Glass Nickel used to be our standby in Madison until we discovered Pavlov's thin crust pizza. Unfortunately, Pavlov's can be a little lax on opening on time (or even at all), which can be frustrating, so our new favorite is Pizza Brutta on Monroe, especially if you eat it immediately. Thin crust, awesome local ingredients. Superb.
Quinoa. It's high in fiber and protein and has an excellent taste.
Fresh mozzarella. Preferably made that day. Nothing better.
Fresh mozarella, made that day.
@goosegirl: Thanks for the report. Wish I could hop a plane and try the mac-and-cheese slice. It's gotten such a surprising amount of love here in the comments.
This is my first post and the reason behind it is that I had Ian's mac and cheese for the first time on Friday night and after frequenting this site for months, I had to chime in.
The mac and cheese was not on the counter, you had to ask for it - it was the most unique, comforting, and surprisingly delicious slice of pizza I've ever had. Consumed on the street on a cool day after a few pints of delicious Goose Island beers, nothing has hit the spot quite like that pizza.
For most food in the Peoples' Republic of Madison, I'm a fan, however the service is usually quite poor. But after having Ian's and Dotty's hamburgers this weekend, all I can say is "Go Badgers!"
Ziti pizza is a standard at T&R, on Amsterdam Ave. in Manhattan...
...and on rare occasion, spaghetti pizza shows its face, too. What the folks at T&R were thinking when they first put pasta on pizza, I've never asked, but the pizzeria is just south of a stretch of spilling-onto-the-sidewalk bars.
Glass Nickel may be in the process of overexpanding. They've now got six locations and are apparently opening a seventh in Brookfield. It seems to me that the Fetalicious was always a bit too soggy, but my old favorite the Santa Fe had gotten noticeably worse over the last couple years (less BBQ sauce, dry and tasteless chicken). I hope not, but for me the point is pretty much moot since I moved out of the Madison area last month.
Speaking of weird pizza toppings, my wife brought home a chicken cordon bleu (I think--it might have been something equally improbably) pizza from Casa Bianca on Junction Rd once that was just fantastic. The Glass Nickel version was too heavy. Never been to Ian's.
I live in Jersey, which is hardly 'odd' pizza country, and I've seen baked ziti (tomato sauce, pasta, cheese) on pizza many times.
I haven't injested such a slice, but the mac n' cheese just seems like a 'white' pizza version of that...who knows who got the idea to think 'hey, pasta is Italian! Pizza is Italian! The two must go together.'
I've had this slice. Their quesadilla pizza is more exciting. It's for those times you can't decide between quesadilla and pizza; just have both!
Wow, sounds like there have been a lot of pizza developments in Madison! I'll have to head back with an open mind.
I was a little hesitant to try this pizza (raised on "normal toppings" and only started branching out a few years ago), I had it for the first time a few weeks ago and it was DELICIOUS. Didn't even have to be drunk to appreciate it's yumminess.
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sweet sweet quinoa (although technically that's a seed, and not a grain. so if i were being technical, i'd say the humble yet delicious brown rice)
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