Jake's Stadium Pizza

Jake's Stadium Pizza is a pizza place in Mankato, MN, serving thin crust pizza, boneless wings, and poorboys. The restaurant is open seven days a week and offers pickup and delivery. Its pizzas are built on tried and true recipes passed down through the generations, made with fresh local ingredients from Southern Minnesota. The menu includes specialty pizzas such as the House Special, Oven Combo, Sarge's Special, Jake's Special, Four Meat, Taco Pizza, Veggie, BBQ Chicken, Chicken Alfredo, Buffalo Chicken, Cheeseburger, and Chicken Bacon Ranch, along with build-your-own options, gluten free and vegan choices, wings, poorboys, salads and sides, and beverages. Specials include a Monday night large one-topping pizza, Sunday and Wednesday bargain pricing, and a lunch special available from 11am to 4pm. It holds a rating of 4.40.

The restaurant has been family-owned since 1972. It began in 1964, when Rose and Ernie Jacobson opened the first Jake's Pizza in Albert Lea, creating the recipes that fans still crave. Eight years later, in April 1972, Vern "Sarge" Carstensen, brother to Rose and Ernie, brought that same homemade tradition to Mankato and opened Jake's Stadium Pizza. In 1997, Sarge's daughter Brenda Boyer and son-in-law Wally Boyer took over the restaurant, carrying forward the same time-tested techniques, original recipes, and fresh ingredients. Today a third generation is at the helm, with Andrew Boyer-Kern, son of Brenda and Wally, managing Jake's Stadium Pizza in Mankato.

Jake's Stadium Pizza sits on Stadium Rd, about half a mile from Minnesota State University, Mankato and roughly the same distance from Blakeslee Stadium, Bresnan Arena, and the Alumni Arch and Plaza. The Maverick All-Sports Dome is about 0.3 miles away, and All Seasons Arena is about 0.4 miles away.

The restaurant is known for its positive rating from the customers who have reviewed it, and it has served Mankato as a family-run pizzeria for more than five decades.