Donatos Pizzeria, LLC, doing business as Donatos Pizza, is an American pizza restaurant chain headquartered in Gahanna, Ohio, United States that specializes in Columbus-style pizza. Donatos and its franchise partners operate over 400 stores in thirty U.S. states[1]. Donatos Pizza is also served in nearly 300 non-traditional locations nationwide,[2] including select Red Robin restaurants.[3][4]
History
In 1963, Ohio State sophomore Jim Grote purchased the original Donatos located on the south side of Columbus, Ohio, for $1,300. Grote had been working at the restaurant since he was thirteen. He kept the name Donatos, which originally had an apostrophe. Donato is a conjugation of the Latin word, dono, which means to give.