Hazel Park
Loui's Pizza
The greatest Detroit-style pizza in Michigan. Controversial? I don’t care.
DETROIT-STYLENOAH’S DETROIT · THE PIZZA GUIDE · VOL. 1
An ode to America’s most pizza-rich city
You might call it an obsession, but I call it pure infatuation.
Niki's Pizza · Greektown Photo: Niki’s Pizza
“Heaven is a corner slice of Detroit-style pizza.”
— Noah
HOW’S TONIGHT LOOKING?
A pizza or a whole night?
Detroit-style pizza.
Corktown
Grandma Bob's Pizza
Easily one of my three favorite Detroit-style pizzas—and the square is so good the round pie barely deserves to exist.
DETROIT-STYLE
Eastpointe
Cloverleaf
Eastpointe’s entry in the corner-slice conversation. Number four on the list.
DETROIT-STYLE
Core City
Michigan & Trumbull
Michigan & Trumbull lost its ideal Corktown home. It did not lose the pizza. This is top-tier Detroit-style, period.
DETROIT-STYLE
Grand Rapids
Quarantino's
GRAND RAPIDS — YES, REALLYDetroit-style in Grand Rapids. The one geographic exception, at number six.
DETROIT-STYLE
Ferndale
Como's
A top-ten Detroit-style pizza stop with a patio that makes Ferndale feel like the right place to be.
DETROIT-STYLE
Madison Heights
Green Lantern
The self-proclaimed “King of Pepperoni.” Number eight here, with the square as the move.
DETROIT-STYLE
Metro Detroit
Crispelli's
A Metro Detroit pizza stop with options. The square earns the number-nine spot.
DETROIT-STYLE
ALSO IN THE GUIDE
A few more I keep on the list.
Greektown
Niki's Pizza
Late-night Greek-style Detroit pizza for exactly the kind of night when daylight and sobriety are already out of the picture.
DETROIT-STYLE
Downtown
San Morello
Not my favorite meal for the money, but the fresh, fresh pizza and handsome Shinola Hotel room explain why people love it.
NEAPOLITAN
Boston-Edison
The Rectory Detroit
A neighborhood pizza spot with an old-Detroit setting and one of the city’s easiest built-in pairings: The Congregation next door.
NEAPOLITANBest in a box.
Downtown
Buddy’s Pizza — Downtown
The original Detroit-style name, represented by its Broadway Street location.
DETROIT-STYLE
Midtown
Elephant & Co.
A brewery’s Detroit-style experiment, built on beer dough and a restless specialty-pizza streak.
DETROIT-STYLE
Downtown
Mootz Pizzeria & Bar
Downtown’s New York counterpoint: crisp, chewy rounds with a slice counter built for spontaneity.
NYGreektown
Niki's Pizza
Late-night Greek-style Detroit pizza for exactly the kind of night when daylight and sobriety are already out of the picture.
DETROIT-STYLE
Corktown
Ottava Via
Corktown’s wood-fired Neapolitan option, built for a long table and another round.
NEAPOLITAN
Woodbridge
Pie Sci Pizza
Woodbridge’s pizza lab: bold combinations, rotating specials, and both round and square pies.
DETROIT-STYLE
Midtown
Shield’s Pizza
A long-running Detroit square with a full-service Midtown address.
DETROIT-STYLE
Southwest Detroit
Sicily’s Pizzeria & Subs
Southwest Detroit’s sourdough specialist, with a Detroit square hiding inside the broad menu.
DETROIT-STYLE
Eastern Market
Supino Pizzeria
A large pie, then Lagerhaus or Eastern Market Brewing. This is never not a good plan.
NY
Pull up a chair.
Farmington Hills
Tomatoes Apizza
New Haven makes the Michigan top three. Tomatoes Apizza is the reason.
NEW HAVEN
Metro Detroit
Bigalora Wood Fired Cucina
Wood-fired pizza and a sit-down dinner. A different route from the square.
NEAPOLITANDowntown
Buddy’s Pizza — Downtown
The original Detroit-style name, represented by its Broadway Street location.
DETROIT-STYLEMidtown
Elephant & Co.
A brewery’s Detroit-style experiment, built on beer dough and a restless specialty-pizza streak.
DETROIT-STYLE
Downtown
Mootz Pizzeria & Bar
Downtown’s New York counterpoint: crisp, chewy rounds with a slice counter built for spontaneity.
NYCorktown
Ottava Via
Corktown’s wood-fired Neapolitan option, built for a long table and another round.
NEAPOLITANWoodbridge
Pie Sci Pizza
Woodbridge’s pizza lab: bold combinations, rotating specials, and both round and square pies.
DETROIT-STYLEDowntown
San Morello
Not my favorite meal for the money, but the fresh, fresh pizza and handsome Shinola Hotel room explain why people love it.
NEAPOLITANMidtown
Shield’s Pizza
A long-running Detroit square with a full-service Midtown address.
DETROIT-STYLEBoston-Edison
The Rectory Detroit
A neighborhood pizza spot with an old-Detroit setting and one of the city’s easiest built-in pairings: The Congregation next door.
NEAPOLITAN
Downtown
Unc’s Pizza
A new downtown room devoted to Detroit-style pizza and the people gathered around it.
DETROIT-STYLE