https://madisonpizza.wiki/wiki/history/3_Sisters_Dining_Room?feed=atom3 Sisters Dining Room - Revision history2026-11-08T08:55:39ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.43.9https://madisonpizza.wiki/index.php?title=3_Sisters_Dining_Room&diff=10399&oldid=prevJacques: New page: the 3 Sisters Dining Room and Tony's Bar, 736 W. Washington Ave. (1948–), "still the home of Pizza Pie"2026-10-28T19:07:05Z<p>New page: the 3 Sisters Dining Room and Tony's Bar, 736 W. Washington Ave. (1948–), "still the home of Pizza Pie"</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>The '''3 Sisters Dining Room''', with '''Tony's Bar''', was an Italian restaurant at 736 W. Washington Ave. It opened in August 1948 as the 3 Sisters Pompeii Dining Room<ref name="wsj-1948-08-06-p6">(1948, August 6). "Grand Opening — 3 Sisters Pompeii Dining, 736 W. Washington Ave.": Italian dishes, steaks; mixed and fancy drinks; 11 a.m. to 2 a.m. ''Wisconsin State Journal''. p. 6. Newspapers.com image [https://www.newspapers.com/image/405026041/ 405026041].</ref>. It was advertising "Pizza Pie" a month later, and when [[The Grotto]] called itself "the new home of Pizza Pie" in January 1949 the 3 Sisters answered, "YES we're still the home of PIZZA PIE"<ref name="wsj-1948-09-10-p21">(1948, September 10). 3 Sisters Pompeii Dining Room, 736 W. Washington Ave.: "Have you tried our ... Pizza Pie". ''Wisconsin State Journal''. p. 21. Newspapers.com image [https://www.newspapers.com/image/404751332/ 404751332].</ref><ref name="wsj-1949-01-09-p40">(1949, January 9). "It's called Pizza Pie ... and in our new Italian Grotto we make the best" — The Grotto (formerly Busch's Tea Room). ''Wisconsin State Journal''. p. 40. Newspapers.com image [https://www.newspapers.com/image/401293135/ 401293135].</ref><ref name="wsj-1949-01-14-p11">(1949, January 14). "Pizza Pie Pizza Pie Pizza — Yes we're still the home of Pizza Pie" — 3 Sisters Dining Room, Tony's Bar, 736 W. Washington Ave. ''Wisconsin State Journal''. p. 11. Newspapers.com image [https://www.newspapers.com/image/401296779/ 401296779].</ref>.<br />
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==History==<br />
The three sisters were [[Josie’s Spaghetti House|Josie Schuepbach]], Mary Schiro and Santina Koeppel, from the Greenbush neighborhood<ref name="wsj-1984-01-15-p86">Schubert, S. (1984, January 15). "Good food and service are a tradition at Josie's." ''Wisconsin State Journal''. p. 86. Newspapers.com image [https://www.newspapers.com/image/402656445/ 402656445].</ref>. The grand opening ad of August 6, 1948, offered Italian dishes and steaks, "mixed & fancy drinks," and hours from 11 a.m. to 2 a.m.<ref name="wsj-1948-08-06-p6" /><br />
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By June 1954 Mary Schiro was running the Grotto on State Street with Al Schiro; its ad announced that "One of the Three Sisters of the famous 3-Sisters Dining Room is now operating the GROTTO Restaurant"<ref name="ct-1954-06-18-p26">(1954, June 18). "One of the Three Sisters of the famous 3-Sisters Dining Room is now operating the Grotto Restaurant and Flamingo Bar, 636 State Street — Al and Mary Schiro, Props.". ''The Capital Times''. p. 26. Newspapers.com image [https://www.newspapers.com/image/518353707/ 518353707].</ref>. In May 1956 the 3 Sisters was "Back at last!" as the Three Sisters Restaurant and Lounge, with Italian and American foods<ref name="wsj-1956-05-04-p24">(1956, May 4). "Back at last! Three Sisters Restaurant and Lounge", 736 W. Wash. Ave.: Italian and American foods. ''Wisconsin State Journal''. p. 24. Newspapers.com image [https://www.newspapers.com/image/396601091/ 396601091].</ref>. Josie Schuepbach, who ran the kitchen at "Tony's on W. Washington," opened her own [[Josie’s Spaghetti House]] in 1964<ref name="wsj-1984-01-15-p86" />.<br />
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A 1984 review says the sisters owned "Three Sisters at State and Johnson"; the restaurant's own ads put it at 736 W. Washington Ave.<ref name="wsj-1984-01-15-p86" /> Whether there was a second location, and when the 3 Sisters closed, have not been found.<br />
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==Pizza==<br />
* 1948: "Have you tried our Italian Style Stuffed Round Steak or Pizza Pie," a weekly ad from September to December<ref name="wsj-1948-09-10-p21" />.<br />
* January 1949: "PIZZA PIE PIZZA PIE PIZZA — YES we're still the home of PIZZA PIE," the answer to the Grotto's opening ad<ref name="wsj-1949-01-14-p11" />.<br />
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==Locations==<br />
* 736 W. Washington Ave. (from August 1948; again from 1956).<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[The Grotto]]<br />
* [[Josie’s Spaghetti House]]<br />
* [[1940s (decade)]]<br />
* [[Item:Q3098|3 Sisters Dining Room in the Madison Pizza Wiki database]]<br />
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==Notes==<br />
<references /></div>Jacques