Who Agrees? Detroit Style Pizza Is The Best

Detroit Style Pizza is part of the TPOL Won’t Visit All 50 States And That’s OK Trip Report.

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Where can you find the best pizza in the world? Is it in Naples (see Lombardis 1892: Proper Pizza in Napoli)? Is it Zimbabwe (see Best In The World? Pizza In Victoria Falls)? How about NYC (see Primavera Pizza NYC: Good Sober, Better Tipsy?)? Apart from my homemade pizza made in Puerto Rico courtesy of the Breville Pizzaiolo, I go back and forth between Chicago (see The World’s Best Pizza: Chicago Deep Dish Edition) and Detroit. 

Detroit is famous or infamous for its pizza because it is the birthplace of Little Caesars and my go-to delivery place, Domino’s (see TPOL’S Food Guide Nairobi). Cottage Inn is also from Michigan but is not known around the nation. What a shame. Hungry Howie’s, where I worked for a week before being fired when I was 16, is native to Michigan as well. Their pizza is terrible and so was management!

But this post is not focused on franchises. It is focused on a particular type of pizza called Detroit style. For my money, I don’t know if it gets any better than when he sings When a Man Loves a Woman. For my money, I don’t know if it gets any better than square pieces of pizza, tiny pepperonis, and a crispy crust.

Following the Lions Game (see Bills Vs. Lions: From No Tickets to the Front Row), I went to Buddy’s Pizza, the Original Detroit Style since 1946, to see if it could rival another Michigan pizza franchise, Jet’s.

Here’s what I found:

Like Lou Malnati’s in Chicago, I believe that ordering a bigger pie is better than a smaller one (see Post Lockdown Dream Fulfilled? Deep Dish Pizza in Chicago). There’s more surface area for the flavors to cook and soak into the crust.

TPOL’s Tip: We could only finish 3/4 slices, but I would still order a larger pizza. It’s worth the extra excess for the true Detroit Style experience.

An honorable mention goes to Buddy’s ranch dressing, which is some of the best I have had in a long time (see I Found Hidden Valley).

TPOL’s Tip: The salad for two is more than enough.

TPOL’s Tip: Buddy’s is located at 1565 Broadway St Detroit, MI 48226

Overall

With recency bias, I will declare Detroit Style the best pizza. While Buddy’s was scrumptious I will also declare that Jet’s is the best of the best in terms of Detroit Style franchises.

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