Gargano’s Pizzeria
Gargano’s was a pizzeria at 437 State St. from the 1960s to at least 1980. Biagio Gargano, the owner was the brother of Peppino and Gino, who also owned Italian restaurants in Madison.
Biagio Gargano came to Madison in 1960. By 1962 he had a pizzeria called Guiseppe's near the corner of Randall and University avenues, which he soon moved to State Street and renamed Gargano's. He died in December 2012, aged 76[1].
In 1973 it stood on State Street at the corner of North Broom Street, in a building whose signs read "Carry Out Pizza Service" and "Spaghetti & Pizza", next to Martin's Midwest Western Wear[2].
The 1980 Yellow Pages list Gargano's at 437 State St., with two numbers and a third for "Pizza in the Pan". Its menu ad offered thin, regular and thick crusts in 10-, 12- and 14-inch sizes and pan pizza in 9, 10 and 12 inches, sixteen extra ingredients, the Togo and Vesuvio sandwiches, a "Pizzaloka" of garlic bread with pizza sauce and mozzarella, and pasta dinners. It was open from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. and from 5 p.m. to 2 a.m.[3]
External links
- "Gargano's Pizzaria", photograph by Bruce Garner, 1973. Wisconsin Historical Society, W01263O.
Notes
- ↑ Moe, D. (2013, July 5). "Doug Moe: Gino's at 50." madison.com.
- ↑ Garner, B. (1973). "Gargano's Pizzaria." Photograph, Wisconsin Historical Society, Unique ID W01263O (WHI 137704). Bruce Garner photographs of State Street area, Madison, Wisconsin, circa 1973.
- ↑ (1980). Madison Yellow Pages, 1980 edition (Wisconsin Telephone Co.), 'Pizza' classification, p. 447: listings Barnaby's Family Inn (4802 E. Washington Ave. 241-2131; 6613 Mineral Point Rd. 833-1671), Brat und Brau (1421 Regent; …. Madison telephone directory. p. 447.
