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<p>New page: the Green Dragon Inn, 217 S. Hamilton St. (1983–about 1987), home of a double-crust stuffed pizza</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>The &#039;&#039;&#039;Green Dragon Inn&#039;&#039;&#039; was a restaurant and coffee house at 217 S. Hamilton St., in the Hamilton Place office building at Hamilton and West Wilson streets, whose house specialty was a double-crust stuffed pizza. It came to Madison from Fort Atkinson in the autumn of 1983 and closed by mid-1987.<br /> <br /> ==History==<br /> Joe Moore&#039;s Green Dragon in Fort Atkinson was a coffee house &quot;that claimed to serve the state&#039;s best pizza&quot;. In the autumn of 1983 Moore moved it to Madison, into the former Library Lounge on South Hamilton Street. Chef Louis Szathmary of The Bakery in Chicago designed a gourmet menu around the pizza; a small one cost $8&lt;ref name=&quot;wsj-1984-01-08-p84&quot;&gt;(1984, January 8). &quot;Green Dragon site new, food same.&quot; &#039;&#039;Wisconsin State Journal&#039;&#039;. p. 84. Newspapers.com image [https://www.newspapers.com/image/402639768/ 402639768].&lt;/ref&gt;.<br /> <br /> The State Journal&#039;s fall dining guides listed it in 1984, 1985 and 1986. The 1984 guide called it &quot;Fine dining in the atmosphere of an English inn&quot; with &quot;gourmet double crust stuffed pizza&quot;, open from 11 a.m. to 1 a.m. seven days a week&lt;ref name=&quot;wsj-1984-10-07-p260&quot;&gt;(1984, October 7). &quot;Madison Area Dining Guide, Fall 1984.&quot; &#039;&#039;Wisconsin State Journal&#039;&#039;. p. 260. Newspapers.com image [https://www.newspapers.com/image/402306053/ 402306053].&lt;/ref&gt;; the 1985 and 1986 guides, &quot;Continental cuisine in atmosphere of an Old English Inn. Double crust stuffed pizza is house specialty&quot;&lt;ref name=&quot;wsj-1985-10-06-p129&quot;&gt;(1985, October 6). &quot;Madison Area Dining Guide, Fall 1985.&quot; &#039;&#039;Wisconsin State Journal&#039;&#039;. p. 129. Newspapers.com image [https://www.newspapers.com/image/401397167/ 401397167].&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref name=&quot;wsj-1986-10-05-p165&quot;&gt;(1986, October 5). &quot;Madison Area Dining Guide, Fall 1986.&quot; &#039;&#039;Wisconsin State Journal&#039;&#039;. p. 165. Newspapers.com image [https://www.newspapers.com/image/405302423/ 405302423].&lt;/ref&gt;.<br /> <br /> By June 1987 the space had become the Wilson Street Grill. A Capital Times review said the redone restaurant &quot;bears no resemblance to the former Library Lounge, briefly reincarnated as the Green Dragon and Willy&#039;s&quot;&lt;ref name=&quot;ct-1987-06-20-p9&quot;&gt;(1987, June 20). &quot;Wilson Street Grill: A delicious difference.&quot; &#039;&#039;The Capital Times&#039;&#039;. p. 9. Newspapers.com image [https://www.newspapers.com/image/522568971/ 522568971].&lt;/ref&gt;.<br /> <br /> ==Pizza==<br /> * Double-crust stuffed pizza, eaten with a fork&lt;ref name=&quot;wsj-1984-01-08-p84&quot; /&gt;&lt;ref name=&quot;wsj-1984-10-07-p260&quot; /&gt;.<br /> <br /> ==Locations==<br /> * 217 S. Hamilton St. (autumn 1983 to between October 1986 and June 1987)&lt;ref name=&quot;wsj-1984-01-08-p84&quot; /&gt;&lt;ref name=&quot;wsj-1986-10-05-p165&quot; /&gt;&lt;ref name=&quot;ct-1987-06-20-p9&quot; /&gt;.<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> * [[Chicago (stuffed)]]<br /> * [[Item:Q2711|Green Dragon Inn in the Madison Pizza Wiki database]]<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> &lt;references /&gt;<br /> <br /> [[Category:1980s]]</div>

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