Wood Fired Korean Pizza appears as a signature dish in 1 United States cities. See each city's local variant and where to eat it.
Wood-fired Korean-American pizza · Minneapolis
Ann Kim's wood-fired pizza takes the Neapolitan blueprint (90 seconds at 800F on thin sourdough) and layers Korean-influenced toppings: gochujang, kimchi, sesame, braised pork belly.
Chef Ann Kim opened Pizzeria Lola in Linden Hills in 2010 and ran Young Joni in Northeast from 2016 to September 2025, then earned the James Beard Best Chef Midwest award in 2019, the first Korean-American to win that category. Her La Parisienne wood-fired pie with prosciutto, cream and arugula sat next to korean fried-chicken pies on the same menu, and the formula spread across the Twin Cities. Wood-fired pizza in Minneapolis now reads as the Ann Kim style: thin Neapolitan crust, Asian-influenced toppings, run hot. Pizzeria Lola carries the lineage.
Where to eat in Minneapolis:
- Pizzeria Lola