Ian’s

Where you can live your entire life in your 20's: Along many campus perimeters grows an ecosystem shaped by academic rhythms. In Madison, that ecosystem also converges with the state capital, where students, faculty, legislators, civil servants and visitors share the same streets—making the perimeter part campus town, part civic center. Alumni remember Ian’s as the ancestral trough. Students abide by a more complicated truth: some pizza joints improve in direct proportion to the lateness of the hour.

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Ian’s

September 21, 2026
mike@standardsmichigan.com

Standards Wisconsin | Cheese: Pizza is Bad For You

Ian’s Pizza began on Halloween night in 2001, when founder Ian Gurfield opened the original shop at 319 North Frances Street in the heart of the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus. Students quickly made the late-night, pizza-by-the-slice shop a campus institution. Ian’s became particularly known for inventive combinations, including its Mac n’ Cheese pizza, created in Madison that same year.  From that first university storefront, Ian’s expanded across Madison and into Milwaukee, Verona and Cedar Rapids. More than two decades later, the original Frances Street shop remains closely identified with Wisconsin student life, game days and Madison’s downtown culture.

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