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The Slice: Mid-Series Rankings

Five pizzerias in. Two styles evaluated. One ranking that's going to upset someone.

Five entries into The Slice, the best pizza series has a wood-fired Neapolitan at the top, a delivery kitchen defending its own category, and an argument that is not as settled as it looks.

June 3, 2026 · 5 min read
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The Slice: Pizza House

Entry six visits the 2 a.m. institution on Church Street. The question isn't whether it competes with Mani. It's whether it does what it does as well as anything in the city.

The Slice entry six covers Pizza House at 618 Church St. The deep dish, the breadsticks, the late-night delivery window. This is not the most refined pizza in Ann Arbor. It is the most reliable.

May 28, 2026 · 5 min read
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The Slice: Detroit-Style Pizza and the Case for the Rectangle

The fourth entry goes to the source: a thick crust, crispy cheese edges, and the pan that started it all.

Detroit-style pizza is having a national moment, but it started here. The fourth Slice entry goes to the source: Buddy's Pizza and the pan that changed everything.

April 14, 2026 · 6 min read
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The Slice: Jolly Pumpkin's Wood-Fired Pizza

The third entry takes us to Dexter for brewery pizza that refuses to be an afterthought.

Jolly Pumpkin Dexter runs a wood-fired pizza program in a sour brewery. Our third Slice entry measures it against the first two.

September 4, 2025 · 5 min read
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The Slice: Supino Pizzeria

The second entry takes us to Eastern Market for New York-style thin crust and seventeen years of consistency.

Supino Pizzeria in Detroit's Eastern Market has been making thin-crust pizza since 2008. Our second entry in The Slice measures it against the wood-fired benchmark.

August 28, 2025 · 5 min read
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The Slice: Mani Osteria's Wood-Fired Pizza

The first entry in our Best Pizza series comes from a pasta restaurant. That tells you something.

Mani Osteria is known for handmade pasta, but the wood-fired pizza from its East Liberty kitchen deserves its own spotlight. Our first entry in The Slice.

August 14, 2025 · 5 min read
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The Slice: Best Pizza in Ann Arbor

A living series tracking the pizza worth eating in this town, one pie at a time.

A living guide to our Best Pizza in Ann Arbor series. We're eating through the arguments, from wood-fired Neapolitan to Detroit-style deep dish.

August 11, 2025 · 4 min read