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'''2616 Monroe Street''' held two pizza businesses in the early 1970s.

==Businesses==
* [[The Pizza Oven]], "the new West side Pizza Oven" (by October 1970<ref name="wsj-1970-10-17-p18">(1970, October 17). "The new West side Pizza Oven" advertises for drivers and inside help, 2616 Monroe St. or 6016 Monona Dr. ''Wisconsin State Journal''. p. 18. Newspapers.com image [https://www.newspapers.com/image/396603608/ 396603608].</ref>; telephone 231-3112 in 1971–72<ref name="dc-1971-11-05-p9">Anchovy, W. J. (1971, November 5). [https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/A42WIS6HQWPSI48D/pages/ALQCYDOMULMDO78Q "Promises, promises: First annual pizza contest."] ''The Daily Cardinal''. p. 9.</ref><ref name="dc-1972-08-21-p40">(1972, August 21). [https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/ARQ74HR23M66BP9A/pages/A6FGZN6KRTOXHA9E Madison Telephone Guide, Fall Registration Issue: "Pizza places".] ''The Daily Cardinal''. p. 40.</ref>).
* West Side Pizza (1972–73), telephone 233-0111. It delivered in the Daily Cardinal's pizza contests of 1972 and 1973, finishing near the bottom<ref name="dc-1972-11-17-p15">McCue, M. (1972, November 17). [https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/AB4O7PJUOZ22W28Q/pages/A5ITJXL5DAAWFI83 Second Annual Cardinal Pizza Delivery Competition.] ''The Daily Cardinal''. p. 15.</ref><ref name="dc-1973-12-07-p21">Staff, A. S. M. o. t. C. (1973, December 7). [https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/AYT6JBSLU7SDSN8J/pages/A7BIB6V4NSEQ529E "As the pizza turns..."] ''The Daily Cardinal''. p. 21.</ref>, offered fish-and-shrimp buckets as a Lenten special in 1973<ref name="wsj-1973-03-16-p19">(1973, March 16). West Side Pizza Lenten special advertisement (fish and shrimp buckets). ''Wisconsin State Journal''. p. 19. Newspapers.com image [https://www.newspapers.com/image/405475790/ 405475790].</ref>, and hired cooks and drivers at this address that April<ref name="wsj-1973-04-25-p43">(1973, April 25). West Side Pizza, 2616 Monroe St., advertises for cooks and drivers. ''Wisconsin State Journal''. p. 43. Newspapers.com image [https://www.newspapers.com/image/405652534/ 405652534].</ref>. Whether it was the Pizza Oven under a new name is not known.

==See also==
* [[Item:Q719|2616 Monroe St. in the Madison Pizza Wiki database]]
* [[Daily Cardinal pizza contests]]

==Notes==
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[[Category:1970s]]