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Link Cafe La Bellitalia

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	==History==		==History==
	Trapani, named for the port city on the north coast of Sicily, took part of the space left empty when Sukho Thai went out of business. Oliveira, from Australia, had spent more than 20 years in Madison restaurants; Pipitone, a native of Sicily, owned Cafe La Bellitalia on North Sherman Avenue and had run pizzerias in Beaver Dam, Sun Prairie and Columbus<ref name="ct-2008-06-19-p12" /><ref name="ct-2006-08-18-p3">(2006, August 18). "Northside goes Sicilian": Pietro Pipitone converting 1026 N. Sherman Ave. into an Italian restaurant and pizzeria. ''The Capital Times''. p. 3. Newspapers.com image [https://www.newspapers.com/image/522523052/ 522523052].</ref>. The State Journal's reviewer found "good pizza and big portions" in a tiny, spartan room, with free delivery to the campus area and the Near West Side, $4 student lunch specials, and family pasta specials for four or five people at $20 to $25<ref name="mc-2008-05-04-trapani-review">Martell, C. (2008, May 4). [https://madison.com/entertainment/article_5be64b5c-e64c-51c1-b0d7-ad1176cea6fb.html "Good pizza, big portions at Trapani."] ''madison.com''.</ref>. The Capital Times praised the marinara and said the place "would likely feel familiar to anyone who grew up 50 years ago in the Greenbush area"<ref name="ct-2008-06-19-p12" />.		Trapani, named for the port city on the north coast of Sicily, took part of the space left empty when Sukho Thai went out of business. Oliveira, from Australia, had spent more than 20 years in Madison restaurants; Pipitone, a native of Sicily, owned [[Cafe La Bellitalia]] on North Sherman Avenue and had run pizzerias in Beaver Dam, Sun Prairie and Columbus<ref name="ct-2008-06-19-p12" /><ref name="ct-2006-08-18-p3">(2006, August 18). "Northside goes Sicilian": Pietro Pipitone converting 1026 N. Sherman Ave. into an Italian restaurant and pizzeria. ''The Capital Times''. p. 3. Newspapers.com image [https://www.newspapers.com/image/522523052/ 522523052].</ref>. The State Journal's reviewer found "good pizza and big portions" in a tiny, spartan room, with free delivery to the campus area and the Near West Side, $4 student lunch specials, and family pasta specials for four or five people at $20 to $25<ref name="mc-2008-05-04-trapani-review">Martell, C. (2008, May 4). [https://madison.com/entertainment/article_5be64b5c-e64c-51c1-b0d7-ad1176cea6fb.html "Good pizza, big portions at Trapani."] ''madison.com''.</ref>. The Capital Times praised the marinara and said the place "would likely feel familiar to anyone who grew up 50 years ago in the Greenbush area"<ref name="ct-2008-06-19-p12" />.

	==Pizza==		==Pizza==

Jacques: New article from the 2005–2009 newspaper research recorded in the database

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New article from the 2005–2009 newspaper research recorded in the database

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'''Trapani''' was a pizza and Sicilian restaurant at 1441 Regent St., near Camp Randall, opened in about March 2008 by George Oliveira and Pietro Pipitone<ref name="ct-2008-06-19-p12">Troller, S. (2008, June 19). "Square Meals: Trapani's delicious marinara." ''The Capital Times''. p. 12. Newspapers.com image [https://www.newspapers.com/image/522446203/ 522446203].</ref>.

==History==
Trapani, named for the port city on the north coast of Sicily, took part of the space left empty when Sukho Thai went out of business. Oliveira, from Australia, had spent more than 20 years in Madison restaurants; Pipitone, a native of Sicily, owned Cafe La Bellitalia on North Sherman Avenue and had run pizzerias in Beaver Dam, Sun Prairie and Columbus<ref name="ct-2008-06-19-p12" /><ref name="ct-2006-08-18-p3">(2006, August 18). "Northside goes Sicilian": Pietro Pipitone converting 1026 N. Sherman Ave. into an Italian restaurant and pizzeria. ''The Capital Times''. p. 3. Newspapers.com image [https://www.newspapers.com/image/522523052/ 522523052].</ref>. The State Journal's reviewer found "good pizza and big portions" in a tiny, spartan room, with free delivery to the campus area and the Near West Side, $4 student lunch specials, and family pasta specials for four or five people at $20 to $25<ref name="mc-2008-05-04-trapani-review">Martell, C. (2008, May 4). [https://madison.com/entertainment/article_5be64b5c-e64c-51c1-b0d7-ad1176cea6fb.html "Good pizza, big portions at Trapani."] ''madison.com''.</ref>. The Capital Times praised the marinara and said the place "would likely feel familiar to anyone who grew up 50 years ago in the Greenbush area"<ref name="ct-2008-06-19-p12" />.

==Pizza==
* Thin crust, pan and stuffed pizzas, with special pizzas at $10 to $20 in 2008; the thin crust was "perfectly crisp and loaded with fresh, good toppings"<ref name="mc-2008-05-04-trapani-review" />.

==Former Locations==
* 1441 Regent St. (about March 2008 to ?).

==See also==
* [[Item:Q1916|Trapani in the Madison Pizza Wiki database]]

==Notes==
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Trapani - Revision history

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