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'''Kid's Korner Pizza''' was a take-and-bake pizza shop on the East Side, at 4116 Milwaukee St., in the mid-1980s. It belonged to Kids Korner Fresh Pizza Inc. of Wausau, a franchise chain.

==History==
The fall 1985 dining guide listed Kid's Korner Pizza at 4116 Milwaukee St., 249-0281: "premium quality pizza that you take home and bake. Also huge submarine sandwiches." It was open from 10:30 a.m. to 9 p.m., Monday through Saturday, and from noon to 9 on Sunday<ref name="wsj-1985-10-06-p132">(1985, October 6). "Madison Area Dining Guide, Fall 1985." ''Wisconsin State Journal''. p. 132. Newspapers.com image [https://www.newspapers.com/image/401397246/ 401397246].</ref>. It was listed again in 1986<ref name="wsj-1986-10-05-p166">(1986, October 5). "Madison Area Dining Guide, Fall 1986." ''Wisconsin State Journal''. p. 166. Newspapers.com image [https://www.newspapers.com/image/405302673/ 405302673].</ref>.

Carmen Jones had founded the chain in Wausau. In 1986 the Associated Press reported that she had opened her first store in 1977, at the age of 61, with a $500 loan. She began franchising in 1979, and by 1986 there were more than 30 stores in seven states, most of them franchises<ref name="wsj-1986-09-21-p38">AP, . (1986, September 21). "Pizza business spices up retirement." ''Wisconsin State Journal''. p. 38. Newspapers.com image [https://www.newspapers.com/image/405094786/ 405094786].</ref>.

Muriel LaRose reviewed the shop in her "Cheap Eats" column in December 1987: "We make them, you bake them." Its combinations included the Carmen Special<ref name="ct-1987-12-26-p23">LaRose, M. (1987, December 26). Review of Kid's Korner Pizza, 4116 Milwaukee St. (249-0281): take-and-bake — 'We make them, you bake them'; the Carmen Special. ''The Capital Times''. p. 23. Newspapers.com image [https://www.newspapers.com/image/522629884/ 522629884].</ref>. The fall 1987 guide gave the address as 31 S. Stoughton Rd., with the same telephone number ("Heart healthy fresh pizza that you take home to bake. Also foot-long subs")<ref name="wsj-1987-10-04-p251">(1987, October 4). "Madison Area Dining Guide, Fall 1987." ''Wisconsin State Journal''. p. 251. Newspapers.com image [https://www.newspapers.com/image/402545332/ 402545332].</ref>.

==Pizza==
* Take-and-bake pizza; the Carmen Special<ref name="ct-1987-12-26-p23" />.

==Former Locations==
* 4116 Milwaukee St. (1985 to 1987)<ref name="wsj-1985-10-06-p132" /><ref name="ct-1987-12-26-p23" />; listed in 1987 at 31 S. Stoughton Rd.<ref name="wsj-1987-10-04-p251" />

==See also==
* [[Item:Q2713|Kid's Korner in the Madison Pizza Wiki database]]

==Notes==
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[[Category:1980s]]