The Grotto (636 State Street) (Q2745)

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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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    Madison has right stuff for making — and eating! — pizza (CT, 22 Jun 1985, p. 14)
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    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)
     
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