Jacques: Add the pre-1971 menu: pizza prices and the Giant Party Pizza

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Add the pre-1971 menu: pizza prices and the Giant Party Pizza

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	==Pizza==		==Pizza==
			* Before 1971: an undated menu lists cheese, sausage, anchovy, pepperoni, pepper, mushroom, shrimp and deluxe pizzas in small, medium and large, from 80 cents for a small cheese to $3.55 for a large deluxe; "We will make any combination of above to order." A "Pino's Giant Party Pizza," 16 by 24 inches, "5.50 and up," is crossed out. The Wednesday special was a small sausage pizza for 75 cents, and "All our food is put up to go"<ref name="fb-2025-11-03-pinos-menu">(2025, November 3). [https://www.facebook.com/groups/159700503902/posts/10163256200993903/ "Post "Pino's" with scans of a Pino's menu, Historic Madison Wi. photo group."] ''Facebook''.</ref>. A former employee commented that the menu dates from before the new building of about 1971<ref name="fb-2025-11-03-pinos-menu" />.
	* 1975: a "Thursday Nite Special" of a 14-inch Pizza del Pino with a carafe of the house wine for $4.95<ref name="wsj-1975-06-26-p36" />.		* 1975: a "Thursday Nite Special" of a 14-inch Pizza del Pino with a carafe of the house wine for $4.95<ref name="wsj-1975-06-26-p36" />.
	* 1979: as Nona's, the 14-inch Pizza del Pino was the Wednesday special at $5.10<ref name="wsj-1979-07-18-p27" />.		* 1979: as Nona's, the 14-inch Pizza del Pino was the Wednesday special at $5.10<ref name="wsj-1979-07-18-p27" />.

Jacques: New page: Pino's, Park and Regent (by 1963–1979, again by 1982), home of the Pizza del Pino

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New page: Pino's, Park and Regent (by 1963–1979, again by 1982), home of the Pizza del Pino

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'''Pino’s''' was the Capadona family's Italian restaurant and bar at the corner of Park and Regent streets, 3 N. Park St., in Madison's old Greenbush neighborhood. It followed the family's [[Bunky’s]] on the same corner<ref name="mc-2008-05-28-through-thick-and-thin">Wegner, A. N. (2008, May 28). [https://madison.com/lifestyles/article_5dd95b69-95b3-518b-95aa-95dcb51fd35f.html "Through thick and thin: Madison's pizzerias have come a long way from their humble start on Spaghetti Corner."] ''madison.com''.</ref> and was known for its '''Pizza del Pino'''<ref name="wsj-1975-06-26-p36">(1975, June 26). Pino's, Corner of Regent & Park: "Thursday Nite Special: 14" Pizza del Pino & carafe house special w/wine $4.95" (ran Thursdays, summer 1975). ''Wisconsin State Journal''. p. 36. Newspapers.com image [https://www.newspapers.com/image/405895823/ 405895823].</ref>.

==History==
The restaurant was called Pino's by September 1963<ref name="wsj-1963-09-02-p2">(1963, September 2). Police news: a burglary at Pino's restaurant, 3 N. Park St., in which $80 in rolled coins was taken. ''Wisconsin State Journal''. p. 2. Newspapers.com image [https://www.newspapers.com/image/400568046/ 400568046].</ref>. In 1964 it advertised as "Pino's Restaurant and Bar, Corner Park and Regent"<ref name="wsj-1964-08-28-p31">(1964, August 28). Help-wanted: "Waitress — Prefer experienced. Pino's Restaurant and Bar, Corner Park and Regent". ''Wisconsin State Journal''. p. 31. Newspapers.com image [https://www.newspapers.com/image/400626872/ 400626872].</ref>.

In 1971 a new building went up on the corner, with Pino's in the basement and the Bunky's music club upstairs. In her 1980 review of the restaurant that followed, Sunny Schubert wrote that the club "proved to be the downfall of the venerable restaurant." Its debts forced both to close early in 1979, and the Capadonas sold out<ref name="wsj-1980-08-17-p85">Schubert, S. (1980, August 17). "Madonna's carries on tradition." ''Wisconsin State Journal''. p. 85. Newspapers.com image [https://www.newspapers.com/image/405554590/ 405554590].</ref>. The corner then became Nona's, "formerly Pino's," and in 1980 Madonna's<ref name="wsj-1979-07-18-p27">(1979, July 18). Nona's (formerly Pino's), 3 North Park: "Wednesday Special: 14" Pizza Del Pino ... $5.10"; carryouts (ran Wednesdays, June–July 1979). ''Wisconsin State Journal''. p. 27. Newspapers.com image [https://www.newspapers.com/image/405565752/ 405565752].</ref><ref name="wsj-1980-08-17-p85" />.

By 1982 the Pino's name was back on the corner, with lunches, dinners, carryouts and Pizza del Pino on Thursdays<ref name="wsj-1982-09-30-p38">(1982, September 30). Pino's, Corner of Regent and Park: "$1.00 off large pizza"; "Thurs. Pizza del Pino"; carryouts. ''Wisconsin State Journal''. p. 38. Newspapers.com image [https://www.newspapers.com/image/402582989/ 402582989].</ref>. Who ran it then, and when it closed, have not been found.

==Pizza==
* 1975: a "Thursday Nite Special" of a 14-inch Pizza del Pino with a carafe of the house wine for $4.95<ref name="wsj-1975-06-26-p36" />.
* 1979: as Nona's, the 14-inch Pizza del Pino was the Wednesday special at $5.10<ref name="wsj-1979-07-18-p27" />.
* 1980: Madonna's still listed "Pizza LaPino" on its menu<ref name="wsj-1980-08-17-p85" />.
* 1982: $1 off a large pizza, and Pizza del Pino on Thursdays<ref name="wsj-1982-09-30-p38" />.

==Locations==
* 3 N. Park St., at Regent Street (by 1963 to 1979, and again by 1982).

==See also==
* [[Bunky’s]]
* [[3 North Park Street]]
* [[1960s (decade)]]
* [[Item:Q3072|Pino’s in the Madison Pizza Wiki database]]

==Notes==
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Pino’s - Revision history

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