Tamarack Pizza
Tamarack II, run by the corporation Tamarack Pizza, Inc., was a restaurant in Midvale Plaza at 1300 S. Midvale Blvd. "noted for its sandwiches and thin-crust pizza". Bill Noll ran it for more than nine years, from about 1981, and closed it in August 1990[1].
History
The city's licence renewals of May 1990 carried "Tamarack Pizza, Inc., agent Mary E. Toulon, dba Tamarack II, 1300 S. Midvale Blvd." among the Class B liquor licensees[2]. On September 1, 1990, the State Journal reported that "a long-running dispute between a West Side city council member and the owner of the Tamarack II restaurant has resulted in the pizzeria's closing." Noll, who also operated a Tamarack restaurant on Highway 51 near Portage, said Ald. Jean Stewart had consistently blocked his efforts to add a full-service bar: lunch-time crowds were popular, but patrons were not allowed to pull their chairs up to the small service bar. Stewart answered that neighbours opposed an expanded bar and that "it didn't seem right to have two bars in the same small shopping center." The Tamarack employed about 22 people. Noll said he was looking for a better Madison location and aimed to reopen "in a new spot within a few months"; a Chinese restaurant, Yen Ching, was to take the space[1].
Pizza
- Thin-crust pizza, alongside the sandwiches the restaurant was known for[1].
Former Locations
- 1300 S. Midvale Blvd., Midvale Plaza (about 1981 to August 1990)[1]. Buck's Pizza also had a store in the plaza, at 525 S. Midvale Blvd.
See also
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Riddle, J. (1990, September 1). "Dispute closes pizzeria." Wisconsin State Journal. p. 16. Newspapers.com image 405441029.
- ↑ (1990, May 15). City of Madison 1990–91 Class B liquor licence renewals (reprinted May 18 p24 and May 19 p6): Pizza Pit, 78 East Towne Mall (Kerry P. Cook, agent Terry K. Voice); Edwardo's Natural Pizza Restaurant 333 N. Bassett St. (Erl …. Wisconsin State Journal. p. 22. Newspapers.com images 405195087, 405339396, 405340124.
