Donatos Pizza is a "fast casual" restaurant chain founded in 1963 by college sophomore Jim Grote. The first Donatos was established in Columbus, Ohio. Donatos currently has locations in Alabama, Ohio, Kentucky, Charlotte, and Indianapolis. Individual size pizzas are also available in the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. They also briefly had locations in Atlanta, Orlando and Philadelphia; however, these were subsequently closed. Donatos...
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Donatos Pizza is a "fast casual" restaurant chain founded in 1963 by college sophomore Jim Grote. The first Donatos was established in Columbus, Ohio. Donatos currently has locations in Alabama, Ohio, Kentucky, Charlotte, and Indianapolis. Individual size pizzas are also available in the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. They also briefly had locations in Atlanta, Orlando and Philadelphia; however, these were subsequently closed. Donatos was also briefly owned by McDonald's, along with Boston Market and Chipotle Mexican Grill, but a majority interest in Donatos was repurchased by Grote as McDonald's sought to refocus on its core business. During this period three stores were operated in Munich, Germany. Donatos serves pizza, subs, salads, stromboli, and wings. With over 170 restaurants, it is one of the more successful pizzeria chains in the U.S.
Donatos, however, is slightly different from fast-food pizza chains such as Domino's or Pizza Hut. Its typical pizza has a thin...
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