1401 Emil Street

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1401 Emil St. is near Fish Hatchery Road and the Beltline. Pizza Pit had a store here for about 41 years, longer than at any other address found so far. The address also appears as 1401 Fish Hatchery.

Timeline

  • By August 1965 to at least October 1970: Elm Tree Thrift Bakery[1][2].
  • By March 1971 to 2012: Pizza Pit[3]. Advertisements called it the "So. Central" store, at "Fish Hatchery at the Beltline"[4][5].
    • August 1999: pictured on the front page when Pizza Pit filed for bankruptcy[6].
    • January 19, 2000: closed with the other company stores[7]. It was to reopen under new owners on February 9[8].
    • April 2012: still advertising, with the telephone number it had in 1971, 251-4412[9].
  • December 2012: the city gave notice of a plan to "demolish restaurant building to allow construction of multi-tenant retail building with drive-thru"[10].
  • 2013: Firehouse Subs, its second Madison restaurant, planned to open in the new building on August 13[11].

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ (1965, August 2). Thrift Bakery advertisement, 1401 Emil St. Wisconsin State Journal. p. 11. Newspapers.com image 402350315.
  2. ↑ (1970, October 14). Classified advertisement naming the bakery at 1401 Fish Hatchery. Wisconsin State Journal.
  3. ↑ (1971, March 15). Pizza Pit advertisement listing 1401 Emil St. Wisconsin State Journal.
  4. ↑ (1971, April 12). Pizza Pit advertisement, "Free delivery! Yes, all four Pizza Pits in Madison". Wisconsin State Journal. p. 4. Newspapers.com image 405149832.
  5. ↑ (1971, April 19). "Buy one! Get one free." Wisconsin State Journal. p. 8. Newspapers.com image 402428924.
  6. ↑ Newman, J. (1999, August 6). "Pizza Pit files for Chapter 11 but will keep on rolling." Wisconsin State Journal. p. 1. Newspapers.com image 404009652.
  7. ↑ Gribble, R. A. (2000, January 22). "Pizza Pit closes six stores." Wisconsin State Journal. p. 39. Newspapers.com image 400896178.
  8. ↑ Gribble, R. A. (2000, January 29). "3 Pizza Pit stores to reopen." Wisconsin State Journal. p. 39. Newspapers.com image 400919775.
  9. ↑ (2012, April 20). Pizza Pit advertisement, 1401 Emil St., phone 251-4412 (ran 20–28 April 2012). Wisconsin State Journal. Newspapers.com image 522989462.
  10. ↑ (2012, December 1). City notice: 1401 Emil Street, demolish restaurant building. Wisconsin State Journal. p. 32. Newspapers.com images 523009317, 523015671.
  11. ↑ (2013, June 16). Firehouse Subs to open at the former Pizza Pit, 1401 Emil St. Wisconsin State Journal. p. 52. Newspapers.com image 522999270.
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