{"id":15546,"date":"2026-04-06T22:49:04","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T22:49:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/?p=15546"},"modified":"2026-04-06T22:49:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T22:49:04","slug":"beloved-pizza-chain-s-closes-all-us-locations-and-files-for-bankruptcy-after-50-years-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/?p=15546","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 years, Gina Maria\u2019s Pizza was more than food\u2014it was a tradition. Its sudden October closure, with no warning and $3 million in debt, left customers shocked. With Chapter 7 liquidation, the business won\u2019t return, and its legacy is being sold off piece by piece.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still, a small revival lives on. At the former Eden Prairie spot, Pizzas Gina has reopened under Ulises Godinez, using the original recipes. In a time of big-chain closures, it shows how local effort can keep traditions alive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For years, Gina Maria\u2019s Pizza was more than food\u2014it was a tradition. Its sudden October closure, with no warning and $3 million in debt, left customers shocked. With Chapter 7 liquidation, the business won\u2019t return, and its legacy is being sold off piece by piece. Still, a small revival lives on. At the former Eden &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":15547,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15546","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\/15546","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=15546"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15546\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fnews55.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}