Hazel Park, Michigan: A Taste of Detroit at Loui's

It's unofficially Michigan Day on SE pizza site Slice. First Buddy's, now Loui's. The pizza at this Hazel Park, Michigan, joint is hefty and rectangular, meant to get you through a frigid winter evening like a giant pan of lasagna would.

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10 Comments | Posted by Maggie Hoffman, September 8, 2010 at 4:00 PM
Tagged: Detroit, Detroit-style pizza, Hazel Park MI, Loui's Pizza, Michigan, reviews, Slice reviews

Livonia, Michigan: Great Detroit-Style Pizza at Buddy's

The chewy, caramelized cheese where the slice touches the edge of the pan has a texture somewhere between crunchy and just short of beef jerky. If you could top the entire pie with that, it would either be heaven or the worst kind of overkill. I don't know which, but I wouldn't mind finding out.

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16 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, September 8, 2010 at 12:30 PM
Tagged: Buddy's Pizzeria, Detroit-style pizza, Livonia MI, Michigan, reviews, Slice reviews

Buddy's Deep-Dish Pizza in Detroit: Better Than NYC Pizza?

This is rare: a New Yorker who travels somewhere outside NYC, eats pizza, and claims it superior to Big Apple pies. Who knew a Gothamite could admit such things?! ;) In this case, it's Buddy's, with its Detroit deep-dish pizza: So what makes Buddy's so great? As my dad likes to say, it all begins with a well-seasoned and greased blue steel pan. The dough rises in the pan, before brick cheese and then sauce is added. Different toppings find their way to different layers of the pizza. Brick cheese is also an important part of the whole equation....

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3 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, August 10, 2009 at 12:00 PM
Tagged: Blogwatch, Buddy's Pizza, deep-dish, Detroit, Detroit-style pizza, Michigan, New York Adventures