June 17th, 2021
Detroit, MI
From Chicago, we headed up towards Detroit, for two new additions to the list since our original road trip back in 2016. Our first stop was Supino pizzeria, which was a new addition to the 2020 list. This is one of the few new additions that we actually felt like deserved a place on the list. It’s the only Detroit pizza from the list that’s not actually Detroit-style. They call it New York-style, but it’s not quite that either.
We went with the four cheese here: smoked Gouda, chèvre, feta, and mozzarella, on a thin crust. Weirdly, the pizza was also topped with parsley, not basil? We’re still a little confused about that one. That being said, this was good, but not sure if it should have been ranked as high as #35.
The location is really fun too – in the Eastern Market. Apparently, a second location opened up recently. They were open very early, which we needed because we had a lot of miles to cover, and two other pizza places to get to before the end of the day.
We had one more stop in Detroit, at Cloverleaf. This was only ranked at #90, after the famous Detroit-style places Buddy’s and Loui’s. It was started by the original founder of Buddy’s, Gus Guerra, when he sold the original Buddy’s bar. The word is that he carried over the recipe.
Cloverleaf has one original location and a few franchises. Since this was our second pizza for lunch, and we still had plans to eat pizza for dinner, we only got a small cheese. If it really is the same recipe carried over from Buddy’s, it certainly didn’t taste the same. We’d stop at Buddy’s (or Loui’s) again over Cloverleaf every time. Although, there are plenty of people who would say the opposite, and who think that Gus made improvements to the recipe when he moved to Cloverleaf.
And then we only had one more stop…
To visit:
Supino: 2457 Russell St, Detroit, MI 48207
Cloverleaf: 24443 Gratiot Avenue, Eastpointe, MI 48021
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