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Detroit-style pizza is the rectangular one with the crunchy, lacy edges, a square that started in the city's pizzerias and spread nationwide. It bakes in seasoned blue-steel pans with Wisconsin brick cheese pushed right to the walls, so the cheese fries into a crisp frico rim, and the sauce goes on last, in stripes across the top. The crumb underneath is thick and airy, closer to focaccia. Did you know? Those pans started life as automotive parts trays on the factory floor, and Buddy's served the first one in 1946. The spots below range from the Detroit originals to converts elsewhere. Its closest square cousin is Sicilian. We ranked them by what people thought once they had eaten a corner piece, not by the hype.

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Detroit-Style Pizza: Rules, History, and Where to Eat It

A square pizza born in a 1946 Detroit bar from a Sicilian baker and a steel-factory utility pan. The rules, the original room, and the wave of Detroit-style pizzerias now in every American city.

June 20, 2026

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What is Detroit-style pizza?

Detroit-style pizza is a rectangular, deep-pan pizza with a thick, airy yet crisp crust, traditionally baked in blue steel automotive parts trays. The cheese (classically Wisconsin brick cheese) is pushed to the edges so it caramelizes into a crunchy lace called the frico, and stripes of sauce are often ladled on top after baking.

How many Detroit-Style pizzerias does OpenPizzaMap list?

Right now we list 68 Detroit-Style pizzerias, and the map keeps growing. Every spot is added by someone who showed up and ate the pizza, then ranked by what people who came for the pie actually thought, not by raw star counts.

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Detroit-Style pizzerias on the map

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Loui's Pizza

Buddy's Pizza

Green Lantern Pizza

Blue Pan Pizza

Brown Dog Pizza

Via 313 Pizza

Forni Rossi

Tony's Pizza Napoletana

Cloverleaf Bar & Restaurant

Pie-Sci

Paulie Gee’s Logan Square

Pizzeria Focacceria Quattrocento

Z’s Villa

Sicily’s pizzeria and subs

Michigan & Trumbull

Emily - West Village

Grandma Bob’s Pizza

Shield’s Pizza

East Glisan Pizza Lounge

Apollonia's Pizzeria

The Beer Temple

Amar Pizza

East Side Pies

Wrecktangle Pizza

Five Star Bar

Palazzo Di Pizza

Mario’s

Union Squared

Five Squared Pizza

Mama's TOO! Pizzeria West Village

Red's the People's Pie at Rock Island Public House

Quarter Sheets Pizza

Uncle Andy’s Pizza

Detroit Style Pizza Company

Belle Isle Pizza

Emmy Squared

Pizza Pushers

The Rec Pizzeria

Dtown Pizzeria

The Detroit Pizza Bar

Farina Rossa

Prettyboy Pizza

Via 313 [East 6th Restaurant]

Village Pizza

Professor Pizza

Sharpies Pizza + Cocktails

Vice City Pizza

Lions & Tigers & Squares Detroit Pizza

Como's Restaurant

Niki's Pizza

Mama's TOO!

Emmy Squared Pizza: East Village

Capitano

Magic John's Pizza

Gold Tooth Tony's

Nate's Detroit Pizza

Schellz Pizza Co.

Deep End Pizza

Detroit Pizza London

Detroit-Style pizza guides

Detroit-Style Pizza: Rules, History, and Where to Eat It

Detroit-Style pizza FAQ

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