- Don't you (beep) with my Detroit-style pizza.
I will find you. I have a special set of skills --
no Liam Neeson.
Especially no Liam Neeson.
Liam Neeson doesn't like folks like me anyways.
We've all heard the argument, over, and over, and over again.
What is America's best pizza?
Chicaco deep-dish or the classic New York slice?
Neither. It's Detroit-style pizza.
The best pizza in the United States, and frankly,
the whole world.
This is "The Hit List" of the top reasons why
Detroit-style pizza is the best.
I'm Cliff Skighwalker,
host of Thrillist's "InstaChef" and founder of Cliff's Pizza.
As someone from the Detroit area,
I've known how great Detroit-style pizza is
for a while, basically, my whole life.
It's about time everyone knows about it, too.
Here are three big reasons why Detroit-style pizza should
be your new food obsession.
You all are going to try it.
You all are going to be converted.
You all are going to love it.
Number one: Detroit-style pizza has a rich
and delicious history. You may be hearing a lot about
Detroit-style pizza right now.
But it didn't pop up over night.
Pizza just doesn't grow on trees, you know.
Although, that'll be pretty (beep) awesome.
Can you imagine a pizza tree?
That's a sound when you pick a slice from a pizza tree, just...
That what it's-- That's the sound it makes.
You can recognize it by its rectangular shape,
its thick fluffy crust,
the caramelized Wisconsin brick cheese,
and the racing-stripes of marinara sauce on top of it all,
giving it that distinct Detroit-style look.
It's like heaven in a little square,
or a big square if you're hungry.
The Motor City has been pumping out riffs on the
Detroit-style pizza since way back in 1946.
The pizza style was invented at the original Buddy's
Rendevous Pizza at Six Mile and Conant Street.
According to legend, they repurposed pans
previously used to move automotive equipment
into baking pans in true Detroit style.
They put their trademark, homemade Sicilian dough
inside, covered it with that thick Wisconsin brick cheese
I was talking about. And then added those iconic red stripes
or marinara sauce on top.
Doesn't that just sound good?
Reason number two: Right now,
it's really, really trendy.
You might be seeing a lot of your favorite foodies
posting pics of Detroit-style pizza,
and not just in Detroit.
Detroit-style pizza joints have been popping up
all over the country, much to the delight of pizza fans
who are in on the secret.
Look at Emmy Squared in Brooklyn or,
Lions & Tigers & Squares right across the East River
in Manhattan. These are two of the most popular pizza
restaurants in NYC.
And they're slaying Detroit-style pizza.
Emmy Squared even opened another location
in the East Village, and one in Nashville, so people can dig
in to some Detroit-style pizza after all that hot chicken.
Then, you got Via 313 in Austin, Texas,
which has an extra wrinkle of credibility since its founders
are Detroit natives who actually started making pizza
in the Motor City before making the jump
to the Lone Star State.
And Detroit-style pizza is even conquering the Great North.
Descendant Detroit Style Pizza has become one of the best
places in Toronto to get a slice of -- you guessed it --
Detroit-style pizza.
Neopolitan pizza had a big resurgence a few years ago,
now it's time for Detroit to take the reins.
Reason number three: Detroit pizza is just damn good.
That flavor is amongst some of the best you'll ever have
in your life, I promise you.
Well, let me talk about me, immediately
I'm looking at that corner slice like my new girlfriend
like, "What's poppin'? What you tryin' to do?"
When you get a great Detroit-style pizza,
you get that corner slice and it's able to hold
all the toppings, all the sauce, all that cheese.
And you take a bite out of it, you get that crispiness
at the bottom of the pizza.
Once you get that bite and you start chewing it,
you really start to just expand flavors of the sauce.
And that sauce is really, really robust, has a lot of basil,
oregano, red pepper. And when you think it gets too much,
that cheese comes and just cools it all down.
And it's just like --
And even when compared to other pizzas,
the sides are super crispy and buttery,
and the insides usually very pillowy and soft like,
you could just cuddle up inside of it and take a nap.
The brick cheese.
It spills over everywhere.
It nails that delicate, seemingly impossible balance of
crispiness and softness.
And really, it's all about that amazing texture.
Simultaneously, it has all the recognizable flavors
components of the pizza you know and love with a
new spin that'll definitely please your taste buds.
It's like putting a Ferrari engine in a speed boat.
Or maybe putting a speed boat engine in a Ferrari.
Either way, it's like making something that's already awesome
even better. And it's the perfect pizza vehicle
for all your favorite topping combinations,
like veggie, pickled onions and peppers,
pepperoni and sausage, even pineapple.
Yes, pineapple. Pineapple and bacon, pineapple and ham.
It's your world. I'm just living in it.
So really, you should be asking yourself:
Why hasn't Detroit-style pizza been in the public eye
for years? And even more importantly, why the hell
aren't you eating some Detroit-style pizza right now?
Regionally, when you talk about Detroit it stands right up
neck and neck with Chicago and New York.
Detroit is here to claim the pizza throne.
It's coming people. Don't fight it.
Bite it.
That sounds like a Mike Tyson quote.
Something that Tyson did to Holyfield.
Whole ear just--
That's the sound he made to bite.
I'm Cliff Skighwalker. And subscribe to our channel
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Thanks!