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Jacques: Add the 1979 story of the University Avenue building, the 1980 opening and the 1984 license

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Add the 1979 story of the University Avenue building, the 1980 opening and the 1984 license

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	==History==		==History==
	The chain's first Madison restaurant stood at 632 University Ave., at Lake Street, in a green one-story metal building put up in the fall of 1979 that a 1982 State Journal story called "the ugliest building in Mad Town"<ref name="wsj-1982-01-22-p1">Martin, C. (1982, January 22). "'Ugliest building in Mad Town' to get face lift." ''Wisconsin State Journal''. p. 1. Cited on an earlier version of this wiki; not re-read.</ref>. A north side restaurant at 1201 N. Sherman Ave. followed in about 1981<ref name="wiki-godfathers" />. The city's 1982 license list carried both: "Third Level Dev of Wisc. Inc., 632 University Avenue, Jule E. Rahberg, Agent, DBA Godfather's Pizza" and "P.I.B., Inc., 1201 N. Sherman Avenue, Ann Ovadal, Agent, DBA Godfather's Pizza"<ref name="wsj-1982-04-29-p34">(1982, April 29). "Legal notice: applications for the sale of beer and/or liquor (City of Madison, 1982–83)." ''Wisconsin State Journal''. p. 34. Newspapers.com image [https://www.newspapers.com/image/404494837/ 404494837].</ref>. In May 1996 the city's license list carried Godfather's Pizza, Inc., with Denise E. Fergusson as agent, at 714 S. Gammon Rd. on the west side, the building that had been a [[Shakey’s Pizza Parlor\|Shakey's]] in 1993<ref name="ct-1996-05-27-p5">(1996, May 27). City of Madison license list, May 1996. ''The Capital Times''. p. 5. Newspapers.com image [https://www.newspapers.com/image/522631770/ 522631770]. Seen in search results only; the page has not been read.</ref><ref name="wsj-1993-08-18-p93">(1993, August 18). "Good dining spots — Pizza." ''Wisconsin State Journal''. p. 93. Newspapers.com image [https://www.newspapers.com/image/406358045/ 406358045].</ref>. When the Gammon Road restaurant opened and closed has not yet been found.		The chain's first Madison restaurant stood at 632 University Ave., at Lake Street, in a green one-story metal building put up in the fall of 1979 that a 1982 State Journal story called "the ugliest building in Mad Town"<ref name="wsj-1982-01-22-p1">Martin, C. (1982, January 22). "'Ugliest building in Mad Town' to get face lift." ''Wisconsin State Journal''. p. 1. Cited on an earlier version of this wiki; not re-read.</ref>. In November 1979 the Capital Times reported on the "warehouse-like" building: the developer Stephen Banaszak had bought the former gas-station corner about two years earlier for a three-story complex of apartments, shops and a restaurant, but could not finance it, and put up the prefabricated metal building instead. Students kicked dents into it and covered it with graffiti ("Trash me," "Ugly"), and the paper said it might spur city design rules for the campus area. "The building is due to open next February or March as the Godfather Pizza Place"<ref name="ct-1979-11-26-p27">Gould, W. (1979, November 26). "Makeshift pizza parlor stirs [calls for design laws] — Dented metal building may spur design laws." ''The Capital Times''. p. 27. Newspapers.com image [https://www.newspapers.com/image/519856273/ 519856273].</ref>. Godfather's was hiring assistant managers at 632 University Ave. in March 1980<ref name="wsj-1980-03-06-p31">(1980, March 6). Help-wanted: 'Full-time, part-time Assistant Managers for Godfather's Pizza ... Apply 2 to 4 p.m. daily. Godfather's Pizza, 632 University Ave.'. ''Wisconsin State Journal''. p. 31. Newspapers.com image [https://www.newspapers.com/image/400913370/ 400913370].</ref>, and the restaurant was still licensed in May 1984, with Dolores M. Banaszak as agent<ref name="wsj-1984-05-23-p28">(1984, May 23). 1984 license applications (continued): 'Third Level Dev. of Wisc., Inc., Dolores M. Banaszak, Agent, DBA Godfather's Pizza, 632 University Avenue'; Paisan's Restaurant, Inc. (Gerald A. Meier); Tamarack Pizza, Inc. (Michael…. ''Wisconsin State Journal''. p. 28. Newspapers.com image [https://www.newspapers.com/image/402648124/ 402648124].</ref>. A north side restaurant at 1201 N. Sherman Ave. followed in about 1981<ref name="wiki-godfathers" />. The city's 1982 license list carried both: "Third Level Dev of Wisc. Inc., 632 University Avenue, Jule E. Rahberg, Agent, DBA Godfather's Pizza" and "P.I.B., Inc., 1201 N. Sherman Avenue, Ann Ovadal, Agent, DBA Godfather's Pizza"<ref name="wsj-1982-04-29-p34">(1982, April 29). "Legal notice: applications for the sale of beer and/or liquor (City of Madison, 1982–83)." ''Wisconsin State Journal''. p. 34. Newspapers.com image [https://www.newspapers.com/image/404494837/ 404494837].</ref>. In May 1996 the city's license list carried Godfather's Pizza, Inc., with Denise E. Fergusson as agent, at 714 S. Gammon Rd. on the west side, the building that had been a [[Shakey’s Pizza Parlor\|Shakey's]] in 1993<ref name="ct-1996-05-27-p5">(1996, May 27). City of Madison license list, May 1996. ''The Capital Times''. p. 5. Newspapers.com image [https://www.newspapers.com/image/522631770/ 522631770]. Seen in search results only; the page has not been read.</ref><ref name="wsj-1993-08-18-p93">(1993, August 18). "Good dining spots — Pizza." ''Wisconsin State Journal''. p. 93. Newspapers.com image [https://www.newspapers.com/image/406358045/ 406358045].</ref>. When the Gammon Road restaurant opened and closed has not yet been found.

	==Former Locations==		==Former Locations==
	* 632 University Ave., at Lake Street (about 1980<ref name="wsj-~~1982~~-01-22-p1" />).		* 632 University Ave., at Lake Street (about March 1980<ref name="ct-1979-11-26-p27" /><ref name="wsj-1980-03-06-p31" /> to at least May 1984<ref name="wsj-1984-05-23-p28" />).
	* 1201 N. Sherman Ave. (about 1981)<ref name="wiki-godfathers" />.		* 1201 N. Sherman Ave. (about 1981)<ref name="wiki-godfathers" />.
	* 714 S. Gammon Rd. (licensed in May 1996)<ref name="ct-1996-05-27-p5" />.		* 714 S. Gammon Rd. (licensed in May 1996)<ref name="ct-1996-05-27-p5" />.

Jacques: Add the 1982 license list

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Add the 1982 license list

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	==History==		==History==
	The chain's first Madison restaurant stood at 632 University Ave., at Lake Street, in a green one-story metal building put up in the fall of 1979 that a 1982 State Journal story called "the ugliest building in Mad Town"<ref name="wsj-1982-01-22-p1">Martin, C. (1982, January 22). "'Ugliest building in Mad Town' to get face lift." ''Wisconsin State Journal''. p. 1. Cited on an earlier version of this wiki; not re-read.</ref>. A north side restaurant at 1201 N. Sherman Ave. followed in about 1981<ref name="wiki-godfathers" />. In May 1996 the city's license list carried Godfather's Pizza, Inc., with Denise E. Fergusson as agent, at 714 S. Gammon Rd. on the west side, the building that had been a [[Shakey’s Pizza Parlor\|Shakey's]] in 1993<ref name="ct-1996-05-27-p5">(1996, May 27). City of Madison license list, May 1996. ''The Capital Times''. p. 5. Newspapers.com image [https://www.newspapers.com/image/522631770/ 522631770]. Seen in search results only; the page has not been read.</ref><ref name="wsj-1993-08-18-p93">(1993, August 18). "Good dining spots — Pizza." ''Wisconsin State Journal''. p. 93. Newspapers.com image [https://www.newspapers.com/image/406358045/ 406358045].</ref>. When the Gammon Road restaurant opened and closed has not yet been found.		The chain's first Madison restaurant stood at 632 University Ave., at Lake Street, in a green one-story metal building put up in the fall of 1979 that a 1982 State Journal story called "the ugliest building in Mad Town"<ref name="wsj-1982-01-22-p1">Martin, C. (1982, January 22). "'Ugliest building in Mad Town' to get face lift." ''Wisconsin State Journal''. p. 1. Cited on an earlier version of this wiki; not re-read.</ref>. A north side restaurant at 1201 N. Sherman Ave. followed in about 1981<ref name="wiki-godfathers" />. The city's 1982 license list carried both: "Third Level Dev of Wisc. Inc., 632 University Avenue, Jule E. Rahberg, Agent, DBA Godfather's Pizza" and "P.I.B., Inc., 1201 N. Sherman Avenue, Ann Ovadal, Agent, DBA Godfather's Pizza"<ref name="wsj-1982-04-29-p34">(1982, April 29). "Legal notice: applications for the sale of beer and/or liquor (City of Madison, 1982–83)." ''Wisconsin State Journal''. p. 34. Newspapers.com image [https://www.newspapers.com/image/404494837/ 404494837].</ref>. In May 1996 the city's license list carried Godfather's Pizza, Inc., with Denise E. Fergusson as agent, at 714 S. Gammon Rd. on the west side, the building that had been a [[Shakey’s Pizza Parlor\|Shakey's]] in 1993<ref name="ct-1996-05-27-p5">(1996, May 27). City of Madison license list, May 1996. ''The Capital Times''. p. 5. Newspapers.com image [https://www.newspapers.com/image/522631770/ 522631770]. Seen in search results only; the page has not been read.</ref><ref name="wsj-1993-08-18-p93">(1993, August 18). "Good dining spots — Pizza." ''Wisconsin State Journal''. p. 93. Newspapers.com image [https://www.newspapers.com/image/406358045/ 406358045].</ref>. When the Gammon Road restaurant opened and closed has not yet been found.

	==Former Locations==		==Former Locations==

Jacques: Use American spelling (license, favorite, neighborhood and the like)

2026-10-24T03:29:29Z

Use American spelling (license, favorite, neighborhood and the like)

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	==History==		==History==
	The chain's first Madison restaurant stood at 632 University Ave., at Lake Street, in a green one-~~storey~~ metal building put up in the fall of 1979 that a 1982 State Journal story called "the ugliest building in Mad Town"<ref name="wsj-1982-01-22-p1">Martin, C. (1982, January 22). "'Ugliest building in Mad Town' to get face lift." ''Wisconsin State Journal''. p. 1. Cited on an earlier version of this wiki; not re-read.</ref>. A north side restaurant at 1201 N. Sherman Ave. followed in about 1981<ref name="wiki-godfathers" />. In May 1996 the city's ~~licence~~ list carried Godfather's Pizza, Inc., with Denise E. Fergusson as agent, at 714 S. Gammon Rd. on the west side, the building that had been a [[Shakey’s Pizza Parlor\|Shakey's]] in 1993<ref name="ct-1996-05-27-p5">(1996, May 27). City of Madison ~~licence~~ list, May 1996. ''The Capital Times''. p. 5. Newspapers.com image [https://www.newspapers.com/image/522631770/ 522631770]. Seen in search results only; the page has not been read.</ref><ref name="wsj-1993-08-18-p93">(1993, August 18). "Good dining spots — Pizza." ''Wisconsin State Journal''. p. 93. Newspapers.com image [https://www.newspapers.com/image/406358045/ 406358045].</ref>. When the Gammon Road restaurant opened and closed has not yet been found.		The chain's first Madison restaurant stood at 632 University Ave., at Lake Street, in a green one-story metal building put up in the fall of 1979 that a 1982 State Journal story called "the ugliest building in Mad Town"<ref name="wsj-1982-01-22-p1">Martin, C. (1982, January 22). "'Ugliest building in Mad Town' to get face lift." ''Wisconsin State Journal''. p. 1. Cited on an earlier version of this wiki; not re-read.</ref>. A north side restaurant at 1201 N. Sherman Ave. followed in about 1981<ref name="wiki-godfathers" />. In May 1996 the city's license list carried Godfather's Pizza, Inc., with Denise E. Fergusson as agent, at 714 S. Gammon Rd. on the west side, the building that had been a [[Shakey’s Pizza Parlor\|Shakey's]] in 1993<ref name="ct-1996-05-27-p5">(1996, May 27). City of Madison license list, May 1996. ''The Capital Times''. p. 5. Newspapers.com image [https://www.newspapers.com/image/522631770/ 522631770]. Seen in search results only; the page has not been read.</ref><ref name="wsj-1993-08-18-p93">(1993, August 18). "Good dining spots — Pizza." ''Wisconsin State Journal''. p. 93. Newspapers.com image [https://www.newspapers.com/image/406358045/ 406358045].</ref>. When the Gammon Road restaurant opened and closed has not yet been found.

	==Former Locations==		==Former Locations==

Jacques: Create the page from the 1996 licence list and the earlier research recorded in the database

2026-10-24T02:59:48Z

Create the page from the 1996 licence list and the earlier research recorded in the database

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	'''~~Godfather’s~~ Pizza''' is a national pizza chain~~, established~~ in Omaha, Nebraska in 1973. ~~Godfather's~~ had several ~~locations in~~ Madison from the ~~1980s~~-~~2000s~~.		'''Godfather's Pizza''' is a national pizza chain founded in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1973. It had several Madison restaurants from about 1980 into the 1990s<ref name="wiki-godfathers">(2020, December 5). "Godfather's Pizza." ''Madison Pizza Wiki''.</ref>.

	==~~Trivia~~==		==History==
	* The ~~building built in the fall of 1979 to house the~~ first ~~location~~ at ~~Lake St. &~~ University Ave, ~~was~~ a green, one-story ~~metal structure referred to as~~ "the ugliest building in ~~mad town~~"<ref>Martin, C. (1982, January 22). "'Ugliest building in Mad Town' to get face lift." ''Wisconsin State Journal.'' p1.</ref>.		The chain's first Madison restaurant stood at 632 University Ave., at Lake Street, in a green one-storey metal building put up in the fall of 1979 that a 1982 State Journal story called "the ugliest building in Mad Town"<ref name="wsj-1982-01-22-p1">Martin, C. (1982, January 22). "'Ugliest building in Mad Town' to get face lift." ''Wisconsin State Journal''. p. 1. Cited on an earlier version of this wiki; not re-read.</ref>. A north side restaurant at 1201 N. Sherman Ave. followed in about 1981<ref name="wiki-godfathers" />. In May 1996 the city's licence list carried Godfather's Pizza, Inc., with Denise E. Fergusson as agent, at 714 S. Gammon Rd. on the west side, the building that had been a [[Shakey’s Pizza Parlor\|Shakey's]] in 1993<ref name="ct-1996-05-27-p5">(1996, May 27). City of Madison licence list, May 1996. ''The Capital Times''. p. 5. Newspapers.com image [https://www.newspapers.com/image/522631770/ 522631770]. Seen in search results only; the page has not been read.</ref><ref name="wsj-1993-08-18-p93">(1993, August 18). "Good dining spots — Pizza." ''Wisconsin State Journal''. p. 93. Newspapers.com image [https://www.newspapers.com/image/406358045/ 406358045].</ref>. When the Gammon Road restaurant opened and closed has not yet been found.

	==Locations==		==Former Locations==
	* 632 University Ave. (1980-?)		* 632 University Ave., at Lake Street (about 1980<ref name="wsj-1982-01-22-p1" />).
	* 1201 N. Sherman Ave. (1981-?)		* 1201 N. Sherman Ave. (about 1981)<ref name="wiki-godfathers" />.
			* 714 S. Gammon Rd. (licensed in May 1996)<ref name="ct-1996-05-27-p5" />.

	==~~External links~~==		==See also==
	* [~~https://godfathers.com/ Godfather's website]~~		* [[Item:Q924\|Godfather's Pizza in the Madison Pizza Wiki database]]
	* [~~[Wikipedia~~:Godfather's Pizza~~\|Godfather's Wikipedia page~~]]

	==Notes==		==Notes==
	<references />		<references />

			[[Category:1980s]]
			[[Category:1990s]]

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Locations

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	==Locations==		==Locations==
	* 632 University Ave. (1980-?)		* 632 University Ave. (1980-?)
			* 1201 N. Sherman Ave. (1981-?)

	==External links==		==External links==

Godzilla at 21:25, 5 December 2020

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	'''Godfather’s Pizza''' is a national pizza chain, established in Omaha, Nebraska in 1973. Godfather's had ~~a location~~ in ~~downtown~~ Madison in the 1980s~~, then again two locations in the 1990s~~-2000s.		'''Godfather’s Pizza''' is a national pizza chain, established in Omaha, Nebraska in 1973. Godfather's had several locations in Madison from the 1980s-2000s.

	==Trivia==		==Trivia==

Godzilla at 20:59, 5 December 2020

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	==Trivia==		==Trivia==
	* The building built in the fall of 1979 to house the first location at Lake St. & University Ave, was a green, one-story metal structure referred to as "the ugliest building in mad town"<ref>Martin, C. (1982, January 22). "'Ugliest building in Mad Town' to get face lift." ''Wisconsin State Journal.'' p1.</ref>.		* The building built in the fall of 1979 to house the first location at Lake St. & University Ave, was a green, one-story metal structure referred to as "the ugliest building in mad town"<ref>Martin, C. (1982, January 22). "'Ugliest building in Mad Town' to get face lift." ''Wisconsin State Journal.'' p1.</ref>.

			==Locations==
			* 632 University Ave. (1980-?)

	==External links==		==External links==

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Trivia

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	==Trivia==		==Trivia==
	* The building built in the fall of 1979 to house the first location at Lake St. & University Ave, was a green, one-story metal structure referred to as "the ugliest building in mad town"<ref>(1982, January 22). "'Ugliest building in Mad Town' to get face lift." ''Wisconsin State Journal.'' p1.</ref>.		* The building built in the fall of 1979 to house the first location at Lake St. & University Ave, was a green, one-story metal structure referred to as "the ugliest building in mad town"<ref>Martin, C. (1982, January 22). "'Ugliest building in Mad Town' to get face lift." ''Wisconsin State Journal.'' p1.</ref>.

	==External links==		==External links==

Godzilla at 20:54, 5 December 2020

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	==Trivia==		==Trivia==
	* The building built in the fall of 1979 to house the first location at Lake St. & University Ave, was a green, one-story metal structure referred to as "the ugliest building in mad town".		* The building built in the fall of 1979 to house the first location at Lake St. & University Ave, was a green, one-story metal structure referred to as "the ugliest building in mad town"<ref>(1982, January 22). "'Ugliest building in Mad Town' to get face lift." ''Wisconsin State Journal.'' p1.</ref>.

	==External links==		==External links==
	* [https://godfathers.com/ Godfather's website]		* [https://godfathers.com/ Godfather's website]
	* [[Wikipedia:Godfather's Pizza\|Godfather's Wikipedia page]]		* [[Wikipedia:Godfather's Pizza\|Godfather's Wikipedia page]]

			==Notes==
			<references />

Godzilla at 20:47, 5 December 2020

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	'''Godfather’s Pizza''' is a national pizza chain, established in Omaha, Nebraska in 1973. Godfather's had a location in Madison in the 1990s-2000s.		'''Godfather’s Pizza''' is a national pizza chain, established in Omaha, Nebraska in 1973. Godfather's had a location in downtown Madison in the 1980s, then again two locations in the 1990s-2000s.

			==Trivia==
			* The building built in the fall of 1979 to house the first location at Lake St. & University Ave, was a green, one-story metal structure referred to as "the ugliest building in mad town".

	==External links==		==External links==
	* [https://godfathers.com/ Godfather's website]		* [https://godfathers.com/ Godfather's website]
	* [[Wikipedia:Godfather's Pizza\|Godfather's Wikipedia page]]		* [[Wikipedia:Godfather's Pizza\|Godfather's Wikipedia page]]