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One of the more fascinating parts of now living on the bottom side of a city bridge at Rutledge street is that we get to see who has most popular pizza delivery cars in town, as they continuously buzz by the house.  The little rooftop advertisement on the car signs give it away on this part of town – Glass Nickel Pizza, down a few blocks on

Atwood (a block or two from Gail Ambrosius Chocolates) is most certainly the place not only to get delivery from but as we see in pictures and passing by, also to walk to and hang out inside.

Glass Nickel is an old-school pizzeria, a place that was founded by a couple of guys who loved the neighborhood and loved making pizzas for the neighbors.  The area of the building at Atwood is one of the oldest in the city, not far from the old, and then famous, Hess Cooperage at nearby Schenks Corners.  The name of the pizzeria is a bit more elusive – not having anything to do with any significant symbolic feature of the east side of Madison, but instead Glass and Nickel are partial spellings of each of the owners last names.