what city was dominos founded in
exists and is an alternate of . Domino's Pizza was founded in 1960 by Thomas & James Monaghan in Ypsilanti Michigan. They borrowed $500 from a local bank to buy a local pizzeria premises (called DomiNick's) and also purchased a Volkswagen Beetle as their delivery vehicle. In 1961 James decided to leave the business and traded Thomas his half of the company for the VW Bug.