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		Nov. 1997: the partners wrote down 900 names before a relative suggested Glass Nickel, a play on both surnames; dough made on site; weekly specials such as Thai Chicken; strictly takeout and delivery, promising 'individual attention to each household'. Glassel had owned Royal Pizza in Scranton, Pa., until moving to Madison in 1996; the two met at Pizza Extreme.
	Property / research note: Nov. 1997: the partners wrote down 900 names before a relative suggested Glass Nickel, a play on both surnames; dough made on site; weekly specials such as Thai Chicken; strictly takeout and delivery, promising 'individual attention to each household'. Glassel had owned Royal Pizza in Scranton, Pa., until moving to Madison in 1996; the two met at Pizza Extreme. / rank
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	Property / research note: Nov. 1997: the partners wrote down 900 names before a relative suggested Glass Nickel, a play on both surnames; dough made on site; weekly specials such as Thai Chicken; strictly takeout and delivery, promising 'individual attention to each household'. Glassel had owned Royal Pizza in Scranton, Pa., until moving to Madison in 1996; the two met at Pizza Extreme. / reference
		stated in: Cheap Eats news: Glass Nickel Pizza Company opens (CT, 8 Nov 1997, p. 41)

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	Samara Kalk (Sept. 2000): once a favourite, a Survivor-finale order took 90 minutes; a Glass Nickel pizza truck sold slices outside Camp Randall; the East Side store cut off delivery at Park Street and 'the newer west side store doesn't venture beyond the Beltline'; a Verona store 'opens soon'. First in the State Journal readers' 2002 pizza poll; Madison Magazine Best of Madison 2004.		Samara Kalk (Sept. 2000): once a favorite, a Survivor-finale order took 90 minutes; a Glass Nickel pizza truck sold slices outside Camp Randall; the East Side store cut off delivery at Park Street and 'the newer west side store doesn't venture beyond the Beltline'; a Verona store 'opens soon'. First in the State Journal readers' 2002 pizza poll; Madison Magazine Best of Madison 2004.

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Glass Nickel Feta-licious

Property / signature product: Glass Nickel Feta-licious / rank

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Property / signature product: Glass Nickel Feta-licious / reference

stated in: Pizza poll delivers (DC, 15 Oct 2003)

Property / signature product: Glass Nickel Feta-licious / reference

stated in: Glass Nickel, Paisan's can satisfy (CT, 5 Apr 2003, p. 44)

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Glass Nickel Border-to-Border

Property / signature product: Glass Nickel Border-to-Border / rank

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Property / signature product: Glass Nickel Border-to-Border / reference

stated in: Glass Nickel, Paisan's can satisfy (CT, 5 Apr 2003, p. 44)

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Glass Nickel Socre Bleu

Property / signature product: Glass Nickel Socre Bleu / rank

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Property / signature product: Glass Nickel Socre Bleu / reference

stated in: Glass Nickel, Paisan's can satisfy (CT, 5 Apr 2003, p. 44)

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Glass Nickel Gobbler

Property / signature product: Glass Nickel Gobbler / rank

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Property / signature product: Glass Nickel Gobbler / qualifier

point in time: December 2004Timestamp+2004-12-00T00:00:00Z
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Property / signature product: Glass Nickel Gobbler / reference

stated in: Pizzas with pizzazz: Gourmet pizza places are proliferating (WSJ, 26 Dec 2004, p. 21)

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Brian Glassel and Tim Nicholson met working at Pizza Extreme in the late 1990s; bankers refused them a loan ('too many pizza places'); the first shop opened in November 1997, the same week as Urban Pizza Co. and Pizza Planet; by 2004 it had moved to a larger Atwood Avenue space and added four operations, all run by former employees of the original store (State Journal, Dec. 2004).

Property / research note: Brian Glassel and Tim Nicholson met working at Pizza Extreme in the late 1990s; bankers refused them a loan ('too many pizza places'); the first shop opened in November 1997, the same week as Urban Pizza Co. and Pizza Planet; by 2004 it had moved to a larger Atwood Avenue space and added four operations, all run by former employees of the original store (State Journal, Dec. 2004). / rank

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stated in: Pizzas with pizzazz: Gourmet pizza places are proliferating (WSJ, 26 Dec 2004, p. 21)

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Samara Kalk (Sept. 2000): once a favourite, a Survivor-finale order took 90 minutes; a Glass Nickel pizza truck sold slices outside Camp Randall; the East Side store cut off delivery at Park Street and 'the newer west side store doesn't venture beyond the Beltline'; a Verona store 'opens soon'. First in the State Journal readers' 2002 pizza poll; Madison Magazine Best of Madison 2004.

Property / research note: Samara Kalk (Sept. 2000): once a favourite, a Survivor-finale order took 90 minutes; a Glass Nickel pizza truck sold slices outside Camp Randall; the East Side store cut off delivery at Park Street and 'the newer west side store doesn't venture beyond the Beltline'; a Verona store 'opens soon'. First in the State Journal readers' 2002 pizza poll; Madison Magazine Best of Madison 2004. / rank

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stated in: Pie in the face (CT, 21 Sep 2000, p. 61)

stated in: Readers' poll: Madison's favorite pizza (WSJ, 14 Aug 2002, p. 82)

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Property / signature product

Fetalicious

Property / signature product: Fetalicious / rank

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Property / signature product: Fetalicious / qualifier

point in time: September 2005Timestamp+2005-09-00T00:00:00Z
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Property / signature product: Fetalicious / reference

stated in: Glass Nickel delivers tasty slice of life (madison.com, 15 Sep 2005)
quotation: the best seller is the Feta-Licious

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Cardiac Arrest

Property / signature product: Cardiac Arrest / rank

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Property / signature product: Cardiac Arrest / qualifier

point in time: 2009Timestamp+2009-00-00T00:00:00Z
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Property / signature product: Cardiac Arrest / reference

stated in: A Bite of Madison: Glass Nickel Pizza Co. (DC, 8 Apr 2009)

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5Amount5
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Property / number of stores: 5 / rank

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point in time: September 2005Timestamp+2005-09-00T00:00:00Z
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stated in: Glass Nickel delivers tasty slice of life (madison.com, 15 Sep 2005)

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7Amount7
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Property / number of stores: 7 / rank

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Property / number of stores: 7 / qualifier

point in time: September 2008Timestamp+2008-09-00T00:00:00Z
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Property / number of stores: 7 / reference

stated in: Glass Nickel Pizza: will keep quality product (madison.com, 1 Sep 2008)

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In 2005 Pizza Today rated the Atwood Avenue store among the busiest pizzerias in the country (20 drivers; 55–60 deliveries an hour on Super Bowl Sunday); drivers earned $4.25–$7.25 an hour plus 50 cents a run and tips. In 2008 the chain raised prices 5% rather than cut quality and added a solar water heater and LED lights.

Property / research note: In 2005 Pizza Today rated the Atwood Avenue store among the busiest pizzerias in the country (20 drivers; 55–60 deliveries an hour on Super Bowl Sunday); drivers earned $4.25–$7.25 an hour plus 50 cents a run and tips. In 2008 the chain raised prices 5% rather than cut quality and added a solar water heater and LED lights. / rank

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stated in: Glass Nickel delivers tasty slice of life (madison.com, 15 Sep 2005)

stated in: Super Bowl keeps him going in superdrive: the pizza delivery guy (madison.com, 7 Feb 2005)

stated in: Glass Nickel Pizza: will keep quality product (madison.com, 1 Sep 2008)

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Signature pizzas: the Feta-Licious (best seller: spinach, red onion, mushroom, feta), Cardiac Arrest (all meat), Border-to-Border, the Cheesasaurus; Nickel Nuggets of fried dough. Delivery trucks ran partly on used vegetable oil by 2009.

Property / research note: Signature pizzas: the Feta-Licious (best seller: spinach, red onion, mushroom, feta), Cardiac Arrest (all meat), Border-to-Border, the Cheesasaurus; Nickel Nuggets of fried dough. Delivery trucks ran partly on used vegetable oil by 2009. / rank

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stated in: Glass Nickel delivers tasty slice of life (madison.com, 15 Sep 2005)

stated in: A Bite of Madison: Glass Nickel Pizza Co. (DC, 8 Apr 2009)

stated in: Cafe Porta Alba may be too correct for its own good (madison.com, 2 Aug 2007)

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Property / number of stores

Amount	7
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Property / number of stores: 7 / rank

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Property / number of stores: 7 / qualifier

point in time: March 2010

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Property / number of stores: 7 / qualifier

scope: all stores

Property / number of stores: 7 / reference

stated in: WWII soldiers made pizza a Madison staple (madison.com, 28 Mar 2010)
quotation: 7 Wisconsin franchises

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Amount	9
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Property / number of stores: 9 / rank

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point in time: January 2014

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Property / number of stores: 9 / qualifier

scope: all stores

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stated in: Local pizza also shines on Super Bowl Sunday (madison.com, 31 Jan 2014)

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In 2014 the Atwood Avenue flagship sold about 600 pizzas a day and had 16 drivers on Super Bowl Sunday. The Fetalicious won the Capital Times' best-pizza poll in November 2013 with 24% of 2,716 votes.

Property / research note: In 2014 the Atwood Avenue flagship sold about 600 pizzas a day and had 16 drivers on Super Bowl Sunday. The Fetalicious won the Capital Times' best-pizza poll in November 2013 with 24% of 2,716 votes. / rank

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stated in: Local pizza also shines on Super Bowl Sunday (madison.com, 31 Jan 2014)

stated in: Poll on Madison area's best pizza launches week's most-read items (madison.com, 17 Nov 2013)

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		The west-side store reopened June 1, 2016, after its February fire, with a one-off "Phoenix" pizza and staff in phoenix T-shirts.
	Property / research note: The west-side store reopened June 1, 2016, after its February fire, with a one-off "Phoenix" pizza and staff in phoenix T-shirts. / rank
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	Property / research note: The west-side store reopened June 1, 2016, after its February fire, with a one-off "Phoenix" pizza and staff in phoenix T-shirts. / reference
		stated in: The new Phoenix pizza celebrates west side Glass Nickel's rise from the fire (madison.com, 27 Jun 2016)

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		In March 2020 delivery volume held about level; the chain stopped taking cash and set no-contact delivery rules.
	Property / research note: In March 2020 delivery volume held about level; the chain stopped taking cash and set no-contact delivery rules. / rank
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	Property / research note: In March 2020 delivery volume held about level; the chain stopped taking cash and set no-contact delivery rules. / reference
		stated in: Quintessential American delivery: Pizzerias adjust, hope to ride out COVID-19 pandemic (madison.com, 28 Mar 2020)

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		Runner-up for People's Choice best pizza in 2024, 2025 and 2026.
	Property / research note: Runner-up for People's Choice best pizza in 2024, 2025 and 2026. / rank
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	Property / research note: Runner-up for People's Choice best pizza in 2024, 2025 and 2026. / reference
		stated in: People's Choice 2024: Best Pizza (madison.com, 9 Sep 2024)
	Property / research note: Runner-up for People's Choice best pizza in 2024, 2025 and 2026. / reference
		stated in: People's Choice 2025: Best Pizza (madison.com, 14 Sep 2025)
	Property / research note: Runner-up for People's Choice best pizza in 2024, 2025 and 2026. / reference
		stated in: People's Choice 2026: Best Pizza (madison.com, 12 Sep 2026)

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