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Food · One day
Square crust, crispy cheesy edges: a pizza day from Six Mile and Conant through Greektown and Capitol Park up to Midtown.
Not every city gets its own pizza, but Detroit did: thick, square, baked in blue steel pans, with caramelized, cheese-crisped edges. This day starts where it all began in 1946, then rolls in along Gratiot Avenue from Greek-topped deep dish to brick-oven Neapolitan to a new-school pie with beer in the dough. Bring friends and split the slices.
11:30
East Side
This is where it started: Buddy's opened in 1946 at Six Mile and Conant and still bills itself as the home of Detroit-style square pizza. At the original Conant Street restaurant, the pie comes with a side of the brand's roots.
Drive east, then out Gratiot Avenue to Eastpointe.
13:30
Eastpointe
Gus Guerra, who invented Detroit-style pizza at Buddy's Rendezvous in 1946, sold that bar in 1953 and opened this one with his wife Anna, bringing the same recipe. The building burned in 1993, the family rebuilt, and Gus's children Marie and Jack still run it.
Drive back in along Gratiot Avenue all the way to Eastern Market.
15:30
Eastern Market
A digestion walk among the historic market sheds and murals. Even if it's not a market day, the murals and old industrial buildings are worth a lap.
A short drive or rideshare downtown to Greektown.
16:30
Greektown
Baking pizza on Beaubien Street in the middle of Greektown since 1970: thick crust, Greek-leaning toppings like feta, olives and sausage. Start with saganaki, and note the house Greek dressing has its own fan club; a GQ writer once put the pie among the 25 best in the country.
People Mover from the Greektown station to Times Square, then a short walk to Capitol Park.
18:00
Capitol Park
The family calls it a homecoming to Capitol Park, where their story began in 1956. Neapolitan-style brick-oven pizza with salads, paninis and Italian classics, plus California and Italian wines at the 12-seat marble bar.
Walk to Woodward, take the QLINE from Grand Circus to Adelaide / Sproat, then a few minutes on foot; or a short rideshare.
20:00
Midtown
The new school: the Eastern Market Brewing crew thinks in fermentation, so their Detroit-style dough gets a dose of their own Wunderboi Kolsch. The Midtown flagship opened in July 2024 with 50 self-serve taps of beer, cider and wine, a heated patio and a doughnut cafe.
6 stops
Where should you eat Asian food in Detroit? Ramen, dim sum and nigiri in a dayRamen in Corktown, the reborn train station, Asian art at the DIA, a Southeast Asian dinner, nigiri and Japanese whisky, then an anime-meets-techno lounge.
8 stops
Where do you grab a bite on the move in Detroit?Dawn tamales, fresh tortillas, market fried fish, charity water ice, a container food hall, a Thai spot born as a food truck and a mangonada shop born on a street corner.
7 stops
Vegan in Detroit? Here's how to spend a full daySaturday market, a vegan breakfast in an old spice warehouse, a vegan lipstick shop, burgers with vegan proteins, vegan ice cream, vegan ramen and a plant-based pub menu.We built these plans from our own checked place pages. Hours and prices change, so check each place’s page before you go.
