Gino's (Q989)
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Italian restaurant on State Street, Madison, closed in 2013
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Gino's |
Italian restaurant on State Street, Madison, closed in 2013 |
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Gino Gargano said he served Madison's first stuffed pizza, in the 1970s.
Mayor Soglin declared July 5, 2013, "Gino's Restaurant Day" for the 50th anniversary. About 20 members of the Gargano family have worked there. Peppino's began in 1974 in Gino's former living quarters upstairs.
Gargano also owned two Gino's Delis in the Madison area in 2006. His uncle Carlo Caputo, a State Street grocer, brought the three Gargano brothers to Madison and opened Carlo's, a pizza place on the Capitol Square, in 1955.
1980 Yellow Pages ad: 'Stuffed Pizza — The Rage of Chicago! Now at Gino's!'; the location guide: pizza, pasta, sandwiches, dinners, 'special discounts on carry outs', below Peppino's Restaurant.
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Winner of the third Daily Cardinal pizza contest, December 1973 (3.3 of 5, judged on crust, sausage and cheese); 4th in 1971 and 1974, 2nd in 1972; tied for second in thin crust in 1975. A 1971 reviewer found its sausage heavy with fennel.
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5 July 1963
