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point in time: 23 September 1949
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point in time: 2 November 1951
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point in time: 8 March 1952
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Opened January 1949 in the former Busch's Tea Room, Busch Building: 'It's called Pizza Pie ... the new home of Pizza Pie'. A rival answered five days later: 'Yes we're still the home of Pizza Pie' (3 Sisters Dining Room, W. Washington Ave.).
Property / research note: Opened January 1949 in the former Busch's Tea Room, Busch Building: 'It's called Pizza Pie ... the new home of Pizza Pie'. A rival answered five days later: 'Yes we're still the home of Pizza Pie' (3 Sisters Dining Room, W. Washington Ave.). / rank
 
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Pizza with mushrooms, anchovies, bacon or Italian sausage (1949–50), ricotta for Lent (1950); trays to take out, 'large or small'; 70¢ in 1951, 'our famous pizza'. Al and Mary Schiro, proprietors.
Property / research note: Pizza with mushrooms, anchovies, bacon or Italian sausage (1949–50), ricotta for Lent (1950); trays to take out, 'large or small'; 70¢ in 1951, 'our famous pizza'. Al and Mary Schiro, proprietors. / rank
 
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January 1949
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Property / opening date: January 1949 / rank
 
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latest date: 9 January 1949
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6-9195
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store at 636 State Street, Madison
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The Grotto (636 State Street)
store at 636 State Street, Madison

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    'It was 1949 when Albert Schiro, an Italian immigrant of Albanian descent, hung Madison's first pizza sign over the entrance to his legendary Grotto bar on State Street' (CT 1985). Marv and Albert Schiro's restaurant of 31 years in January 1980, 'the pizza is rated highly'. Gone by June 1985, when The Flamingo had taken over the space.
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    stated in
    Madison has right stuff for making — and eating! — pizza (CT, 22 Jun 1985, p. 14)
    stated in
    Diner's Scorecard 'recently reviewed' digest: the Grotto, 636 State St., Marv and Albert Schiro's restaurant of 31 years — 'the pizza is rated highly, too' (WSJ, 13 Jan 1980, p. 86)
    Campbell (1979): Mary and Albert Schiro had served pizza and pasta in the basement at 636 State St. for 31 years; sauce and dough made from scratch; regulars came for the 'thin, crispy, almost buttery crust and rich tomato sauce'; nine-inch pizza $2.35 on Wednesdays.
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    Grotto thrives on established tradition (WSJ, 2 Dec 1979, p. 104)
    Opened January 1949 in the former Busch's Tea Room, Busch Building: 'It's called Pizza Pie ... the new home of Pizza Pie'. A rival answered five days later: 'Yes we're still the home of Pizza Pie' (3 Sisters Dining Room, W. Washington Ave.).
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    Pizza with mushrooms, anchovies, bacon or Italian sausage (1949–50), ricotta for Lent (1950); trays to take out, 'large or small'; 70¢ in 1951, 'our famous pizza'. Al and Mary Schiro, proprietors.
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