We might be known for signature foods like our tater tot hotdish, but Minnesota just got some love when it comes to pizza, as one of our own pizza places was just shouted out as one of the 27 best in the country right now.
Minnesota Has Nearly 1,550 Pizza Restaurants
Pizza is one of the most popular foods here in the Land of 10,000 Lakes and across the country these days. The History Channel says the pizza we know and love today was first developed in Naples, Italy, in the 18th or early 19th century. But the story of pizza goes back much further, it says, because people in ancient civilizations were already eating pizza-like flatbreads topped with other ingredients.
These days, recent estimates from PoiData say there are nearly 1,550 pizza restaurants here in the North Star State alone, while a national market analysis counts says there are nearly 98,100 pizza places across the U.S…