Pizza in Madison, WI: slices, wood-fired, Detroit-style and tavern pies

By the slice

• Ian's Pizza (100 State St., 319 N. Frances St., Garver Feed Mill and Verona): big slices, including the Mac n' Cheese and Smokey the Bandit. Ian's opened on Halloween night 2001. Build-your-own pies can use a 12-inch gluten-free crust, and there are vegan toppings.
• Eat the Best Pizza (711 State St.): New York-style slices, including stuffed slices, plus a Sicilian deep dish and a gluten-free cheese pizza.

Wood-fired and Neapolitan

• Pizza Brutta (1805 Monroe St.): Neapolitan-inspired pies from a wood oven, split into rossa (red) and bianca (white), like the Margherita con Bufala. Gluten-free crust is available.
• Bar Corallini (2004 Atwood Ave.): wood-fired Neapolitan-style pizza with house-made mozzarella, including mortadella e burrata, a gluten-sensitive crust and vegan pies.
• Naples 15 (15 N. Butler St.): Neapolitan pizzas from a wood oven, each named after a Neapolitan song.
• Novanta (8452 Old Sauk Rd., far west side): Neapolitan pies like the Diavola from Italian-made ovens that run at 900 degrees and up; delivery and carryout.
• Lucille (101 King St.): wood-fired round pies like The Queen, plus Detroit-inspired steel pan pizzas made with local cheddar.

Detroit-style, tomato pies and tavern-style

• Molten Monkey (912 E. Johnson St.): Detroit-style squares with caramelized cheese corners, like the What up Dough; several come in vegan versions. Order online for carryout or delivery.
• Salvatore's Tomato Pies (10 N. Livingston St.; 5507 Monona Dr., Monona; 121 E. Main St., Sun Prairie): tomato pies, like the Tomato Pie with Basil, and the Figgy Piggy, plus take-and-bake frozen pies. "All Wisco, no Sysco."
• Greenbush Bar (914 Regent St.): 16-inch tavern-style thin crust in the speakeasy-style basement of the Italian Workmen's Club, serving pizza since 1993 and open until midnight. Tavern-style pizza is thin and cracker-crisp, cut into squares (a "party cut") instead of wedges.
• Luigi's Pizza (515 S. Midvale Blvd.): hand-stretched thin crust, like the Il Capo, with gluten-sensitive, vegan and cauliflower crusts.
• Grampa's Pizzeria (1374 Williamson St.): artisanal thin-crust pies with names like the Brassacre and the Jabroni.

Neighborhood favorites and delivery

• Glass Nickel Pizza Co. (2916 Atwood Ave., plus University Ave., Fitchburg and Sun Prairie): opened on Atwood in 1997; known for the Thai Pie and Fetalicious, with gluten-free and vegan options and its own delivery drivers.
• Rocky Rococo (1618 W. Beltline Hwy., Monona Dr. and DeForest): pan-style pizza from the chain that started on Gilman Street in 1974.
• Pizza Pit (Atlas Ct. on the far east side, Sun Prairie, Stoughton and Oregon): a delivery pizzeria with super thin, thin or thick crusts and a Mac-n-Cheese pie.
• Rosati's (4933 Commercial Ave.): Chicago-style deep dish and tavern thin crust.

Around the area

• Waunakee: Zoe's Pizzeria (604 E. Main St.), hand-tossed and Detroit pan pizza, with a gluten-free 10-inch thin crust and a plant-based menu.
• Stoughton: Famous Yeti's Pizza, crispy thin and stuffed pizzas (like the Yeti Spaghetti) and slices.
• Verona: Sugar River Pizza Company (957 Liberty Dr.), a scratch-made neighborhood pizzeria; Ian's also has a Verona store with 12 rotating taps.
• Breweries with pizza: The Lone Girl Taproom (1817 E. Washington Ave.) bakes Roman-style pizza on a 72-hour dough. See our breweries guide for more.

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