps the memories' in Oregon." ''The Capital Times''. p. O23. Newspapers.com image [https://www.newspapers.com/image/508042503/ 508042503].</ref>. "You gotta keep it all the same," he said in 2018. "If you change something, it's not the same anymore, there's no more history. This way, I keep the memories."<ref name="ct-2018-11-21-pO23" /> His wife Joanne assisted with the baking, and his daughters Josie and Agnese worked the restaurant from their teens. Most guests built their own pizzas; cheese and pepperoni stayed the most popular orders<ref name="ct-2018-11-21-pO23" />. | |||
Maria's served its last pizza on June 30, 2019 — "after 41 years in business" — when Indelicato retired. A Cap Times essayist that week praised the Maria's Special (sausage, mushrooms, onions, green peppers, a slightly sweet red sauce, a crispy but not thin crust): "I have been all over the country, and I have never found its equal."<ref name="ct-2019-07-03-pO40">(2019, July 3). "Elegy for a small-town Wisconsin pizza joint." ''The Capital Times''. p. O40. Newspapers.com image [https://www.newspapers.com/image/579991983/ 579991983].</ref> | |||
Indelicato closed Maria's in June 2019, after 41 years, and came out of retirement to reopen it on Tuesday, February 1, 2022. Because of COVID-19 it took phone orders for pickup only, and customers had to wear masks; on the first days some waited two and a half hours for their pizzas<ref name="mc-2022-02-03-marias" />. | Indelicato closed Maria's in June 2019, after 41 years, and came out of retirement to reopen it on Tuesday, February 1, 2022. Because of COVID-19 it took phone orders for pickup only, and customers had to wear masks; on the first days some waited two and a half hours for their pizzas<ref name="mc-2022-02-03-marias" />. | ||
Revision as of 13:52, 21 October 2026
Maria's Pizza is a pizzeria at 134 S. Main St. in Oregon, Wisconsin, south of Madison. Its owner, John Indelicato, was born in Sicily and learned to make pizza in Rockford, Illinois[1].
History
Maria's opened in 1978 in a modest brick building off South Main Street, under an Italian-flag awning, and John Indelicato — born in Marsala, on the Sicilian coast — made a point of changing nothing: the cash register, with employee names taped to the front, was the one he bought in 1978[2]. "You gotta keep it all the same," he said in 2018. "If you change something, it's not the same anymore, there's no more history. This way, I keep the memories."[2] His wife Joanne assisted with the baking, and his daughters Josie and Agnese worked the restaurant from their teens. Most guests built their own pizzas; cheese and pepperoni stayed the most popular orders[2].
Maria's served its last pizza on June 30, 2019 — "after 41 years in business" — when Indelicato retired. A Cap Times essayist that week praised the Maria's Special (sausage, mushrooms, onions, green peppers, a slightly sweet red sauce, a crispy but not thin crust): "I have been all over the country, and I have never found its equal."[3]
Indelicato closed Maria's in June 2019, after 41 years, and came out of retirement to reopen it on Tuesday, February 1, 2022. Because of COVID-19 it took phone orders for pickup only, and customers had to wear masks; on the first days some waited two and a half hours for their pizzas[1].
Trivia
- Indelicato also sells his pizza sauce to about ten local stores and bars[1].
Locations
- 134 S. Main St., Oregon (about 1978 to June 2019; February 2022 to present).
See also
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kalk Derby, S. (2022, February 3). "Maria’s Pizza in Oregon makes triumphant return." madison.com.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Davis, V. (2018, November 21). "Maria's Pizza 'keeps the memories' in Oregon." The Capital Times. p. O23. Newspapers.com image 508042503.
- ↑ (2019, July 3). "Elegy for a small-town Wisconsin pizza joint." The Capital Times. p. O40. Newspapers.com image 579991983.
