1990s (decade)
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The 1990s brought a wave of new pizza delivery businesses, several of them started by people who had worked for older ones. The decade ended with the bankruptcy of Pizza Pit.
1990
1991
- Late April: Pagliai's Pizza, later Pavlov's, opens at 119 W. Mifflin St.[1]
- Bill Buchholz buys Buck’s Pizza[2].
- Pizza Extreme opens at 605 E. Washington Ave.[3]
- October: Gumby's Pizza opens at 2433 University Ave.[4]
- Pizzeria Uno opens its west side restaurant at 7601 Mineral Point Rd.[5]
1992
- September 28: Bill Stein, co-founder of Pizza Extreme, dies[6].
1993
- January: Domino's has closed four of its five Madison-area stores and franchises the last, 2631 University Ave.[7]
1994
1995
- August: Old Chicago is licensed at 7202 Mineral Point Rd.[10]
- October 31: armed robbery at the Rocky Rococo on South Whitney Way[11].
1996
- January: a Little Caesars pizza station is hiring inside the Kmart at 3801 E. Washington Ave.[12]
- July 23–24: all six Madison-area Little Caesar's stores close overnight[13][14].
- About November: Papa John's opens its first Madison store at 515 University Ave.[15]
- Pizza Extreme opens its second and third stores, on Fish Hatchery Road[16] and North Sherman Avenue[17].
- By August: Gumby's has a second store at 310 S. Brearly St.[18]
1997
- February: with Domino's and Little Caesar's gone, "Pizza Pit rules this town", writes Samara Kalk[15].
- February: Planet Pizza opens at 2433 University Ave.; Gumby's has moved four blocks west[19].
- July 9: Rocky Rococo opens at Westgate Mall and closes its restaurants at 694 S. Whitney Way and 3730 University Ave.[20]
- August 15: Papa John's opens its third area store, in Middleton[21].
- November 4: Glass Nickel Pizza opens at 2049 Atwood Ave.[22]
1998
- April: Domino's returns to Madison at 703 S. Gammon Rd.[23]
- October: Pavlov's Pizza is the last tenant left in a West Mifflin Street building that is to be redeveloped[24].
1999
- March 28: Pavlov's Pizza closes downtown[25]. It reopens at 1511 Williamson St. at the end of September[26].
- July 30: Pizza Pit Ltd. files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection[27].
- August: readers of Isthmus vote Glass Nickel the best pizza in Madison[28].
- October 1: Glass Nickel's second store is due to open at 5003 University Ave.[28]
- December: Rosati's Pizza is first found in Madison[29].
Notes
- ↑ Rath, J. (1991, May 18). Cheap Eats: Pagliais Pizza. The Capital Times. p. 33. Newspapers.com image 519954972.
- ↑ Moe, D. (2010, June 8). "Doug Moe: Ald. Sanborn buys Buck's Pizza, but won't mess with success." madison.com.
- ↑ Rath, J. (1991, October 26). "'Extreme' tastes familiar." The Capital Times. p. 28. Newspapers.com image 520380615.
- ↑ Rath, J. (1992, January 18). "Students love Gumby's." The Capital Times. p. 27. Newspapers.com image 521267260.
- ↑ (2023, November 29). Uno Terrace apartments at 7601 Mineral Point Rd. Wisconsin State Journal. p. A9. Newspapers.com image 1021473905.
- ↑ (1992, September 29). "Stein, William L." The Capital Times. p. 28. Newspapers.com images 521269345, 406187507.
- ↑ (1993, January 14). "Last Domino's gets new owner." The Capital Times. p. 31. Newspapers.com image 521273773.
- ↑ (1994, November 18). Domino's at 2631 University Ave. has closed; phone disconnected. Wisconsin State Journal. p. 23. Newspapers.com image 406431558.
- ↑ (1994, July 1). Notice of public hearing on liquor and beer licence applications, July 1994. The Capital Times. p. 18. Newspapers.com image 519927365.
- ↑ (1995, August 7). Licence notice, Wadsworth Old Chicago, 7202 Mineral Point Rd. The Capital Times. p. 16.
- ↑ Brixey, E. (1997, June 7). "Man sentenced for 1995 Rocky Rococo's robbery." Wisconsin State Journal. p. 5. Newspapers.com images 402454522, 402454145.
- ↑ (1996, January 27). Help-wanted advertisement: management positions, Little Caesars Pizza Station at Kmart, 3801 E. Washington Ave. Wisconsin State Journal. p. 31. Newspapers.com image 397382278.
- ↑ Hawkins, L. (1996, July 30). "Little Caesar's closes." Wisconsin State Journal. p. 16. Newspapers.com image 398441433.
- ↑ Ivey, M. (1996, September 12). "Franchisee sues Little Caesar's." The Capital Times. p. 3. Newspapers.com image 522283167.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Kalk, S. (1997, February 8). "Papa John's finds niche." The Capital Times. p. 40. Newspapers.com image 519930305.
- ↑ (1996, February 11). Pizza Extreme help-wanted advertisement, 605 E. Washington and 2936 Fish Hatchery Rd. Wisconsin State Journal. p. 74. Newspapers.com image 397200098.
- ↑ (1996, September 8). Pizza Extreme delivery-driver advertisement listing three stores. Wisconsin State Journal. p. 79. Newspapers.com image 406359778.
- ↑ (1996, August 18). Gumby's help-wanted advertisement, 2433 University Ave. and 310 S. Brearly. Wisconsin State Journal. p. 83. Newspapers.com image 405452215.
- ↑ Kalk, S. (1997, March 1). Planet Pizza opens at 2433 University Ave.; Gumby's moves four blocks west. The Capital Times. p. 38. Newspapers.com image 519932637.
- ↑ (1997, July 9). "Rocky's pizza adds sites in Westgate, Baraboo." The Capital Times. p. 21. Newspapers.com image 523177023.
- ↑ Winter, E. (1997, August 15). Changes: Papa John's Pizza opens its third Madison-area restaurant, 6615 University Ave., Middleton. Wisconsin State Journal. p. 8. Newspapers.com image 401985772.
- ↑ (1997, November 8). Cheap Eats news: Glass Nickel Pizza Company opens. The Capital Times. p. 41. Newspapers.com image 522191880.
- ↑ (1998, April 29). Help-wanted advertisement: Domino's Pizza "now opening on the SW side of Madison", 703 S. Gammon Rd. Wisconsin State Journal. p. 26. Newspapers.com image 404524068.
- ↑ Kalk, S. (1998, October 23). Don Hovde's West Mifflin Street project is short one Silver Dollar. The Capital Times. p. 1, 8A. Newspapers.com images 522540978, 522541391.
- ↑ Kalk, S. (1999, April 8). Same pizza, new doghouse: Pavlov's to move to Williamson Street. Wisconsin State Journal. p. 52. Newspapers.com images 404457826, 521944173.
- ↑ Kalk, S. (1999, October 7). Pavlov's knows delays: Pavlov's Pizza reopens on Williamson Street. Wisconsin State Journal. p. 65. Newspapers.com images 401861394, 522183330.
- ↑ Richgels, J. (2000, January 14). "Pizza Pit pursues recipe for survival." The Capital Times. p. 26. Newspapers.com image 522005689.
- ↑ 28.0 28.1 Kalk, S. (1999, August 26). Sal's listed for sale; Glass Nickel expands to west side. Wisconsin State Journal. p. 61. Newspapers.com images 402056959, 522664495.
- ↑ (1999, December 9). Clock Tower Court merchants advertisement naming Rosati's Pizza. Wisconsin State Journal. p. 30. Newspapers.com image 398395983.
