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PizzaPlex

Closed – archive entry · 2023

A former community pizzeria, coffee shop and bar on West Vernor in Southwest Detroit (closed 2023), where Wednesdays meant Haireoke, a wig-filled karaoke night.

01 / Videos

See what PizzaPlex is like

WXYZ on PizzaPlex earning its Vera Pizza Napoletana certification.PizzaPlex offers official Neapolitan pizza · WXYZ-TV Detroit | Channel 7 · 2018
WDIV's Live in the D stops by PizzaPlex on West Vernor.Live in the D: Dine in the D - Pizzaplex · Click On Detroit | Local 4 | WDIV · 2018
Detroit PBS's One Detroit on PizzaPlex's community business model.Pizzaplex | One Detroit Clip · Detroit PBS · 2020

The player connects to YouTube only when you click. The film may show an earlier state of the place.

03 / The story of this place

What's it like to sing here?

Alessandra Carreon and Drew McUsic ran PizzaPlex as a low-profit community business and billed it as Detroit's first certified Neapolitan (VPN) pizzeria. Wednesdays belonged to Haireoke, performance artist Cole Davis's wig karaoke with more than 30 wigs plus bubble and smoke machines. Metro Times put it on its 2019 list of Detroit's best karaoke nights. The owners closed PizzaPlex on February 27, 2023, after about seven years.

  1. Wednesday Haireoke, 30-plus wigs
  2. On Metro Times' 2019 list
  3. Certified Neapolitan pizza
Sources & fact check · Checked: 2026-09-26

Karaoke nights and hours can change, so check the place's own page before you go. Photos and videos come from the places' own sites and channels or from local media; we checked the details in September 2026.

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