Everyone has an opinion on New York versus Chicago-style pizza. But what are your thoughts on Detroit style?
Little Caesars is trying to convert customers across America to the lesser-known style, offering a nationwide sale on Detroit-Style Deep! Deep! Dish pizza from November 2 to November 15. The pizza will be available for $6 plus tax, as opposed to its typical value of $8.
For those unfamiliar with Detroit-style pizza, the dish can be best described as a rectangular deep-dish, with crispy edges and chewy insides from baking in a custom metal pan. Many Detroit-style pizza makers top the pizza with sauce, though Little Caesars does not.
The deep dish pizza has been on Little Caesars' menu since 2013, making the chain the first to serve Detroit-style pizza on a national scale. However, many customers accustomed to skimming the menu may simply think of the pizza as deep-dish, as opposed to Detroit-style, leading to a handful of complaints on the company Facebook page in response to recent marketing emphasizing the pizza's "Detroit-style."
Detroit-style pizza originated in the 1940s, at Buddy's Rendezvous, an establishment that continues to serve up its signature square pizza today.
The midwestern style has spread across the US and Canada in recent years. Pizzerias such as Via 313 in Austin, Texas, Descendant in Toronto, and Loui Loui's in Jeffersontown, Ky. all boast that they serve authentic Detroit-style pizza - something that is simply called square or deep-dish pizza in most Detroit restaurants.
