Local Pizza Parties in Minneapolis–St. Paul
Book a 100% Midwest-ingredient pizza party at your home, office, or business. From $55 per guest with an $850 party minimum, cooked and served by Local Effort chefs. Frozen Local Pizza is stocked at Happy Monday in Roseville.
local pizza —
Book a pizza party
100% Midwest ingredients, cooked and served at your home, office, or business by our chefs. Pick a date — we bring everything.
from $55 a guest · $850 party minimum
cheese: grande mozzarella. grain: bakers field. tomato: dei fratelli. pepperoni: many.
Commercial Food Services for Minneapolis Businesses
Local Effort Cooperative provides wholesale food supply for cafes, bars, grocery stores, offices, and organizations across the Twin Cities metro. Contact weston@localeffortfood.com.
- Wholesale: pizza, sandwiches, salads for display cases and grab-and-go — wholesale units from $3.10
for businesses — wholesale price sheet
Local food for your display case
Minnesota-made pizza, sandwiches, salads, and grab-and-go for cafes, bars, and retail. You're working directly with the chefs.
A cooperative kitchen, owned by the people cooking in it
We're a knockout team of experienced kitchen professionals working as personal chefs and value-added producers. We bring Minnesotan and Midwest ingredients to everyday meals and special events with a farm-to-table ethic.
We are organized as a cooperative under Minnesota Chapter 308B, and equity ownership is offered to every person who works here. That is the part we would most like other food businesses to copy: the people who stand at the stove hold a stake in the place, so decisions about wages and sourcing get made by the people who live with them.
We love platters and cassoulets and juleps and celery and croque monsieur and white rice. We love vegetables and meats and grain and nuts and grapes and HAZELNUTS and ducks and lamb and the weird great awesome people who make them and keep making them. We love meeting our growers. We love living in a city where shopping locally is valued and not hard to do.
We feel strongly about choosing food grown and produced closer to home. It's a duty, and a gift, and it's at the center of our practice and culture. We care about flavor and nutrition in equal measure. We're the realest people make the localest food.
day one —
Weston Smith
Co-founder · Chef
California born, New York trained. 308B organizer, ingredient specialist. Weston makes bread and chocolate, oversees the Effort, and guarantees quality.
Catherine Olsen
Co-founder · Kitchen Manager · Pastry
Minneapolis born and raised. Many recognize her from Lucia's and Wuollet Bakery, or the Eastside Co-op. Vibe setter, cake and pastry provider.
Maria Beck
Chef · Pastry
Maria ran pastry at Lynette, many know her from Hyacinth, and she comes fresh off the Cardamom project. She brings effortless professionalism and good taste, besides being a bakery crusher.
stay in touch —
Get updates from Local Effort
Seasonal menus, events, and new offerings. A few emails a year, never more.
- Founded in 2022
- Based in Minneapolis, MN
- 100% locally sourced focus
- sourdough breads from local grain
- fresh pasta
- pies, cakes, pastry and patisserie
- braised meat, smoked meat, cured meat
- kid's food
- bean-to-bar chocolate
- 100% local pizza
- Meal planning and nutrition support for families
- Catering and events built around local ingredients
- Completely local pizzas - our specialty
- Celebrating home cooks
- Supporting family nutrition
- Spending with local producers
- Collaborating with Minnesota organizations
- Sharing and shaping Minnesota food culture
- Minnesota-first sourcing; regional when sensible
- Seasonal menus; preserve when possible
- Direct relationships with farms and mills
- Reasonable exceptions for essentials (like olive oil)
- Transparency: ask us about any ingredient