Pizza Ranch

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Pizza Ranch is a buffet chain of pizza, broasted chicken and salad, founded in 1981 in Hull, Iowa. Its first Madison-area restaurant opened in Sun Prairie in 2013; there is also one in Verona.

History

Ken and Mary Dressen, who had owned the Baraboo Pizza Ranch since 2006, built the Sun Prairie restaurant from the ground up at 682 S. Grand Ave., in a Target parking lot. Ground was broken on October 17, 2012, and the opening was scheduled for mid-February 2013. The chain then had 169 locations in 10 states[1]. The Verona restaurant had a fire on April 13, 2024[2].

Locations

  • 682 S. Grand Ave., Sun Prairie (from about February 2013).
  • Verona.

See also

Notes