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'''Fresco Pasta Cafe''' was an Italian cafe and deli at 6613 Mineral Point Rd., on Madison's far West Side. Bally opened it in September 1984, and by mid-1986 it had become Flakey Jake's<ref name="ct-1985-04-17-p40">Gruber, H. (1985, April 17). Review of Fresco Pasta Cafe, 6613 Mineral Point Rd.: Bally's Tom Foolery, opened there in 1982 'during the midst of the video game craze' with overpriced sandwiches and 'rather pedestrian pizzas', folded; Bally opened Fresc…. ''The Capital Times''. p. 40. Newspapers.com image [https://www.newspapers.com/image/519918055/ 519918055].</ref><ref name="wsj-1986-07-27-p68">Campbell, G. (1986, July 27). Review of Flakey Jake's, 6613 Mineral Point Rd.: the site 'has changed names four times' — Tom Foolery moved into the old Barnaby's in spring 1982, became Fresco Pasta under the same owners, then within the last year was s…. ''Wisconsin State Journal''. p. 68. Newspapers.com image [https://www.newspapers.com/image/405186164/ 405186164].</ref>.

==History==
The site was the old Barnaby's Family Inn. Bally bought the Barnaby's chain in 1981 and closed it<ref name="ct-1982-04-14-p61">(1982, April 14). Tom Foolery profile: 'Last August, Bally purchased the Barnaby's Family Inns chain. It closed Madison's two outlets, 6613 Mineral Point Rd. and 4802 E. Washington Ave., and began remodeling and renovating them into the firs…. ''The Capital Times''. p. 61. Newspapers.com image [https://www.newspapers.com/image/521669418/ 521669418].</ref>, and in the spring of 1982 put its Tom Foolery video-game restaurant there<ref name="wsj-1986-07-27-p68" />; the Capital Times remembered its "rather pedestrian pizzas"<ref name="ct-1985-04-17-p40" />. When Tom Foolery folded, Bally opened Fresco Pasta Cafe on the same site in September 1984<ref name="ct-1985-04-17-p40" />. Under the same owners it then became Flakey Jake's, a gourmet burger restaurant<ref name="wsj-1986-07-27-p68" />.

==Pizza==
* The fall 1984 dining guide described it as a "Casual Italian cafe and deli featuring homemade pastas, sauces and pizza"<ref name="wsj-1984-10-07-p258">(1984, October 7). "Madison Area Dining Guide, Fall 1984." ''Wisconsin State Journal''. p. 258. Newspapers.com image [https://www.newspapers.com/image/402306037/ 402306037].</ref>.

==Locations==
* 6613 Mineral Point Rd. (1984 – c. 1986).

==See also==
* [[1980s (decade)]]
* [[Item:Q3164|Fresco Pasta Cafe in the Madison Pizza Wiki database]]

==Notes==
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