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Detroit-Style Pizza in Detroit
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Top 4 Detroit-Style Pizza in Detroit
The Detroit-style picks — drawn from Detroit Metro Times' 2025 ranking of the best Detroit-style pizzas in the metro.
- #1
Loui's Pizza
Hazel Park
“Metro Times' #1 Detroit-style pie — opened 1977 by a Buddy's veteran; tangy sauce and abundant cheese with crispy caramelized edges.”
- #2
Michigan & Trumbull
Corktown
“Metro Times' #2 — airy dough baked in 8-by-10 pans, cut into six squares with crispy caramelized edges; a modern Corktown standard-bearer.”
- #3
Buddy's Pizza
Conant Gardens
“Metro Times' #4 — the original Conant Street location, the city's canonical square-pie institution and a Food & Wine Top 25 US pizza spot.”
- #4
Elephant & Co. Detroit
Cass Corridor
“Metro Times' #5 — a modern Detroit-style pan-pizza shop with a Royal Oak outpost, paired with Eastern Market Brewing beer.”