https://madisonpizza.wiki/wiki/history/Jeff_%26_Jim%E2%80%99s_Pizza?feed=atomJeff & Jim’s Pizza - Revision history2026-11-08T09:05:47ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.43.9https://madisonpizza.wiki/index.php?title=Jeff_%26_Jim%E2%80%99s_Pizza&diff=10169&oldid=prevJacques: New page: Jeff & Jim's Pizza, 449 State St. (2006–07), from the Badger Herald2026-10-28T16:37:29Z<p>New page: Jeff & Jim's Pizza, 449 State St. (2006–07), from the Badger Herald</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Jeff & Jim’s Pizza''' was a delivery pizzeria on the second floor of 449 State St. It opened in October 2006 as the first Madison store of a small Wisconsin chain. The chain already had five stores: one in Menomonie, one in La Crosse and two in Eau Claire<ref name="bh-2006-11-07-p4">Heidmann, B. L. (2006, November 7). [https://badgerlink.newsmemory.com/wna/badgerlink/ "Jeff & Jim's owners ready for competitive State Street pizza-by-the-box market."] ''The Badger Herald''. p. 4.</ref>.<br />
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==History==<br />
In early October 2006 the store advertised in the Badger Herald for drivers, pizza cooks, waitstaff and shift leaders, asking applicants to apply in person at 449 State St.<ref name="bh-2006-10-05-pB9">(2006, October 5). [https://badgerlink.newsmemory.com/wna/badgerlink/ Help wanted: Jeff & Jim's Pizza now hiring drivers, pizza cooks, waitstaff and shift leaders; apply in person at 449 State St.] ''The Badger Herald''. p. B9.</ref><ref name="bh-2006-10-13-pA9">(2006, October 13). [https://badgerlink.newsmemory.com/wna/badgerlink/ Help wanted: Jeff & Jim's Pizza, 449 State St., hiring for all shifts.] ''The Badger Herald''. p. A9.</ref><br />
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On November 7, 2006, after the store had been open about two weeks, the Herald profiled it<ref name="bh-2006-11-07-p4" />:<br />
* Co-owner Jeff Uetz, a former UW–Madison student, said he wanted to tap the late-night food market on State Street.<br />
* The store was mainly a delivery business, with dine-in and carryout, and its menu ran "from calzones to salads."<br />
* It sold pizza by the box, not by the slice, because the slice market was already taken by places like [[Ian's Pizza]] and [[Pizza Di Roma]]. Even so, Uetz said he did not think of other pizza places as competition: "everyone's doing pizza, but everyone's doing it a little different."<br />
* Being up a flight of stairs was a disadvantage for walk-in trade, Uetz said.<br />
* Ald. Mike Verveer told the paper that more and more State Street restaurants, especially pizza places, were staying open until 3 a.m.<br />
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In February 2007 it advertised for an assistant manager willing to work nights<ref name="bh-2007-02-12-pA8">(2007, February 12). [https://badgerlink.newsmemory.com/wna/badgerlink/ Help wanted: assistant manager needed, Jeff and Jim's Pizza; must be willing to work nights.] ''The Badger Herald''. p. A8.</ref>. It was still open in mid-April 2007: on April 13, employees of Jeff and Jim's Pizza on State Street noticed smoke from a nearby Gilman Street restaurant and reported the fire<ref name="bh-2007-04-16-pA1">Johnson, B. C. (2007, April 16). [https://badgerlink.newsmemory.com/wna/badgerlink/ Friday-night fire at a West Gilman Street restaurant, reported by employees of Jeff and Jim's Pizza on State Street.] ''The Badger Herald''. p. A1.</ref>. When it closed has not been found.<br />
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The same address later appears in a directory as a [[Gumby's Pizza]] delivery hotline<ref name="yelp-gumbys-449-state">[https://www.yelp.com/biz/gumbys-pizza-and-wings-delivery-hotline-madison Yelp listing: Gumby's Pizza & Wings Delivery Hotline, 449 State St.] ''Yelp''. Retrieved September 28, 2026.</ref>.<br />
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==Former Locations==<br />
* 449 State St., second floor (October 2006 to at least April 2007).<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[2000s (decade)]]<br />
* [[Item:Q3019|Jeff & Jim’s Pizza in the Madison Pizza Wiki database]]<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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[[Category:2000s]]</div>Jacques