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'''Luigi's Pizza & Subs''' was a pizza and sub shop on State Street at the intersection with West Gilman Street. A 1973 photograph shows its sign, "Luigi's Pizza & Subs, Free Delivery", on the right-hand end of a brick building it shared with the Chocolate House ice cream parlor and the College Boot Shop<ref>Garner, B. (1973). "Chocolate House." Photograph, Wisconsin Historical Society, Unique ID W01266W (WHI 137869). Bruce Garner photographs of State Street area, Madison, Wisconsin, circa 1973.</ref>. | '''Luigi's Pizza & Subs''' was a pizza and sub shop on State Street at the intersection with West Gilman Street. A 1973 photograph shows its sign, "Luigi's Pizza & Subs, Free Delivery", on the right-hand end of a brick building it shared with the Chocolate House ice cream parlor and the College Boot Shop<ref>Garner, B. (1973). "Chocolate House." Photograph, Wisconsin Historical Society, Unique ID W01266W (WHI 137869). Bruce Garner photographs of State Street area, Madison, Wisconsin, circa 1973.</ref>. | ||
It is not known to be connected with [[Luigi's Pizza]] on Midvale Boulevard. | Its address was 462 State St.<ref name="dc-1975-04-28-p2">Ramsay, C. (1975, April 28). [https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/AST3BBN4BW3C3F8M/pages/AH2PE4QPTT53ZV8U "Luigi's pizza unionizes, but owner may close."] ''The Daily Cardinal''. p. 2.</ref> It is not known to be connected with [[Luigi's Pizza]] on Midvale Boulevard. | ||
==History== | |||
In the fall of 1973 Luigi's advertised "pizza-by-the-slice" in the Daily Cardinal — cheese 30¢, cheese and sausage 35¢ — months before [[Rocky Rococo]] opened<ref name="dc-1973-09-14-p10">(1973, September 14). [https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/ANRTVY6BQUH2VG8J/pages/A3IRZLOAPJ7GKM8C Luigi's pizza-by-the-slice advertisement.] ''The Daily Cardinal''. p. 10.</ref>. It came second in the Cardinal's 1973 pizza contest and took "the flat-crust (regular) crown" in 1974<ref name="dc-1973-12-07-p21">Staff, A. S. M. o. t. C. (1973, December 7). [https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/AYT6JBSLU7SDSN8J/pages/A7BIB6V4NSEQ529E "As the pizza turns..."] ''The Daily Cardinal''. p. 21.</ref><ref name="dc-1974-10-14-p11">Calhoun, H. (1974, October 14). [https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/AUAUB2N7IUYMQS9C/pages/AZFRDN3FZSSQKA8O "Pizza hits the Rocky."] ''The Daily Cardinal''. p. 11.</ref>. | |||
Gary Witte bought the State Street store about March 1975; he also ran a Luigi's Pizza on Raymond Road. On April 25, 1975, with all of the workers signed up, he recognized the Madison Independent Workers' Union as their bargaining agent, though he said he might close the State Street store for a time. "It's the only union pizza in town," one worker said<ref name="dc-1975-04-28-p2" />. The 1975 license list has De-He Enterprises, Inc. (Luigi's Pizza & Subs), with a North Sherman Avenue address<ref name="wsj-1975-05-28-p35">(1975, May 28). City of Madison license list, May 1975. ''Wisconsin State Journal''. p. 35.</ref>. Luigi's was last in thin crust in the Cardinal's 1975 contest<ref name="dc-1975-11-04-p1">(1975, November 4). [https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/AFKR5452RGMKXO8M/pages/A6N32XJ63HHHL38M "Searching for the pie in the sky."] ''The Daily Cardinal''. p. 1.</ref>. | |||
==Former Locations== | |||
* 462 State St. (by September 1973<ref name="dc-1973-09-14-p10" /> to at least November 1975<ref name="dc-1975-11-04-p1" />). | |||
* Raymond Road (1975)<ref name="dc-1975-04-28-p2" />. | |||
==See also== | |||
* [[Item:Q2905|Luigi's Pizza & Subs in the Madison Pizza Wiki database]] | |||
* [[Daily Cardinal pizza contests]] | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
Revision as of 16:06, 25 October 2026
Luigi's Pizza & Subs was a pizza and sub shop on State Street at the intersection with West Gilman Street. A 1973 photograph shows its sign, "Luigi's Pizza & Subs, Free Delivery", on the right-hand end of a brick building it shared with the Chocolate House ice cream parlor and the College Boot Shop[1].
Its address was 462 State St.[2] It is not known to be connected with Luigi's Pizza on Midvale Boulevard.
History
In the fall of 1973 Luigi's advertised "pizza-by-the-slice" in the Daily Cardinal — cheese 30¢, cheese and sausage 35¢ — months before Rocky Rococo opened[3]. It came second in the Cardinal's 1973 pizza contest and took "the flat-crust (regular) crown" in 1974[4][5].
Gary Witte bought the State Street store about March 1975; he also ran a Luigi's Pizza on Raymond Road. On April 25, 1975, with all of the workers signed up, he recognized the Madison Independent Workers' Union as their bargaining agent, though he said he might close the State Street store for a time. "It's the only union pizza in town," one worker said[2]. The 1975 license list has De-He Enterprises, Inc. (Luigi's Pizza & Subs), with a North Sherman Avenue address[6]. Luigi's was last in thin crust in the Cardinal's 1975 contest[7].
Former Locations
See also
External links
- "Chocolate House", photograph by Bruce Garner, 1973. Wisconsin Historical Society, W01266W.
Notes
- ↑ Garner, B. (1973). "Chocolate House." Photograph, Wisconsin Historical Society, Unique ID W01266W (WHI 137869). Bruce Garner photographs of State Street area, Madison, Wisconsin, circa 1973.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Ramsay, C. (1975, April 28). "Luigi's pizza unionizes, but owner may close." The Daily Cardinal. p. 2.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 (1973, September 14). Luigi's pizza-by-the-slice advertisement. The Daily Cardinal. p. 10.
- ↑ Staff, A. S. M. o. t. C. (1973, December 7). "As the pizza turns..." The Daily Cardinal. p. 21.
- ↑ Calhoun, H. (1974, October 14). "Pizza hits the Rocky." The Daily Cardinal. p. 11.
- ↑ (1975, May 28). City of Madison license list, May 1975. Wisconsin State Journal. p. 35.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 (1975, November 4). "Searching for the pie in the sky." The Daily Cardinal. p. 1.
