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<p>New page: Kid&#039;s Korner, a take-and-bake pizza franchise at 4116 Milwaukee St. (1985–87)</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>&#039;&#039;&#039;Kid&#039;s Korner Pizza&#039;&#039;&#039; was a take-and-bake pizza shop on the East Side, at 4116 Milwaukee St., in the mid-1980s. It belonged to Kids Korner Fresh Pizza Inc. of Wausau, a franchise chain.<br /> <br /> ==History==<br /> The fall 1985 dining guide listed Kid&#039;s Korner Pizza at 4116 Milwaukee St., 249-0281: &quot;premium quality pizza that you take home and bake. Also huge submarine sandwiches.&quot; It was open from 10:30 a.m. to 9 p.m., Monday through Saturday, and from noon to 9 on Sunday&lt;ref name=&quot;wsj-1985-10-06-p132&quot;&gt;(1985, October 6). &quot;Madison Area Dining Guide, Fall 1985.&quot; &#039;&#039;Wisconsin State Journal&#039;&#039;. p. 132. Newspapers.com image [https://www.newspapers.com/image/401397246/ 401397246].&lt;/ref&gt;. It was listed again in 1986&lt;ref name=&quot;wsj-1986-10-05-p166&quot;&gt;(1986, October 5). &quot;Madison Area Dining Guide, Fall 1986.&quot; &#039;&#039;Wisconsin State Journal&#039;&#039;. p. 166. Newspapers.com image [https://www.newspapers.com/image/405302673/ 405302673].&lt;/ref&gt;.<br /> <br /> Carmen Jones had founded the chain in Wausau. In 1986 the Associated Press reported that she had opened her first store in 1977, at the age of 61, with a $500 loan. She began franchising in 1979, and by 1986 there were more than 30 stores in seven states, most of them franchises&lt;ref name=&quot;wsj-1986-09-21-p38&quot;&gt;AP, . (1986, September 21). &quot;Pizza business spices up retirement.&quot; &#039;&#039;Wisconsin State Journal&#039;&#039;. p. 38. Newspapers.com image [https://www.newspapers.com/image/405094786/ 405094786].&lt;/ref&gt;.<br /> <br /> Muriel LaRose reviewed the shop in her &quot;Cheap Eats&quot; column in December 1987: &quot;We make them, you bake them.&quot; Its combinations included the Carmen Special&lt;ref name=&quot;ct-1987-12-26-p23&quot;&gt;LaRose, M. (1987, December 26). Review of Kid&#039;s Korner Pizza, 4116 Milwaukee St. (249-0281): take-and-bake — &#039;We make them, you bake them&#039;; the Carmen Special. &#039;&#039;The Capital Times&#039;&#039;. p. 23. Newspapers.com image [https://www.newspapers.com/image/522629884/ 522629884].&lt;/ref&gt;. The fall 1987 guide gave the address as 31 S. Stoughton Rd., with the same telephone number (&quot;Heart healthy fresh pizza that you take home to bake. Also foot-long subs&quot;)&lt;ref name=&quot;wsj-1987-10-04-p251&quot;&gt;(1987, October 4). &quot;Madison Area Dining Guide, Fall 1987.&quot; &#039;&#039;Wisconsin State Journal&#039;&#039;. p. 251. Newspapers.com image [https://www.newspapers.com/image/402545332/ 402545332].&lt;/ref&gt;.<br /> <br /> ==Pizza==<br /> * Take-and-bake pizza; the Carmen Special&lt;ref name=&quot;ct-1987-12-26-p23&quot; /&gt;.<br /> <br /> ==Former Locations==<br /> * 4116 Milwaukee St. (1985 to 1987)&lt;ref name=&quot;wsj-1985-10-06-p132&quot; /&gt;&lt;ref name=&quot;ct-1987-12-26-p23&quot; /&gt;; listed in 1987 at 31 S. Stoughton Rd.&lt;ref name=&quot;wsj-1987-10-04-p251&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> * [[Item:Q2713|Kid&#039;s Korner in the Madison Pizza Wiki database]]<br /> <br /> ==Notes==<br /> &lt;references /&gt;<br /> <br /> [[Category:1980s]]</div>

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