Loui's Pizza
Pizza restaurant · Hazel Park
23141 Dequindre Rd, Hazel Park, MI 48030
Highlights
Classic Detroit-style pizza with charred, buttery crusts
Classic Detroit-style pizza with charred, buttery crusts
"A true Midwestern mom-and-pop pizzeria operating for more than five decades, prized for reliably gooey cheese, a slightly sweet, unevenly dotted sauce, dramatic cheese pulls, and a warm, familiar dining room decked with signed Chianti bottles and community memorabilia that draws everyone from families to athletes." - ByLyndsay C. Green
"Founded by a former pizza chef from Buddy’s and Shield’s, Loui’s in Hazel Park serves a hearty version of Detroit-style square pizza with a perfectly charred yet buttery crust, melted cheese, and robust sauce. Don’t forget to add an antipasto salad to the order and maybe a bottle of Chianti. For extra hungry diners, spring for the Loui’s Special, a behemoth barbecue Philly steak sandwich that will make for excellent leftovers later." - Serena Maria Daniels
"Loui's Pizza, a family-owned restaurant in Hazel Park, Michigan, has been slinging Detroit-style pizza for almost 50 years. The restaurant was founded by Louis Tourtois in 1977 and is now run by his grandson Nykolas Sulkiwskyj. Known for its pizzas with caramelized cheese walls and Wisconsin brick cheese, one of its best-selling pizzas is the Loui’s Meat Lovers Pizza, made with sausage, pepperoni, beef, ham, bacon, and extra cheese. Yelp reviews often rave about its "old-school" decor and way of making pies." - Stacey Leasca Stacey Leasca Stacey Leasca is an award-winning journalist and co-founder of Be a Travel Writer, an online course for the next generation of travel journalists. Her photos, videos, and words have appeare
"I'm often called upon to take visitors for Detroit-style pizza, so when Craig LaBan asked I recommended Loui's in Hazel Park; the old-school dining room with empty Chianti bottles dangling throughout keeps a working-class vibe, and the pizza impressed with tight, crisp edges and a cheese pull worth marveling over. We also tried a regional menu favorite, the Loui's Special, which swaps a traditional hoagie roll for thick, crunchy, buttery layers of Texas Toast held together with melted cheese and filled with thin Philly-style strips of steak drenched in a tangy house barbecue sauce and served with coin-cut pickles — not exactly what you'd find at Angelo's or Pastificio, but it made for a fun conversation about regional legacies and held up well as leftovers." - Serena Maria Daniels
"One of the many pizzerias around metro Detroit with deep ties to the original Buddy’s on Conant, Loui’s is a Hazel Park institution and contender for one of the best slices around. This restaurant has it all: square pizzas, tons of cheese, and plenty of old-school kitsch (Think: Chianti bottles hanging from the ceiling). Indoor dining is available and customers can also pick up food and take it to-go." - Serena Maria Daniels
