Glass Nickel Pizza Company

The Glass Nickel Pizza Co. (GNPC) is an award winning delivery and, at certain locations, dine-in Italian restaurant in and around Madison, WI. The restaurant is a locally owned business with an emphasis on environmentally friendly operations.

The restaurant serves pastas, pizzas, salads, appetizers, sandwiches, soups, desserts and beverages. The pizza comes in a medium thick crust style, with options for thin crust or thick crust. Pizza sizes range from 10" to 16". The restaurant is famous for its "Fetalicious" pizza, a specialty pizza topped with spinach, red onions, tomatoes mushrooms and feta cheese. The restaurant has won countless awards during the 11 years it has been in operation, including winning "Madison's Favorite Pizza," from Isthmus Magazines "Annual Manual" 9 years in a row (1999-2007) and "Best of Madison," by Madison Magazine 7 years in a row (2001-2007).

GNPC opened its doors on Atwood Ave. in Madison, WI in 1997. The company was founded by Brian Glassel and Tim Nicholson, hence the name. Two years later an employee opened a store on Madisons westside. Since then, two more stores have opened in the Madison area; Fitchburg and Sun Prarie as well as one in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. GN Independents, GNPC's franchising arm, has begun franchising, with the first franchised store now open in Green Bay, Wisconsin and another on the way in Brookfield, WI.

The restaurant has won countless awards during the 11 years it has been in operation, including winning "Madison's Favorite Pizza,"

from Isthmus Magazines "Annual Manual" 9 years in a row (1999-2007) and "Best of Madison," by Madison Magazine 7 years in a row 

(2001-2007). They also were noted on the "Top 100 Independents" list put out annually by Pizza Today Magazine in 2007.