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Reviewed by Chris Martell in Dec. 1997 as 'another new contender for the best new pizza in Madison honors': 12-inch pizzas $8.75–12.75, 'spryte' size $3.95–5.95, pesto-based and create-your-own pizzas, Urban Bowl salad $4.95, Greek salad $3.75; pizzas came through a pick-up window in a 'New York industrial loft' room with acid-green walls; Mon–Thu 11–10, Fri–Sat 11–midnight, Sun 11–9. | |||||||||||||||
| Property / research note: Reviewed by Chris Martell in Dec. 1997 as 'another new contender for the best new pizza in Madison honors': 12-inch pizzas $8.75–12.75, 'spryte' size $3.95–5.95, pesto-based and create-your-own pizzas, Urban Bowl salad $4.95, Greek salad $3.75; pizzas came through a pick-up window in a 'New York industrial loft' room with acid-green walls; Mon–Thu 11–10, Fri–Sat 11–midnight, Sun 11–9. / rank | |||||||||||||||
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| Property / research note: Reviewed by Chris Martell in Dec. 1997 as 'another new contender for the best new pizza in Madison honors': 12-inch pizzas $8.75–12.75, 'spryte' size $3.95–5.95, pesto-based and create-your-own pizzas, Urban Bowl salad $4.95, Greek salad $3.75; pizzas came through a pick-up window in a 'New York industrial loft' room with acid-green walls; Mon–Thu 11–10, Fri–Sat 11–midnight, Sun 11–9. / reference | |||||||||||||||
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Revision as of 15:02, 24 October 2026
store at 1501 Monroe Street, Madison
- Urban Journey
- Urban Pizza Co.
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | Urban Pizza Cafe (1501 Monroe Street) |
store at 1501 Monroe Street, Madison |
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1 April 2004
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2007
3 July 2007
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the former Urban Pizza
23 May 2005
28 May 2007
25 May 2000
25 May 2001
5 September 2001
21 May 2002
26 December 2004
28 April 2000
1 May 2003
30 November 2004
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26 May 1999
28 October 1999
7 December 1997
On the city license lists 2005–2007 as Urban Pizza Cafe, LLC (agent Robert Sieger), renamed from Urban Pizza Co. in June 2004; the site of Bob Sieger's stalled Fieldhouse Station condo project with the Grid Iron tavern. Listed as closed in July 2007.
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Licensed as 'Urban Pizza Co., Inc. dba Urban Pizza Co.' 2000–2003 (Beer Class B); the Daily Cardinal called it 'The Urban Pizza Company' in 2003. The name Urban Pizza Cafe is in the 2005 license list.
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Bob Sieger owned the building by April 2000, when he and Tom Brunner bought the Copper Grid tavern next door (later the Gridiron); Urban Pizza had a beer garden on game days; Robert Oldenburg applied for the license in spring 2003 (placed on file); the corporation became Urban Pizza Cafe, LLC in June 2004, and a church took space in the building that November.
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A 2003 review praised the buttery 'Urban original crust' deep dish (a 12-inch feeds three or four; $8.95 cheese to $13.49 specialty, thin crust from $6.89, slices $2.50 at lunch and dinner) and noted a summer menu with lower prices, fewer appetizers and no soups or pasta.
Reviewed by Chris Martell in Dec. 1997 as 'another new contender for the best new pizza in Madison honors': 12-inch pizzas $8.75–12.75, 'spryte' size $3.95–5.95, pesto-based and create-your-own pizzas, Urban Bowl salad $4.95, Greek salad $3.75; pizzas came through a pick-up window in a 'New York industrial loft' room with acid-green walls; Mon–Thu 11–10, Fri–Sat 11–midnight, Sun 11–9.
