Broadway Station Restaurants operates a franchise network of Broadway Pizza restaurants with 15 locations throughout the Minneapolis metro area. Broadway Pizza was founded in 1953, serving homemade pizza with sausage made from scratch and special Italian sauces and dough. A railroad station theme was chosen for the restaurant because of the importance of railroad transportation to the growth of north Minneapolis. Over the years, Broadway s famous thin-crust pizza has earned numerous accolades from the media and a loyal following from the public, which has allowed the company to expand to numerous locations.