It’s rectangular and crispy and very good., and they make a special one each week. Detroit-inspired pizza options: East End Chewing // Larimerįollow: you hear? Larder, the Severinos’ new venture, is gone from East End (blame Covid), but take solace: East End Brewing now serves pizza. And unlike many other Detroit-style pies, Jet’s puts sauce underneath the cheese as well on top, a nice touch for a hefty style that can sometimes seem too dry. If you’re feeling bold, go for the 8 corner: that’s two 4-piece pies together - all end pieces - to maximize that cheesy crust. Opened in 2015, theirs is a dense, buttery crust, with slightly burnt cheese all around the edges.
Jet’s // Dormontįollow: go to Detroit when Dormont is right here? Started in 1978 in Sterling Heights, a suburb north of Detroit, Jet’s has but one Pennsylvania location, right off Route 19 in Banksville Plaza. Longtime menu favorite, “the forager,” is made with garlic cream, roasted mushrooms, local honey, ricotta and herbs, but you really can’t go wrong with any. in Millvale, a block away from Attic Records, and another on 18th and Smallman in the Strip, three blocks from where it all began. The former Smallman Galley standouts have two locations now, one on Grant Ave. Iron Born // Strip District & Millvaleįollow: Born is why this whole craze started in Pittsburgh. They serve fried ravioli and pasta as well as pies, of which, the most popular is the PBR: pepperoni, banana peppers and ricotta. Driven’s thick, crispy crust is surprisingly light, and judging by the number of takeout boxes on a recent weeknight visit, quite popular, too. Galley Group, the owners of Federal Galley, eventually followed Stewart on Instagram and approached him about opening in the Northside food half. He started to refine his Detroit-style pie while working at Mercurio’s alongside Ed Stalewski, who runs the popular EddiesPizza412 Instagram account. The 25-year-old Fox Chapel native has been making pizza for 8 years now. Here’s where to find Detroit-style pizza, and Detroit-inspired pizza, here in the Steel City.įollow: you were at home making pandemic sourdough, Jake Stewart was perfecting square pan pizzas in a church basement. Įven though they’re gone, they still took the time to chat with their Federal Galley successors, Driven, to offer up advice on running a food hall pizza spot. Michigan & Trumbull served up square crispy pies at Federal Galley until returning to the homeland, right near the corner of Michigan and Trumbull in Detroit’s Corktown neighborhood (they keep a Yinzer salad with fries on the menu, in honor of their time here).
When Galley Group opened a second Pittsburgh location, in Northside’s Nova Place, there was Detroit-style pizza there, too. This crisp pan pizza, laden with cheese and toppings, became a fad in Pittsburgh when Iron Born opened in the Strip District’s Smallman Galley food hall in 2017 (though they weren’t the very first in the area to do it). Legend has it these were oil drip trays or used to pass small parts back and forth between workers during automotive manufacturing. This cleverly named pizza place near Yonge and Bloor on Charles has been turning out White Truffle, Sweet Heat, Pepperoni and Veggie pizzas, and you can even do half-and-half toppings if you want to try more than one kind at once.By now you’ve likely heard that what makes Detroit-style pizza unique is the steel, square pan in which it’s cooked. This pop-up that's been operating at Wallflower's patio on Dundas West has been serving up Detroit style pizzas with a Filipino flair, with toppings like pork shoulder, fried egg and smoked sardine. Pabalos is known for their Detroit style pizza with Filipino ingredients. What was once Beauty Barbecue near Sheppard and Bayview in North York has pivoted to become Beauty Eats, serving rectangular Detroit style pizza topped with pepperoni, house fennel sausage, roasted pineapple and ham, and pepperoncini peppers. Don't sleep on the garlic bread or mozza sticks, either. Parkdale now has this place for "patties and pies" that does burgers and Detroit style pizza topped with options like pepperoni, pineapple or anchovies.