Lake Harriet Pizza
5009 Penn Ave S, Minneapolis, MN, 55419
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Address :
5009 Penn Ave S
Minneapolis, MN, 55419 - Phone (612) 920-7717
- Website https://www.lakeharrietpizza.com/
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Opening Hours
- Mon :4:00 pm - 10:00pm
Specialities
- Takes Reservations : No
Delivery : Yes
Take-out : Yes
Accepts Credit Cards : Yes
Good For : Dinner
Parking : Street
Bike Parking : Yes
Wheelchair Accessible : Yes
Good for Kids : Yes
Good for Groups : No
Attire : Casual
Ambience : Casual
Noise Level : Average
Alcohol : No
Outdoor Seating : No
Wi-Fi : No
Has TV : No
Waiter Service : No
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Derek F.
I would easily put Lake Harriet Pizza in the top 3 best pizzas I've had in the Twin Cities. Delicious pizza no matter what kind you get. Very unique taste unlike almost any other pizza I've had. The only reason I didn't give them 5 stars is because we tend to have issues when we try to get it delivered. One time they forgot one of our pizzas and another time it took an hour and 15 minutes. I would recommend picking it up yourself if you have time. The pizza itself is phenomenal though and the staff has always been friendly and apologetic when we had delivery problems.
(4)Michael T.
Ok ... Let me preface this by saying I grew up in Chicago and I'm a pizza snob. Not for that deep dish stuff but for the lesser known delicacy that is Chicago thin crust pizza. So with that said ... I look for something similar everywhere we live (8 cities in 12 years) and this place hits the mark! Their pizza is very good. It is in the same ballpark as the thin crust Chicago za I grew up with. This is our go to here in Minneapolis when we have hankering for good, thin crust pizza. I highly recommend this place ... you won't be disappointed.
(4)Mike E.
I put Lake Harriet Pizza right up there with some of the very best in the Twin Cities for pizza. Their pizza reminds me a lot of Red's Savoy Pizza in St. Paul. The cheese is heaped on. The red sauce is abundant and has a distinct flavor, and a bit of a kick to it. The ingredients are fresh and generously applied. From a price perspective, they can compete with the major chains. A 12' one-topping pizza (which easily feeds two hungry people) for $11. We also ordered three pieces of garlic cheese toast: seasoned well, great marinara sauce on the side, and again bursting with cheese. On a Friday night at peak dinner hours, my carry-out order was ready in 20 minutes. Inside the store, the young lady at the counter was attentive, prompt, and friendly. The place was buzzing with a lot of team members building delicious pizza. I heartily recommend Lake Harriet Pizza!
(4)sarah p.
Ever since the under-hyped Cafe Bicko went out of business last year (and, yes, I'm still whining about it), I've been searching for a good pizza that can be delivered. With me living a half bock (yes, 1/2 block) from Galactics and Luce's delivery zone, I've been relegated to Green Mill or, heaven forbid, Dominos or Pizza Hut. But then I came across Todd K''s review and I perked up. I called LHP and found out they deliver to me. Happy days. We ordered the Supreme (sausage, pep, mushies, green olives). The toppings were generous, the traditional crust was very good, ie not too doughy, and the sauce was tasty. I'm very pleased with my experience here and definitely will be ordering again. Oh, and the delivery people showed up in the time frame they quoted me on the phone!!! Nice!!
(4)o l.
In the land of dominos and frozen pizzas this is king. Is it a good pizza, no. This might be a 4 star in 2-3 star world, but that's it.
(2)Jaymi W.
If you live in my neighborhood the options for pizza delivery are lame - Beeks and Domino's. Considering Beeks charges a billion dollars for sub-par pizza and that Domino's on 60th and Penn gave me food poisoning the last time I was dared to order it, I pretty much turn to Jack's when the pizza urge hits. So THANK GOD for Lake Harriet Pizza. The crust is perfect, the employees are super awesome (you don't always need to have a coupon in hand to have a coupon, see?) and they have a bunch of good toppings that extend far beyond pepperoni and extra cheese (artichoke hearts, spinanch and shrimp? Yes, please.) I lived in NY for a long time and, even though I still haven't found anything close to NY pie here, this place has quickly become one of my favorite pizza places.
(4)Kari L.
After having moved away from Lake Harriet Pizza, I now realize what I have lost! I think this is my favorite pizza in the Twin Cities! Crust is thin, not soggy, ingredients are high quality, cheese is plentiful but not overbearing. And I love the sauce. Delivery people are always on time. But, I refuse to do pick-up here unless it is during off hours because parking is so horrible.
(5)Alie H.
I gotta say going back and forth from chicago to Minneapolis my whole life my opinion on pizza isn't strong unless a single piece of amazing Chicago style pizza is in front of my face . But I'm biased when it comes to the pizza thing. My boyfriend doesn't like red sauce too much and asked me if I wanted to try something new. I was skeptical but I wanted to see what he had in mind. He ordered the chicken club and I have to say it was so good! I can finally enjoy a pizza while I wait to return to chicago and smash on some gino's east. But the chicken club is so different the tomatoes are so juicy and it's my new favorite Minnesota pizza. :)
(4)Mike S.
I live within walking distance of this place...its great. Anytime I have ever called in the last 5 years, my pizza is ready in 15 minutes. Its a good price, the employee's are very nice, and its also up there with the best pizza I've ever had. If you live in the area, you know that there are quite a few options for pizza, LHP is the king.
(5)Keith M.
since i am originally from Chicago, it is really hard to find great pizza here in Minneapolis! We ordered from Lake Harriet Pizza last night for the first time and is was pretty good. It did taste like something was missing from the sauce! Overall the pizza was good. The delivery was the huge selling point, it was super fast and they were really nice. I know we will order from them again! I just wish it was more "Chicago Style".
(4)Marilee A.
" Great Zza, like the kind of Pizza that made you fall in love with Pizza in the 1st place." ZZAmazing!Pizza Love is a special & Personal Love formed at an early age, that forms your expectations & "TASTE" in Pizza for the rest of your life.A Personal, Almost Emotional experience that is all yours,like Religion & Love of Art it is your very personal Love.If it is done right, like this Pizza is, it transports you back in time to a fond memory, maybe a Teen Age Date.One Bite of this pizza, & I am in my Happy Place, it is something about the unique & intense flavor of the SAUCE on this Pizza that gets me High.Don't know what is in this sauce, but it is Nirvana!!! The sauce makes all the diff , & the crust is wonderful too. They knead the dough, not buy it frozen like the chains do.Crust can be a deal breaker for me, so I'm not above Batting my Eyelashes to get my own special, thin as possible, crust stretched just for me.They put up with me & my special requests, that is why I still drive out of my way to come here & be treated like the Princess that I think I am.LOL, Giggle, Snort. Lots of topping choices, I love the Artichoke, Sundried Tomato, & Mushroom. Oh happy full tummy , YUMMY PIZZAGASMS !!!! Multipule sizes, for a mulitude of needs, sometimes I get the Ginourmous 20 incher & Party With it & my Niece's & Nephews. Oh , Lk Harriet Pizza, I sometimes cheat on you with other Pizza, but I always, always, come back to you.With all your years of practice, it seems you got it right, you are my perfect Pizza, & my Time Warp to a Happier Time. 5 out of 5 Tiaras, sayeth a very wise Princess
(5)Todd K.
OK, Rant Time: How come one of the most inexpensive, lowest-common-denominator foods we all order, is too-often bundled with indifferent, attitude-filled or even openly-hostile service? And why do we tolerate it? We've all been on the receiving end of unsubtle-annoyance and oozing-attitude from the anonymous person on the phone when trying to order a pie. Sure this person is probably tasked with making and packaging pizzas as well as taking calls, and they probably have a ton of work to do, and they probably don't make a lot more than minimum wage and deserve more, but they routinely treat you, the paying customer, like some sort of immense "waste" of their valuable time. Why is it, when trying to order $15-$30 worth of delivery pizza, we tolerate behavior from the phone-person and delivery driver, that you'd never even consider taking from the clerk at McDonald's, with your $4 value meal? Heck, you wouldn't even tolerate this type of behavior from the sniffy waiter at a trendy $50/entree spot. But for some reason, the pizza-shop staff routinely turns you into some type of compliant sheep. The delivery driver arrives and, "Oh *shrug* I forgot your cokes" *long silence* "A... that's OK". AND WE MEEKLY TAKE IT! At one point I got so tired of the phone-wrestling that I started Internet-ordering from the big chain-delivery outfits: * Mmmm meatsa-greasy(tm), yet that endearing flavorless-ness. * Or, it's pretty sad when the pizza-bread is better than the pizza. And even worse when the local franchisee keeps trimming menu items (no medium pizzas? no more pizzabread?) and dropping the coupons that make them even worth bothering with. We've done the hip "Check out My Piercing" spot too: Sure it's good pizza; once you get past the pages of sprouts and vegan-de-lite items (none of which should ever come into contact with the upper surface of my pizza.:P). And they're pricey and can be attitudinal on the phone as well. They'll rapid-fire dictate the terms of payment & delivery at you, much like a mortgage lender. Plus they've gone credit-cards only as of 2006. Credit cards-only, but their website provides no means to safely fork them over. Am I the only person around that feels safer feeding my credit card number to a large indifferent computer on a website, rather than the anonymous phone & delivery staff? And then, like a breath of fresh air (*harp-zing*), there's Lake Harriet Pizza. (*queue hearts & flowers music*) It's a delivery/carry-out-only spot at Penn & 50th in the Lakes District. The process starts on a very refreshing note: Instead of the traditional speedy annoyed/yelled, "HOLDPLEASE*SLAM!*" you get at most pizza-purveyors, you get a pleasant, if not clearly busy, person on the phone. They'll politely take your order, quote you the total and delivery time (~35mins for us 12 blocks away), and _thank you_, before moving on to the next caller. You'll get no lectures about what forms of payment they take. No long quizzes over license numbers, how many phone numbers to write on your checks, your blood type, CreditScore(tm), or other forms of verbal strip-searching. In most cases they won't mention anything other than the price. I know they take checks. They might take credit cards, but I've yet to bother to try to use one. Around 35 minutes later, (often within minutes of quoted target), your hot pie will be delivered by an equally-pleasant delivery driver - in my experience, someone that actually appears to enjoy delivering LHP pies as much as the order-taker appeared to enjoy taking orders for them! THIS IS AN ENJOYABLE CHANGE OF PACE! The pie is great! Traditional-thickness crust, checker-board cut. LOTS of cheese -- no, LOTS! -- The pie we had last night had roughly 3/8's inch of solid gooey melty cheese over most of it... wonderful sausage in healthy quantities. SAUCE! But not too much. This is a great balancing-act of a pie. I love 'em. There's a reason Strib-columnist James Lileks waxes poetic about LHP from time to time: THEY MAKE A GREAT PIE. Ok, they don't do extra-thin-and-crispy. And they don't do pan or cheese-in-the-crust or other "novelty-of-the-month" pizzas. But what they do, they do quite well. And, if you want, they've also got cheese garlic toast (we like!), hot wings & salads. And pizza sizes from 9" to 20". Prices are good and they give you a sheet of coupons every order: A 16" 3-topping (we like the pepperoni, sausage & mushroom) will run you $15.40 with a coupon. When I haven't had a coupon, the lady on the phone has been known to kick me the coupon price anyway. What's not to like? If you live anywhere near 50th & Penn, and like traditional-crust pizza, you have to try this spot out. No web site, but their order line is 612-920-7717.
(5)Michael N.
i'm pretty excited this place is in my neighborhood, although i don't order pizza often; maybe this place will change that. we ordered a 20" fire roasted supreme for the vikings game and it was huge. it says it feeds 5-7 people on their website but i had some big eaters and had my doubts that it would be enough for the 4 of us. it was definitely enough even if we had 1 or 2 more people. we did eat shrimp, bread and cheese before though so that slowed us down a bit. either way, it's a huge pizza. the crust was surprisingly crispy and thin, and the amount of cheese was spot on. i don't know how they can keep the crust that crispy with a pizza of this size but they did. this place is up there with savoy's and punch on my list of pizza favorites. i have a feeling i'll be adding a star after i order from here one or two more times.
(4)Uptown Foodie G.
Had a great pepperoni pizza delivered last night! Highly recommend. Go straight there now! T
(4)Shawn S.
Very good pizza for Minneapolis. Note - there isn't any seating inside - takeout only. That said the online ordering system was a snap, and the pizza was ready when we got there. Square cut, cheesy, great sauce as others have noted. Toppings are wide in variety and good quality. I do give a slight edge to Red Savoy for this style of pizza, but this is a solid bet!
(4)Elizabeth R.
Despite the fact that I live in their delivery area, I've never had pizza from here. I am SO glad I decided to order from here. This pizza is de-li-cious. I got the supreme with extra cheese, and when they say extra cheese they mean it. There was a solid 1/4" thick layer of cheese melted on top of the entire pizza. That's what I call extra cheese!
(4)Anna P.
We love this place. Fast delivery. Hot pizza. Fantastic, quality ingredients (especially the sausage). It's our go-to pizza delivery place.
(5)William G.
Although I live close by I had not tried Lake Harriet Pizza until recently. It is strictly take out no table service. My wife and I tried the Mexican Combo with meat (it is also offered with out meat). The pizza was excellent with nice crust. The price was less than $17 for a twelve inch. Parking on the 50th Street and Penn Ave intersection with Broders occupying three of the four corners. None the less I expect this will become our go to pizza place. There are several upscale pizzerias nearby but we thought the pizza here was just as good and cheaper. The sides are limited and there is no dining in.
(4)Elizabeth H.
Great neighborhood pizza place. Love the thin crust and sauce. Fast service and friendly staff.
(4)Chris K.
Great sauce, great toppings! The crust needs work, it tends to be chewy. One of my favorites In the city.
(4)Josh S.
We are relatively new to the Twin Cities and are always looking for new places to eat. We are also relatively big fans of pizza and we get it ordered-in at least once per week. So far, we've found a few really good delivery places in our part of Minneapolis and decided to give Lake Harriet Pizza (5009 Penn Ave. S, Minneapolis) a whirl based on a few "glowing" recommendations from our friends. It's also located within six blocks of our house. Pizza delivery is a complicated thing. There are so many places that truly shouldn't even bother with delivery (rude staff, bad pizza, demanding tips, etc.) and there are others that are just plain great (friendly, fast, great pizza). We read a few reviews and thought that Lake Harriet Pizza would be somewhere in the middle. We were right. The girl that took our order was friendly and told us that our pie would be ready in 25 minutes. We chose to have it delivered and paid with cash. Half an hour later (five minutes late isn't that big of a deal on a busy night in my book) the driver arrived at our door, politely greeted us and left us our dinner. The pizza was fresh and hot - off to a good start. It was LOADED (and I mean, loaded) with cheese. Wow, you really get your moneys worth at this place. Well... then we started eating it and were a little underwhelmed. With all the amazing reviews of how great this was supposed to be, we thought average summed it up the best. The toppings were plentiful, but that doesn't mean that they are "grade-A" quality. The cheese was fine (and a ton of it) but the sausage and pepperoni were bland. We ordered it with EXTRA green pepper and it looks like that was just an afterthought because the pieces were few and far between. The saucy was almost sickeningly sweet. The crust was as described - crispy and thin, but it had the consistency of a saltine - crumbly and flavorless. So, to sum it up - the service was good and the pizza was, well, meh. I've had much worse but certainly a lot better. Unfortunately, this is a local business that I really wanted to love but just can't bring myself to order there again anytime soon. I hate to say that I'd order from Pizza Hut before getting a pie from LHP again, but at this point, that would have been an acceptable substitute. There are other really good pizza places around Lake Harriet (Pizzeria Lola and Michelangelo's are two that I highly recommend). I just couldn't enjoy this as much as I wanted to enjoy it.
(2)Brendan M.
Excellent customer service!!!!! After a communication error (delivery vs. pickup), they went above and beyond to make it right. Oh yeah, and the large pizza was delicious as well.
(5)Karen S.
Yep, A-OK about sums it up. Delivery or take out only. I picked up two pizzas on a Friday night, and they were ready in less than 20 minutes, which was great since we were starving. ladies working the phones/pick up were friendly. The pizza was fine, but nothing special. Much better than Domino's or Papa Johns, but not as good as Carbones, Jackeenos, Not even in the same league as places like Punch or Luce. They only have thin crust pizza, but they have a lot of toppings (including sauerkraut, which BF loves, and not many places offer) For thin crust, it wasn't very crispy, and seemed a little too doughy for a cracker thin crust. The sauce had a bit of a nice kick to it, cheese and topimgs were fine, but I couldn't get past the crust. Website does not list prices, which was sort of annoyng, but they do have a generic $1 off coupon that you can just mention. 2 12-inch 2-topping pizzas were $24 which is just right for the quality of the food. Maybe I'd order here again, but I think there is better, comparably priced pizza in the cities
(3)Carol B.
Loooove Lake Harriet Pizza! If you want delivery, forget the chains and call these guys. This is a top notch pie! Excellent quality toppings and they aren't chintzy with them either. Nice chewy crispy crust and friendly service. Forget the chains! Friendly service,prompt delivery. Try the artichoke deluxe, anything with their sausage on it, or make a Hawaiian.
(5)Angie S.
Great thin crust pizza topped with sweet red sauce. Try the roasted supreme if your a meat eater, otherwise try the artichoke veggie pizza. Delivery was pretty quick and there were coupons to use online!
(4)Mark D.
We're new to the neighborhood and, partially based on the great reviews on Yelp, thought we'd try this place out. Well, we usually give places a few tries before passing judgement, but our first pizza from Lake Harriet Pizza was so uniformly awful we can safely say we won't be back. We got a regular cheese pizza with garlic on half, plus a side of cheese bread. The cheese bread was freezer-case quality. The pizza... Barf. The crust was a nondescript, tasteless slab. The sauce was way too sweet, and the cheese, well, they seemed intent on dumping a pound of it on our 12-inch pie. The result was a congealing, greasy mass that tasted like regret. Even our four-year-old hated it. And he loves all pizza.
(1)S W.
Not feeling it. I hate to be that person in this case, but I'll be that person. Sauce is a sugarbomb. Or something. Just wrong. Caustic. This makes the whole experience of eating this 'za painful no matter what its good features may be. I've found the ordering experience to be a little flaky and dysfucntional, traits I'll overlook if the food blows me away. Price? Kind of in the "well that wasn't worth it" range. You don't have to go over to the dark side of chain pizza, but this isn't the best argument against it. I kind of prefer American Pie. At 2 locations, it's not a chain monster. Don't throw things, I just do.
(3)Jennifer R.
We're new to the area, and I was looking for an interesting new pizza place to break us out of our chain-store rut. The reviews on this place were great, so we gave it a go. Honestly, I was underwhelmed. I went to the website to check out their menu; no prices listed. Called them up, the lady who answered the phone was pleasant and helpful, but the prices were a bit higher than I expected. I went for it anyway, and drove to their location to pick up my pizza. Here's where I ran into my first big problem... it was utterly impossible to find a place to park. The store is right across the street from Broder's, and Broders' parking lot was overflowing onto the street. I had to park my car in a spot marked tow-away zone and hold my breath that a truck wouldn't get to me before I could get away with my pizza. I went inside and got the pizza... didn't get towed, but when I arrived home and my husband and I dug in... we were underwhelmed. Bitter sauce, giant slimy onion pieces. Edible, but not worth the price or the hassle. I'll try something else next time.
(3)Leah G.
I'm a sucka. I have been wasting years of my life eating Dominos. YEARS! Thank god I have finally discovered Lake Harriet Pizza. Thank god it's right down the street, I have to make up for this lost time. The man and I have ordered from here about three times since we moved to the Armitage neighborhood in August. We have never gotten a pizza we didn't love. Last weekend we had some friends over and ordered the artichoke pizza. The artichokes were huge, it also came with onions and green olives, a lovely combination. They use just the right amount of cheese and the crust is a chewy chunk of heaven. Every time we've ordered we have had a coupon for three dollars off and every time we get a new pizza more coupons are delivered. It's such a great system. Ditch Dominos and head down Penn to Lake Harriet Pizza.
(5)Glen S.
I found it more fun to order pizza from here then to actaully eat it. Granted the Pie was very good, I just found it fun to order from a place that not many people know. That being said, why don't you know about this place yet? Oh, cuz you'd rather enjoy having a chain pizza place make it for more? The Za was great, filling, in-expensive and hot. These are all things I like in a pizza. I mean, it's kind of hard to screw up making a pizza (though I think Pizza Hut does), but they really do make this pizza how normal people like to eat it. Cheese all the way to the edge, the crust is great and overall, just a well presenting plate of food. Try Lake Harriet Pizza, because you can actually taste what a real pizza is supposed to taste like. Enjoy!
(4)Dirk W.
Hey Lake Harriet Pizza, we miss you! Yes, here in the cultural barrens of Orange County, CA it is difficult to find a local pizza joint that is good and delivers. Lake Harriet was our pizza place for years in Minneapolis and I want some right now. Good crust: we'd get it well-done and thin.
(4)Jodi E.
Yum, but heavy!!!
(4)Nick M.
Sneaky-good pizza.
(4)Peter C.
Lake Harriet Pizza is my local pizza joint. The service is excellant and the pizza is reasonably priced. Their pies aren't the thing of legend, but they are pretty darn good. They tend to be thin crusted with a liberal topping of cheese and topings. However, it was the pesto cheese bread that made it for me. That stuff is heavenly!
(4)Territorial B.
it's 20 minutes one way from the NW suburb in which I reside, but at least once a month I have to have this pizza. I don't bother with the 'fast food' pizza joints anymore, and for the rest, Todd K is spot on... I actually avoid the three other 'popular' pizza places... two of which (Green Mill and Pizza Luce) are totally skating on a reputation that was built years - if not decades - ago... The quality is long gone. If you think otherwise, I honestly don't believe you were around when they were that good! Now if we could just get some decent thin crust pizza around here.
(5)Steve U.
this place has deceptively great pizza. it's the pizza that's ordered when the elementary school nearby has pizza parties and it's clear that we're spoiling these kids with this stuff. seriously, when i was a kid we didn't have access to this kind of pizza, we had to deal with dominos dreck. emphasis is placed were it should be; a solid delivery on the crust and focus on the toppings. the sausage pizza has big meaty hunks of sausage that actually taste like sausage. the pepperoni, has flavor and there's literally a ton of cheese on top. the delivery boxes are those classic pizza delivery boxes with nothing in the outside advertising the latest cheese filled crust ('cause there isn't any of that crap) but they generate serious salivation. this is hood pizza the way it's supposed to be,
(4)Dana S.
Every Friday night. Best in the area!
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