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The '''Greenbush Bar''' is a basement bar and pizza restaurant at [[914 Regent Street|914 Regent St.]], under the Italian Workmen's Club. Anna Alberici opened it in 1993, and it became known for its cracker-thin pizza, made with her sauce recipe<ref name="mc-2024-06-19-greenbush-sold">Kalk Derby, S. (2024, June 19). [https://madison.com/life-entertainment/local/article_9eca64d6-2e6e-11ef-853a-5b71db89d70f.html "Greenbush Bar in Madison being sold after 30 years."] ''madison.com''.</ref>, and for Christmas lights that stay up all year<ref name="mc-2024-08-03-workmens-club">Adams, B. (2024, August 3). [https://madison.com/news/local/article_eb25fe7e-50e4-11ef-a3b4-07f359cd5fba.html "Historic Greenbush neighborhood building gets national recognition."] ''madison.com''.</ref>.

==History==
Before 1993 the basement was the Cellar Bar, owned by Gino Baldarotta, an early craft-beer bar<ref name="mc-2024-08-03-workmens-club" />. Alberici ran the Greenbush Bar for 31 years, with Gretchen Hils as co-owner<ref name="ct-2024-12-18-pO36">Haase, N. (2024, December 18). "Reopened Regent Street icon Greenbush Bar embraces nostalgia." ''The Capital Times''. p. O36. Newspapers.com image [https://www.newspapers.com/image/1150668262/ 1150668262].</ref>, and closed it on Saturday, June 15, 2024<ref name="mc-2024-06-19-greenbush-sold" />.

The buyer was Sam Brown, son of [[Roger Brown]] of [[Rocky Rococo]], who also owns Fabiola's Spaghetti House & Deli and Leopold's Books Bar Caffe a few blocks down Regent Street. His managing partner is Adam Benedetto. Brown promised to keep the name, the pizza and its Wisconsin cheese<ref name="mc-2024-06-19-greenbush-sold" />, and the bar reopened on August 14, 2024<ref name="mc-2024-08-03-workmens-club" />.

==Pizza==
* Thin, crisp, cracker-style crust<ref name="mc-2024-06-19-greenbush-sold" />. After the reopening the pizzas were 16 inches, with mozzarella and fresh basil: three house specialties, or build your own<ref name="ct-2024-12-18-pO36" />.
* The new owner planned to serve pizza until midnight from Thursday to Saturday<ref name="mc-2024-06-19-greenbush-sold" />.

==Trivia==
* The Italian Workmen's Club, founded in 1912, put up the building in 1922; it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in August 2024<ref name="mc-2024-08-03-workmens-club" />.
* Alberici also ran The Wild Iris Cafe on Regent Street from 1990 to 2001<ref name="mc-2024-06-19-greenbush-sold" />.

==Locations==
* [[914 Regent Street|914 Regent St.]] (1993 to present; closed June 15 to August 14, 2024).

==See also==
* [[Thin-crust (pizza style)]]
* [[Item:Q1278|Greenbush Bar in the Madison Pizza Wiki database]]

==Notes==
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