Shakey’s Pizza Parlor
Shakey's Pizza Parlor was a national pizza chain with a long-running Madison parlor at 3579 E. Washington Ave., and in 1993 a second one at 714 Gammon Rd. on the west side[1], on the corner of East Washington Avenue and Stoughton Road[2].
History
The East Side Shakey's ran for more than thirty years at the corner building — "For 30-plus years, this space was a Shakey's Pizza, then a lackluster China Buffet," a 2016 review recalled[3]. China Buffet held the building from 1999 to 2015; OM Indian Fusion Cuisine remodeled it extensively and ran there from June 2016 to March 2019[2]. When OM closed, the State Journal noted the location was "most famously home to Shakey's Pizza Parlor"[2].
When the parlor opened has not yet been found in the papers; thirty-plus years before 1999 points to the late 1960s.
Former Locations
- 3579 E. Washington Ave. (about the late 1960s to the 1990s; listed in a dining guide in August 1993[1]; in 1995 advertising free "hotel express delivery" to 13 East Side motels, "Shakey's Pizza Parlor Room Service", live entertainment on Friday and Saturday nights and a game room, at 249-7319[4]; China Buffet from 1999).
- 714 Gammon Rd. (listed in the same August 1993 guide)[1].
See also
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 (1993, August 18). "Good dining spots — Pizza." Wisconsin State Journal. p. 93. Newspapers.com image 406358045.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Kalk Derby, S. (2019, March 17). "OM Indian Fusion closes on East Washington Avenue." madison.com.
- ↑ (2016, August 3). OM India review: "For 30-plus years, this space was a Shakey's Pizza, then a lackluster China Buffet". The Capital Times. p. 28. Newspapers.com image 521039670.
- ↑ (1995). Ameritech PagesPlus Yellow Pages, Madison, 1995 edition, 'Pizza' classification, p. 639: Rocky Rococo display ad — 'Pan Style Pizza or Classic Thin', Wisconsin real cheese, city-wide delivery (limited area), pasta, lasagn…. Madison telephone directory. p. 639.
