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<p>New page: 2616 Monroe St., the Pizza Oven&#039;s west-side store (1970) and West Side Pizza (1972–73)</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>&#039;&#039;&#039;2616 Monroe Street&#039;&#039;&#039; held two pizza businesses in the early 1970s.<br /> <br /> ==Businesses==<br /> * [[The Pizza Oven]], &quot;the new West side Pizza Oven&quot; (by October 1970&lt;ref name=&quot;wsj-1970-10-17-p18&quot;&gt;(1970, October 17). &quot;The new West side Pizza Oven&quot; advertises for drivers and inside help, 2616 Monroe St. or 6016 Monona Dr. &#039;&#039;Wisconsin State Journal&#039;&#039;. p. 18. Newspapers.com image [https://www.newspapers.com/image/396603608/ 396603608].&lt;/ref&gt;; telephone 231-3112 in 1971–72&lt;ref name=&quot;dc-1971-11-05-p9&quot;&gt;Anchovy, W. J. (1971, November 5). [https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/A42WIS6HQWPSI48D/pages/ALQCYDOMULMDO78Q &quot;Promises, promises: First annual pizza contest.&quot;] &#039;&#039;The Daily Cardinal&#039;&#039;. p. 9.&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref name=&quot;dc-1972-08-21-p40&quot;&gt;(1972, August 21). [https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/ARQ74HR23M66BP9A/pages/A6FGZN6KRTOXHA9E Madison Telephone Guide, Fall Registration Issue: &quot;Pizza places&quot;.] &#039;&#039;The Daily Cardinal&#039;&#039;. p. 40.&lt;/ref&gt;).<br /> * West Side Pizza (1972–73), telephone 233-0111. It delivered in the Daily Cardinal&#039;s pizza contests of 1972 and 1973, finishing near the bottom&lt;ref name=&quot;dc-1972-11-17-p15&quot;&gt;McCue, M. (1972, November 17). [https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/AB4O7PJUOZ22W28Q/pages/A5ITJXL5DAAWFI83 Second Annual Cardinal Pizza Delivery Competition.] &#039;&#039;The Daily Cardinal&#039;&#039;. p. 15.&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref name=&quot;dc-1973-12-07-p21&quot;&gt;Staff, A. S. M. o. t. C. (1973, December 7). [https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/AYT6JBSLU7SDSN8J/pages/A7BIB6V4NSEQ529E &quot;As the pizza turns...&quot;] &#039;&#039;The Daily Cardinal&#039;&#039;. p. 21.&lt;/ref&gt;, offered fish-and-shrimp buckets as a Lenten special in 1973&lt;ref name=&quot;wsj-1973-03-16-p19&quot;&gt;(1973, March 16). West Side Pizza Lenten special advertisement (fish and shrimp buckets). &#039;&#039;Wisconsin State Journal&#039;&#039;. p. 19. Newspapers.com image [https://www.newspapers.com/image/405475790/ 405475790].&lt;/ref&gt;, and hired cooks and drivers at this address that April&lt;ref name=&quot;wsj-1973-04-25-p43&quot;&gt;(1973, April 25). West Side Pizza, 2616 Monroe St., advertises for cooks and drivers. &#039;&#039;Wisconsin State Journal&#039;&#039;. p. 43. Newspapers.com image [https://www.newspapers.com/image/405652534/ 405652534].&lt;/ref&gt;. Whether it was the Pizza Oven under a new name is not known.<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> * [[Item:Q719|2616 Monroe St. in the Madison Pizza Wiki database]]<br /> * [[Daily Cardinal pizza contests]]<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> &lt;references /&gt;<br /> <br /> [[Category:1970s]]</div>

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