Brian Glassel: Difference between revisions

From Madison Pizza Wiki
New article from the newspaper research recorded in the database
 
m Site renamed from Pizzapedia to Madison Pizza Wiki
Line 8: Line 8:


==See also==
==See also==
* [[Item:Q577|Brian Glassel in the Pizzapedia database]]
* [[Item:Q577|Brian Glassel in the Madison Pizza Wiki database]]


==Notes==
==Notes==

Revision as of 01:35, 20 October 2026

Brian Glassel is the co-founder, with Tim Nicholson, of Glass Nickel Pizza. The "Glass" in the name is his.

Glassel is from Milwaukee[1]. He owned Royal Pizza in Scranton, Pennsylvania, before moving to Madison about 1996. He met Nicholson at Pizza Extreme, where he worked for less than two months[2]. The two opened Glass Nickel at 2049 Atwood Ave. on November 4, 1997.

Trivia

  • It was his aunt who suggested the name[3].
  • He was 33 in 1999, when he said that Glass Nickel's franchises "are not awarded to strangers"[1].

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kalk, S. (1999, August 26). Sal's listed for sale; Glass Nickel expands to west side. Wisconsin State Journal. p. 61. Newspapers.com images 402056959, 522664495.
  2. ↑ (1997, November 8). Cheap Eats news: Glass Nickel Pizza Company opens. The Capital Times. p. 41. Newspapers.com image 522191880.
  3. ↑ Kalk Derby, S. (2024, January 14). "'Quite a project' for Glass Nickel." Wisconsin State Journal. p. A3–A4. Newspapers.com images 1031340937, 1031340962.