Detroit Pizza is Best in the Midwest
Detroit & Metro Area pizza was officially recognized by Slice, America’s Favorite Pizza Blog. Of 25 National listings Metro Detroit claims four, that’s 16% of the pie, not bad. Further, GQ writer Alan Richman placed Detroit at number 3 on the national Top Ten Cities list behind New York and San Francisco. Move over Chicago, Detroit is Midwest’s best.
Richman writes “No city has more consistently satisfying pies than Detroit. No city executes its particular style, in this case the square Sicilian, as flawlessly as Detroit.” We couldn’t agree more so without further ado here are the entries.
1. Luigi’s “the Original”
| Location: | Harrison Township, Michigan |
| National Rank: | 13 |
| Highlight: | Richman called it the best vegetable pizza he tasted anywhere. |
| Website: | Luigi’s “the Original” |
2. Buddy’s
| Location: | Various Locations in Metro Detroit |
| National Rank: | 15 |
| Highlight: | Praising the company’s crusts as “one of the best in America,” Richman said they were “a little better than the competition’s, and almost every pizzeria I tried in Detroit did them well.” |
| Website: | Buddy’s Pizza |
3. Tomatoes Apizza
| Location: | Farmington Hills, Michigan |
| National Rank: | 21 |
| Highlight: | “The non-Sicilian crust was soft, slightly charred, and entirely appealing,” Richman said, and he applauded the many thin slices of pepperoni allowed “to curl and crisp up in the oven.” |
| Website: | Tomatoes Pizza |
4. Niki’s
| Location: | Detroit, Michigan |
| National Rank: | 24 |
| Highlight: | The pie that convinced him of the excellence of feta as a topping. |
| Website: | Nikis Pizza |
Richman, who won two James Beard awards this year for magazine food reporting, said he was surprised and pleased by Detroit’s showing.
“I’d never met anybody who said Detroit had great pizza. … And I was so happy, because who can imagine there are still pizza secrets out there nobody knows about?”
Bon Appetit Detroit!
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While I agree that the pizza places listed above are noteworthy (I can’t speak to Luigi’s because I have never been there), no article about pizza in Detroit would be complete without mentioning Primo’s Pizza of Birmingham. The warm and friendly staff at Primo’s makes both round and square pizzas to order, in addition to offering a wide variety of menu items (the chicken fingers, buffalo wings and ribs are worth mentioning). Primo’s also offers square pieces of pepperoni pizza for $1.50/slice – one of the best deals in town!
I encourage everybody to stop in and order a Primo’s pizza or give them a call for fast, free delivery within a reasonable distance.
Primo’s Pizza of Birmingham
996 S. Adams
Birmingham, MI 48009
248-642-1400
Just ask for Maria!!
Bella’s in Allen Park is AMAZING! You can’t go wrong with the “Bella’s Best”!!
6709 Park Ave
Allen Park, MI 48101
313) 928-3100
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