411 West Gilman Street
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411 W. Gilman St., just off State Street, was the site of the first Rocky Rococo.
Timeline
- 1949: Floyd and Lois Brown put up the building for Brown's Restaurant, which they had opened in the 400 block of State Street on January 4, 1938[1].
- 1958: the Browns sold the restaurant to two of their employees, Darrell Cook and Orv Erickson[1].
- March 16, 1974: last day of Brown's Restaurant, after 36 years[1].
- April 4, 1974: Rocky Rococo opened[2]. Rocky Rococo Corporation had applied for a beer licence for the address in January[3].
- May 1978: Rocky Rococo was still licensed here[4]. When it closed has not been found.
Trivia
- Darrell Cook, one of the last owners of Brown's Restaurant, was Rocky Rococo Corporation's agent on the city's licence list in 1975[5].
See also
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 LaBrasca, R. (1974, March 16). "Brown's Restaurant to Close Doors On 36 Years of Good Home Cookin'." The Capital Times. p. 9. Newspapers.com image 521389573.
- ↑ Martin, C. (1982, April 4). "Through pizza's thick and thin, Rocky Rococo Corp. pans out." Wisconsin State Journal. p. 32. Newspapers.com image 404415972.
- ↑ (1974, January 28). Beer licence application, Rocky Rococo Corporation, 411 W. Gilman St. Wisconsin State Journal. p. 2. Newspapers.com image 402489957.
- ↑ (1978, May 24). City of Madison licence list, May 1978. Wisconsin State Journal. p. 55. Newspapers.com image 401232658.
- ↑ (1975, May 28). City of Madison licence list, May 1975. Wisconsin State Journal. p. 35.
