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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<ref name="mc-2012-10-27-pizza-ranch-sun-prairie">Kalk Derby, S. (2012, October 27). [https://madison.com/life-entertainment/local/food-drink/article_fb25cf46-1f7f-11e2-b670-0019bb2963f4.html "Restaurant news: New Pizza Ranch in Sun Prairie, AJ Bombers in burger championships."] ''madison.com''.</ref>. The Verona restaurant had a fire on April 13, 2024<ref name="mc-2024-04-14-pizza-ranch-fire">Hansen, A. (2024, April 14). [https://madison.com/news/local/crime-courts/article_222171a2-f9f0-11ee-a308-b79519131818.html "Firefighters investigating blaze at Verona Pizza Ranch."] ''madison.com''.</ref>.

==Locations==
* 682 S. Grand Ave., Sun Prairie (from about February 2013).
* Verona.

==See also==
* [[Item:Q1342|Pizza Ranch in the Madison Pizza Wiki database]]

==Notes==
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