Buddy’s Pizza from Detroit, is inching closer to Chicago expansion | Eater Chicago

"The original Detroit chain credited with creating Detroit-style pan pizza, currently expanding beyond its home market with a new standardized restaurant design and a forthcoming Grand Rapids location. The chain emphasizes its long history (dating to 1946), a nostalgic, memorabilia-filled dining room with customer photos and arcade machines, and signature pies featuring Detroit Italian sausage (fine specks of ground meat). After receiving investment to grow across the Midwest, leadership says expansion into new cities is likely but will be handled carefully: the company is open to adapting toppings (for example, using Chicago-style sausage) and wants to engage with schools and civic groups so it can balance authenticity with local preferences." - Ashok Selvam