Styles
1946, blue steel
Detroit
The corner is the prize
Sicilian dough in an auto-plant pan. Cheese to the edge so it fries into a frico. Sauce in racing stripes on top after the bake.
Buddy’s on Six Mile started it. The rest of us are still chasing that corner. If the edge is not caramelized, it is just a square.
Where to eat it
Rooms that speak this dialect.
DetroitEditorSupino Pizzeria
Detroit, United States
2457 Russell Street, Detroit, MI 48207
Editor's pick
Eastern Market. A square with the red stripe, in the city that invented it.
DetroitEditorNiki's Pizza
Detroit, United States
735 Beaubien Street, Detroit, MI 48226
Editor's pick
Greektown. A Detroit square in a neighborhood that has been feeding the city for decades.
Hazel ParkEditorLouie's Pizza
Hazel Park, United States
23141 Dequindre Road, Hazel Park, MI 48030
Editor's pick
The other famous Detroit square, just north of the city line. The antipasto pie is the order.
TorontoEditorDescendant Detroit Style Pizza
Toronto, Canada
1168 Queen Street East, Toronto, ON
Editor's pick
Queen East. A Detroit square in Toronto, sauce on top, cheese to the pan wall.
AustinEditorVia 313
Austin, United States
1802 E 6th Street, Austin, TX 78702
Editor's pick
The Detroit square that took over Austin. Home Slice is the New York one. This is the pan.
DetroitEditorBuddy's Pizza
Detroit, United States
17125 Conant St, Detroit, MI 48212
Editor's pick
The square that started it: blue-steel pans, fried-cheese corners, racing-stripe sauce.
Bake it
Recipes for this pie.
OtherEditorCast Iron Pan Pizza
By The Slice Guy
No-knead dough in a Lodge skillet, cheese to the edge, crispy bottom. The weeknight pan pie.
DetroitDetroit Red Stripe
From Gus Guerra
Airy crumb, fried-cheese corners, sauce on top like a racing stripe. A Motor City pan pie.
DoughEditorPan & Sicilian Dough
By The Slice Guy
Wetter dough for Detroit, grandma, and Sicilian sheets. The pan does the fry.