'It's what I would call a cool bar, a dive bar. Broadway Pizza will be on the menu at Dan Kelly's beginning in March 2022. 7th St.), which has been closed since the start of the pandemic. The restaurant is relocating to downtown Minneapolis, partnering with Dan Kelly's Pub (212 S. While the closing is bittersweet, there's good news. 'I'm pretty proud that when I drive by here in a year and a half, it's going to be affordable housing and continue to serve the community here that's been so loyal to us all these years,' Kruizenga said. Developer Schafer Richardson is planning a six-story, 163-unit building with income limits of 30% to 80% of the area's median income on most units, and 34 project-based Section 8 units. The restaurant, built at 2025 West River Road in Minneapolis in 1974, will be replaced by affordable apartments. 'A lot of hugs, a lot of pictures, a lot of talking about old times.' 'A lot of goodbyes,' said Broadway Pizza CEO Jim Kruizenga.
It was a busy weekend at the restaurant, which was flooded with regulars sharing memories over one last slice. The hillside spot overlooking the Mississippi River - with a historic wooden train car on the corner - served its last pizza Sunday night. But it's not the end of the line for the restaurant - or its iconic caboose. Broadway Pizza's Minneapolis riverfront location has closed.
