https://madisonpizza.wiki/wiki/history/3_North_Park_Street?feed=atom3 North Park Street - Revision history2026-11-08T10:16:32ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.43.9https://madisonpizza.wiki/index.php?title=3_North_Park_Street&diff=10337&oldid=prevJacques: New page: 3 N. Park St., the corner of Park and Regent ("Spaghetti Corner")2026-10-28T18:53:40Z<p>New page: 3 N. Park St., the corner of Park and Regent ("Spaghetti Corner")</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''3 N. Park St.''' is the corner of Park and Regent streets, at the edge of the old Greenbush Italian neighborhood. The State Journal called it "Spaghetti Corner"<ref name="mc-2008-05-28-through-thick-and-thin">Wegner, A. N. (2008, May 28). [https://madison.com/lifestyles/article_5dd95b69-95b3-518b-95aa-95dcb51fd35f.html "Through thick and thin: Madison's pizzerias have come a long way from their humble start on Spaghetti Corner."] ''madison.com''.</ref>, and in 1980 Sunny Schubert called it "hallowed ground for pasta lovers," with Italian food on the corner "continuously for the last 50 years"<ref name="wsj-1980-08-17-p85">Schubert, S. (1980, August 17). "Madonna's carries on tradition." ''Wisconsin State Journal''. p. 85. Newspapers.com image [https://www.newspapers.com/image/405554590/ 405554590].</ref>.<br />
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==Timeline==<br />
* 1930s to 1950s: [[Bunky’s]], Vito and Ninfa Capadona's Italian restaurant, with pizza pie one night a week in 1952–53<ref name="mc-2008-05-28-through-thick-and-thin" /><ref name="wsj-1952-03-08-p7">(1952, March 8). Grotto and Bunky's ("Pizza Pie on Fridays") advertisements. ''Wisconsin State Journal''. p. 7. Newspapers.com image [https://www.newspapers.com/image/402633003/ 402633003].</ref><ref name="wsj-1953-08-24-p10">(1953, August 24). Bunky's, 3 N. Park St.: "Pizza Pie Every Wed.". ''Wisconsin State Journal''. p. 10. Newspapers.com image [https://www.newspapers.com/image/396741094/ 396741094].</ref>.<br />
* By 1963 to early 1979: [[Pino’s]], run by the Capadona family<ref name="wsj-1963-09-02-p2">(1963, September 2). Police news: a burglary at Pino's restaurant, 3 N. Park St., in which $80 in rolled coins was taken. ''Wisconsin State Journal''. p. 2. Newspapers.com image [https://www.newspapers.com/image/400568046/ 400568046].</ref><ref name="wsj-1980-08-17-p85" />. In 1971 a new building went up, with Pino's in the basement and the Bunky's music club upstairs<ref name="wsj-1980-08-17-p85" />.<br />
* 1979: Nona's, "formerly Pino's," still selling the 14-inch Pizza del Pino<ref name="wsj-1979-07-18-p27">(1979, July 18). Nona's (formerly Pino's), 3 North Park: "Wednesday Special: 14" Pizza Del Pino ... $5.10"; carryouts (ran Wednesdays, June–July 1979). ''Wisconsin State Journal''. p. 27. Newspapers.com image [https://www.newspapers.com/image/405565752/ 405565752].</ref>.<br />
* By 1980: Madonna's, owned by Paul Cuccia and David Paltz. Its specialties were Sicilian pan pizzas, which took 45 minutes to make<ref name="wsj-1980-08-17-p85" />.<br />
* By 1982: Pino's again, with Pizza del Pino on Thursdays<ref name="wsj-1982-09-30-p38">(1982, September 30). Pino's, Corner of Regent and Park: "$1.00 off large pizza"; "Thurs. Pizza del Pino"; carryouts. ''Wisconsin State Journal''. p. 38. Newspapers.com image [https://www.newspapers.com/image/402582989/ 402582989].</ref>.<br />
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Later occupants of the corner have not been traced.<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Bunky’s]]<br />
* [[Pino’s]]<br />
* [[Item:Q3062|3 North Park Street in the Madison Pizza Wiki database]]<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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