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 Young Joni in Northeast in 2016, then earned the James Beard Best Chef Midwest award in 2019, the first Korean-American to win that category. Her La Parisienne pizza at Young Joni, a wood-fired pie with prosciutto, cream and arugula, sits next to korean fried-chicken pies on the same menu, and the formula has 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.
2 editor picks for Wood-fired Korean-American pizza in Minneapolis, ranked by editorial score. All Minneapolis signature dishes · Wood-fired Korean-American pizza across every city.
Young Joni ★ 4.7
northeast · 165 13th Ave NE, Minneapolis, MN 55413
Ann Kim's Young Joni on 13th Avenue NE has run Northeast Minneapolis's defining wood-fired pizza room since 2016. James Beard Best Chef Midwest 2019.
Pizzeria Lola ★ 4.6
linden-hills · 5557 Xerxes Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55410
Ann Kim's Pizzeria Lola on Xerxes Avenue has run wood-fired Neapolitan-Korean pizza in Minneapolis since 2010. The room that put Kim on the James Beard track.