Casa Bianca (333 North Bassett Street) (Q1908)
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store at 333 North Bassett Street, Madison
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Casa Bianca (333 North Bassett Street) |
store at 333 North Bassett Street, Madison |
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April 1998
21 March 1998
2 references
'should open in a couple of weeks' (March 21, 1998)
a 2005 account said 1997
2006
23 January 2007
2 references
a one-acre site that had been home to the Casa Bianca Italian restaurant
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23 May 2005
15 December 2005
15 May 2000
29 August 2000
22 January 2001
15 November 2001
3 July 2003
6 November 2003
28 June 2004
24 June 1999
21 March 1998
29 October 1998
Run by Feme Elmazi; the site near 502 N. Frances St. was sold for a Dan Fleming condominium project announced in January 2007, and the license was not renewed in July 2007.
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'Casa Bianca has been at the present location for five years' (July 2003), a family business with Nafi Elmazi's brother and cousins; 16 slices from $2 (cheese) to $3.95 (stuffed pepperoni), stromboli, 20-some pastas, a full bar; dining room with a flat screen; Ald. Mike Verveer a regular. A Jan. 2001 tower proposal by Erik Minton would have razed it. Efraim Elmazi took the license in 2004.
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Three stars from the State Journal (July 2003: 'Casa Bianca's pizza, stromboli outstanding'); the Daily Cardinal (Nov. 2003): 'slices as big as a city block', East Coast-style, and the owner's father Sal greeting customers.
In June 1999 readers' favorite for New York-style slices; the Elmazi brothers used mozzarella from Lisanti Foods of Totowa, N.J., and were negotiating for a west side location to open by 2000; the building at Bassett and Johnson had been an Edwardo's.
Announced March 21, 1998 by Samara Kalk: Nafi Elmazi, 35, who had helped train Sal's Pizzeria's workers in late 1997, had been remodeling the Edwardo's space (vacant since March 1997) for a month and expected to open 'in a couple of weeks' — so the opening was about April 1998, not 1997 as a 2005 account said. Pizza plus sandwiches, about 20 pastas, chicken, seafood and veal at student prices.
The 1998 Rhythm Restaurant Guide listed it under Middle Eastern, not Pizzerias (284-3889; open to 3 a.m. Thursday–Saturday; entrées under $10). It held no beer license in May 1998.
284-3889
