Movement aims to preserve Minneapolis' frozen pizza history

The original Totino’s Pizza building at 519 Central Ave. in SE Minneapolis isn’t worth saving, city officials decided late last year. But because frozen pizza was invented there, a movement is afoot on Facebook to record the history that was made in that building. The Downtown Journal looks at a not-so-well-known slice of Minneapolis' history.
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The original Totino’s Pizza building at 519 Central Ave. in SE Minneapolis isn’t worth saving, city officials decided late last year. But because frozen pizza was invented there, a movement is afoot on Facebook to record the history that was made in that building. The Downtown Journal looks at a not-so-well-known slice of Minneapolis' history.

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