I’m thinking of places like Congress Pizza in Ishpeming and Tino’s in Negaunee. Marquette has good pizza as well. Interestingly enough, the best pizzas in Marquette come from places that I wouldn’t touch anything else on the menu. The Villa Capri makes a damn good pie, but everything else is flat out scary. Vango’s is also really good, but the rest of their menu is watered down Greek bar food. Not horrible, but not great either.
Pizza up here tends to be thin crust with flavorful sauce. Congress, the best in the area IMO, has a cracker-crisp crust, so thin that two people can easily eat a large and not be anywhere near stuffed.
In Colorado and other places to the west, everything seems to be big and doughy. Thick crust pizza does nothing for me. If I wanted that much bread, I’d have a sandwich.
Never been to the Buckhorn. I’ll have to remember to stay away.
The pizza described in the wiki article sounds a little like Cottage Inn’s deep dish. I’d like to try it, but this Buddy’s Restaurant doesn’t seem to have any locations close to Ann Arbor.
Great, now I can’t decide if I should go to Cottage Inn or Pizza House for dinner tonight.
I’ve got a wedding on Saturday, so I can’t make it to the dopefest. I recommend the pulled pork sliders as an appetizer at Grizzly Peak, though.
And now I’m salivating over Grizzly Peak. What to do?
I don’t either, but I’m wondering if the reference is to the movie “Mystic Pizza”? Which then leads me to ask if there is some legendary pizzeria upon which the movie was based?
There’s a pizza place in Mystic, Connecticut which inspired the movie. But Mystic is about an hour from New Haven, and the famous New Haven pizza places predate the movie by decades (Pepe’s was founded in 1925, Modern in 1934 and Sally’s in 1938). So no, that movie has nothing to do with the fame of New Haven pizza.
Wiki article refers to Buddys and Shields pizza. They have been around for 50 years. The originals near Hamtramck ,which is Detroit. The Buddies and Shields that migrated to the burbs lost something but are still pretty good. They are square and deep dish. There are lots of private pizzerias so choice is everywhere. Plus of course Dominos and Little Caesars.
Yep, that’s them. Been twenty years and I can still taste that awful sauce.
Yikes. I only ate once at the VC–never occurred to me to order pizza.
The other places, I’ll have to check out if I’m ever back in that neck of the woods and in a pizza frame of mind.
It doesn’t surprise me that the Marquette area has good pizza joints tucked away in odd places. It’s that kind of town. I’d move back there in a heartbeat if I didn’t have to have a job.
Little Cesar’s Pizza was founded by Mike Illitch ( Red Wings Owner) and Domino’s Pizza was founded by Tom Monahan ( who once owned the Tigers.) Two huge pizza chains started here.
We are not only a fat state ( I beleive only Alaska and possibly Wisconsin have us beat) we are lazy. We want our pizza fast and cheap and delivered. (Hey, who doesn’t.)
I am pretty sure that either Monahan or Illitch came up with the fast, cheap ( possibly edible) pizza idea.
I’ve also lived in Michigan my entire life and have never heard of Detroit Style Pizza.
Best pizza I have ever had has been Cottage Inn.
Monahan did the 30-minute delivery bit. Ilitch doesn’t like delivery in his stores. 90 some odd percent of all company-run Little Caesars stores don’t deliver. The Little Carsars stores that do deliver, are almost always franchise stores.
Shirley, try Pizza House. I’ll have to eat some for you on Saturday.
Hey! According to this page, you yahoos over dere in Michigan are ranked #11 in the fattest states, while us over here in 'Sconnie come in at a svelte #28!
Minor hijack: Dopn’t suppose Athena or anyone else knows if there is a good pizza (or anything else) place in Ontonagon? I plan on doing Tour Da U.P (bike tour) and meals are included except for on the rest day which this year is in Porcupine Mt state park. I’m guessing Ontonagan is the closest place to eat (if we are at Union Bay) and am looking for suggestions…
[hijack]While we’re at it, isn’t it weird that both Long John’s and Fazoli’s are from Lexington, Kentucky, a place known for neither seafood nor Italians?[/hijack]
Then again, I guess you can’t franchise bourbon joints…
Coal Fire on Grand and Piece on North both have New Haven style pies. Like I said, I’ve never been to New Haven, so I can’t vouch for their authenticity, but they are definitely East Coast style pies–not the Chicago style cracker crust (which is also good), but an East Coast pie with a lighter hand on the toppings, a crust that is thin, but still foldable, and slightly charred on the edes. New Haven style is also marked by the use of a coal oven (not simply wood-fired), and I know Coal Fire, at least, uses coal (and wood) in their ovens, which get to a blistering 800-1000 degrees F.
