Since its pies have started making "Best of..." lists around the country, and its pizzaiolos have been winning national competitions, Detroit is the new hip when it comes to pizza.
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"Say it with us: "Detroit-style pizza."
Every day, people come into Jeff Smokevitch's stylish Brown Dog Saloon in Telluride, Colo., look at his menu and ask, "What's Detroit pizza? It's like Chicago, right?"
No, it isn't.
Neither is it like New York, New Haven, California, Neapolitan or Sicilian pizza. It's distinctly Detroit-style, and Brown Dog customers -- who had never heard of Detroit-style pizza two and a half years ago -- now devour it...
Unlike New York's thin, wide, floppy pizzas and Chicago's burly deep-dish ones, Detroit's thick, square pies -- first made at Buddy's Rendezvous in Detroit in 1946 -- have never managed to make a dent in the national consciousness.
Think it sounds farfetched? They and other experts said they believe it's only a matter of time."
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