{"id":15498,"date":"2026-04-06T22:39:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T22:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/?p=15498"},"modified":"2026-04-06T22:39:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T22:39:00","slug":"beloved-pizza-chain-s-closes-all-us-locations-and-files-for-bankruptcy-after-50-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/?p=15498","title":{"rendered":"Beloved pizza chain s closes all US locations and files for bankruptcy after 50 years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For generations, Gina Maria\u2019s Pizza was a local tradition, woven into family moments across Minnetonka and Eden Prairie. Its sudden October closure\u2014no goodbye, just a bankruptcy revealing $3 million in debt\u2014left customers stunned. With Chapter 7 liquidation, the business won\u2019t return; its equipment and legacy will be sold off, leaving only memories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still, a small revival has begun. At the former Eden Prairie spot, Pizzas Gina has reopened under Ulises Godinez, using original recipes and tools. In a time of corporate closures, it\u2019s a reminder that local hands may be what keep community traditions alive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For generations, Gina Maria\u2019s Pizza was a local tradition, woven into family moments across Minnetonka and Eden Prairie. Its sudden October closure\u2014no goodbye, just a bankruptcy revealing $3 million in debt\u2014left customers stunned. With Chapter 7 liquidation, the business won\u2019t return; its equipment and legacy will be sold off, leaving only memories. Still, a small &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":15499,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15498"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15498\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}