Thanks to Ann Kim, what was once a quiet neighborhood corner in southwest Minneapolis has become a pilgrimage to a place that pizza lovers call home. As a Korean immigrant, ...
Read moreThanks to Ann Kim, what was once a quiet neighborhood corner in southwest Minneapolis has become a pilgrimage to a place that pizza lovers call home. As a Korean immigrant, Ann grew up observing and helping her mother make traditional Korean staples like kimchi at an early age. That, coupled with years of pizza consumption while attending college in New York, laid the foundation of her dream of bringing great pizza to Minnesota. Motivated by her belief that the Twin Cities' pizza palate was ready to expand, she developed a unique style of her own that satisfies both traditional and non-traditional pizza connoisseurs. In 2010 she quit her life in the theater, bought a French oven, surrounded herself with a passionate team, and opened an artisan, wood-fired pizzeria that she named after her beloved dog Lola.
In the four short years since opening, Pizzeria Lola has made it to Food & Wine's list as one of the Best Pizza Places in the U.S., was named "2014 Independent Pizzeria of the Year" by Pizza Today, was featured on the Food Network's Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, and it continues to be lauded by all of the local media outlets. She opened a second pizza concept, Hello Pizza in March 2013 which subsequently unseated Pizzeria Lola’s two year reign as the Twin Cities City Pages’ best pizza in 2014.
Welcome to Pizzeria Lola.
