Here's Where You Can Try MI's Best Pies On National Pizza Day

National Pizza Day is Monday, Feb. 9, and fortunately, Michigan has plenty of local pizzerias where you can grab a slice so scrumptious you may hear angels sing.

But don’t take our word for it.

Pies from Michigan were counted among the nation’s best in various 2025 rankings from sites such as the Food Network, Tasting Table and others.

Tasting Table and Food and Wine both praised Buddy's Pizza, a Detroit original with multiple Michigan locations (especially in the Detroit area). The pizza is well-known for its square shape, typically topped with pepperoni, brick cheese and sauce.

The Food Network says the Original Buscemi's in Eastpointe has the best pizza in Michigan. Buscemi's pizza is also known for its authentic Detroit-style pizza, which is a thick-crusted square pizza made in the traditional style of cheese first, then sauce.

If you're looking for a good slice of pizza, then you should head to Royal Oak's Palazzo Di Pizza, as it cracked the top ten pizza slices in the nation.

Other popular pizza places across Michigan, include Jet's pizza, Loui's and Green Lantern, to name a few.

National Pizza Day, always observed on Feb. 9, isn’t an official holiday, of course. There’s no clear historical record of who established the first food holiday celebrating this quintessential comfort food, or exactly why the date was chosen. In addition to the gastronomic pleasure we get from eating a pie, National Pizza Day celebrates its global and American journey from its roots in Italy.

The modern pizza, with tomato sauce and cheese, traces back to Naples, Italy, in the 1700s–1800s, when it was inexpensive street food for working people. Italian immigrants brought pizza to the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

The first licensed pizzeria in the U.S. was Lombardi’s in New York City, which began operations in the early 1900s and is still operating today. U.S. soldiers stationed in Italy during and after World War II developed a taste for pizza and helped fuel its wider acceptance back home.

Today a staple of American dining, pizza has countless regional styles, including New York, Chicago, New Haven, Detroit, California, St. Louis, Neapolitan and Sicilian.

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