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This wiki meant to compile as much information as possible about the history of pizza and pizza restaurants, specifically in Madison, WI and the immediate surrounding area. Start with the list of pizza places, the Map, or the decade pages, from the 1960s to the 2020s.

Article of the day

Godfather's Pizza is a national pizza chain founded in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1973. It had several Madison restaurants from about 1980 into the 1990s. (read more)

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• Decades: 1950s • 1960s • 1970s • 1980s • 1990s • 2000s • 2010s • 2020s • COVID-19 pandemic
• Pizza styles: Thin-crust • Pan • Chicago (stuffed) • Chicago (deep dish) • New York • Neapolitan • Other
• People: Patrick DePula • Iven Haddix • Biagio Gargano • Jay Schleip • Terry Voice • Wayne Mosley • Roger Brown • Jim Meyer
• Places: All pizza places • Map • Chains from Madison • Addresses: 411 W. Gilman St. • 651 State St. • 912 E. Johnson St. • 1401 Emil St. • 616 University Ave.
• Neighborhoods: Downtown • Near-east • Near-west/University • North • West/Middleton • Southwest/Fitchburg • South • East/Monona • Sun Prairie

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Did you know?

• ... that Rozino’s Pizza sold slices from a 1963 Chevy bread truck in the downtown parks, so that "a lot of people figured Rozino's didn't really have a location"?
• ... that 912 East Johnson Street has held one pizza place after another since 1981, and that Molten Monkey Pizza, opened there in 2024, is the first of them with a bar?
• ... that Philadora Pizzeria, the first Madison business found with "pizzeria" in its name, opened on South Park Street in 1960 and was turned down for a beer license that year?

News

• October 5, 2021: Madison Pizza Wiki reaches 25 articles.
• January 1, 2021: Madison Pizza Wiki survived 2020.