National Detroit Style Pizza Day and America’s Endless Pizza Styles
Today is National Detroit Style Pizza Day.
It sometimes seems there is a pizza style for just about everything.
New York style. Chicago style. Detroit style. St. Louis style. California style. Sicilian style. Grandma style. Tavern style. Greek style. Neapolitan style. Roman style. Then there are pizzas named after restaurants, neighborhoods, and probably a few intersections if someone can figure out a way to market them.
Detroit style, however, really is something different.
It traces its roots to Buddy’s Rendezvous in Detroit in 1946, where the pizza was baked in blue steel pans originally manufactured for the automotive industry. The result was a thick, rectangular pizza with a crisp, caramelized cheese crust, sauce spread across the top, and a style that eventually became one of the city’s signature foods.
For today’s photograph I used a Motor City Pizza Company frozen Detroit Style Supreme pizza. Sometimes the National Days are a good excuse to try something I might not have otherwise bought, and this one turned out to be a pretty good introduction to Detroit style pizza.
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National Pizza Day x Super Bowl Sunday—A Perfect Pairing 🍕🏈
Today marks the rare overlap of National Pizza Day and Super Bowl Sunday, two occasions that bring people together—one for the love of football and the other for the love of pizza.
Pepperoni pizza isn’t just a favorite; it’s the most popular pizza in the U.S. While pizza’s origins go back to Naples, Italy, it evolved into something uniquely American when it arrived in the States. By the mid-20th century, the combination of crispy, spicy pepperoni and melted cheese became the go-to order, cementing its place in food culture.
One company played a major role in making pepperoni pizza a household staple: Domino’s. What started as a small operation in 1960 grew into the largest pizza chain in both the U.S. and the world, delivering millions of pizzas every day.
My photograph captures a fresh Domino’s pepperoni pizza—golden crust, bubbling cheese, and plenty of pepperoni, set against my signature black background. It’s a simple yet timeless image of the world’s favorite pizza on a day when millions will be enjoying a slice.
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