Farmington Hills favorite Tomatoes Apizza specializes in New Haven-style pizzas. The popular “green” pizza features chopped spinach, garlic, and mozzarella. The ingredients are spread generously across each slice and nearly reach the edge of the crust for even more perfect bites.

Owner Pasquale Lamarra wanted to create a pizzeria reminiscent of the New Jersey and New York-style pizzas he grew up with in his native Atlantic City. Also the founder of Pastaio in Royal Oak and Florida, Rocco’s features eight kinds of pizza by the slice, customizable and specialty pies, pasta, salad, and entrees like chicken Parmigiana.

Bacco Ristorante chef Luciano DelSignore’s southeast Michigan pizza chain Bigalora dishes up Neapolitan-style pizzas in a casual atmosphere with plenty of beer and wine on tap. Look out for original pies like crispy Brussels sprout with pancetta.

This Eastpointe pizzeria was established by Buddy’s founder Gus Guerra and thus also claims to serve a version of the original Detroit-style pizza recipe. Per tradition, the pizzas at Cloverleaf are baked in a high-walled, rectangular pan in order to amplify the crunchy, cheesy corners. It’s an absolutely essential stop on a tour of metro Detroit’s most iconic pizzerias.

When people say Detroit-style square pizza, they mean Buddy's nine times out of 10. This is the original, the beloved. Though it’s gone corporate in recent years with the rise of square pizza around the country, its pizza is legendary, plain and simple, particularly if you’re eating it at the original bar on Conant. Plenty of toppings are available, but most go for the classic square pie baked into blue steel pans and topped with loads of melty, caramelized brick cheese, pepperoni, and a drizzle of red sauce on top.

Set inside a former Polish deli transformed into a colorful, eclectic space, Hamtramck’s HenriettaHaus is part cafe with in-house coffee roasting, bar, and pizzeria featuring Polish-inspired pies. Pair a dill pickle soup pizza with one of the bar’s variety of Belgium-style beers.

Find monster, fold-worthy slices and whole pies at Supino Pizzeria as well as paninis, antipasti, salads, and truly excellent cannoli. (Seriously, leave room for this bite of heaven.) Fan favorites include the Bismarck, a red sauce pizza topped with mozzarella, prosciutto, and egg. Note that the Eastern Market location is temporarily closed following a fire in the building. In the meantime, the New Center location is open.

This Detroit-style pizzeria makes amazing square pizzas with fun, unconventional toppings and lots of vegan options. Take, for example, the McLovin’, a white pizza featuring ground beef, mozzarella, cheddar, fresh iceberg lettuce, and a shower of sesame seeds with “Awesome Sauce” that faithfully mimics a certain fast-food hamburger. Originally located in Detroit’s Corktown neighborhood, the pizzeria is still situated just off of Trumbull, but in the Elijah McCoy neighborhood.

This Core City cafe may have become famous for its offering of a nude, raw, chilled single carrot on the menu, but now it just might be known for its pizza as well. Each Wednesday, the coffee shop now also sells Neapolitan-inspired pizza from a countertop oven equipped with a Biscotto pizza stone, allowing each pie to achieve an optimal char on the chewy crust. Available margarita-style with house-made tomato sauce, basil and mozzarella, or topped with pesto and mozzarella cheese.

The original Midtown brewery-pizzeria combo Motor City Brewing Works still serves some of the best brick oven pies around. For something spicy try the Sopla Fuego, a mixture of habanero sauce, jalapeños, chorizo, queso, onion, sour cream, lime, and cilantro. Just remember to have a beer handy when taking a bite. The brewery offers indoor seating as well as covered and uncovered patio seating — great whenever weather permits — both in Midtown and at its newer location on the Avenue of Fashion.

Sour ale devotee Jolly Pumpkin pairs its many beer taps with a whole lot of really tasty slices. The slightly sour crusts are dressed up with intriguing combinations like the Fire & Smoke with smoky mozzarella and smoked chicken. Customers often round out the meal with a salad or an order of the brewpub’s truffle fries. In February 2023, the spot welcomed Avalon Bakery into the fold, serving up its famous breads, pastries, coffee, and more during the morning hours.

This West Village spot has undergone a few iterations with its menu since launching in 2021. The verdict is in: the people want pizza. The specialty pizzas are named after pop music classics and small circle or rectangular-shaped icons appear next to each item, along with dimensions, so you know if it’s a NY round pie or a grandma’s pan-style square and what size is available. The I Love It When You Call Me Big Poppa is described as a Brooklyn-style 18-inch round pizza, available with up to four toppings of your choice. In addition, individual NY slices are sold from the adjoining Variety Store.

This downtown Detroit pizzeria serves New York-style slices with two different styles of service: Customers on-the-go can pick up a meal with to-go cocktails at the small carryout slice shop or dine in with full service and cocktails.

Corktown pizzeria Grandma Bob’s went all in on cheesy edged Detroit-style pizza. The Michigan Avenue eatery features in a relaxed atmosphere with lots of beer, boozy shakes, and vegan custard (vegan options here are plentiful). Choose from creative toppings like sausage and pistachio or the smoked chicken gyro pizza with topped with kalamata olives and Greek feta dressing.

Neighborhood mainstay Sicily’s serves up creative options like the ranch-based Angry Bird with hot chicken, beef bacon, jalapeños, and mozzarella, while the deliciously chewy crust is made with naturally fermented sourdough stock — making for a touch of gourmet from a traditionally takeout spot. Customers can also find items like cheesesteaks and sub sandwiches here — all halal. Sicily’s isn’t just for takeout. More recently, an attractive dining space was unveiled. Sicily’s accepts orders for both takeout and delivery and even has its own app.

Sometimes the occasion calls for a high volume of dough layered with cheese, red sauce, and lots of meaty toppings. When that moment comes, look no further than the Windy City-style deep dish gut bombs at West Vernor Highway carryout restaurant Chicago’s Pizza. Make sure to try some of the restaurant’s creamy, spicy dipping sauce.

This Indian pizzeria makes for a worthy carryout stop after a trip to Ikea. The aloo gobi pizza features a mild tikka sauce with cheese, cauliflower, tomatoes, garlic, and potatoes in the form of french fries. Do yourself a favor and add a side of masala potato wedges to the order.