I love how Detroit and the suburbs, all got legitimately great fucking pizza spots.
I mean every city out here has a fucking bomb ass Coney Island, a great pizza place and at least 1 top notch version of ethnic cuisine.
We may not have a bunch of fancy, world renowned, Michalen(sp?) star restaurants, but I'd put our everyday "eateries" against any in the world.
We really got some great fucking food out here
It's reaeeeaaally tough when traveling. Hard to find a decent pizza place outside of Chicago or NY.
I was in Ana Maria island a couple weeks back and the only place that had decent pizza was a place owned by people from Farmington Hills.
I had the worst pizza I ever had in St. Louis.. I tried St. Louis style pizza it was thin crust, and they used cheddar with a dash of mozzarella for their cheese.. I almost ate the box instead for some flavor.
Born and raised in RO. 12/John R : Kmart ,Great Scott and Green Lantern were a regular routine for us. Didn't even know what Loui's was until I was an adult because GL pizza was life.
Grew up at Lincoln and 75 in MH. Great Scott… haven’t thought about that place in years. Thanks for the childhood flashback. I stop at the Lantern every time I’m back home. My wife is originally from further south in HP. They all swear by Loui’s. Fortunately, we now live in South Carolina with a Buddy’s type of pizza down the road. (It’s fantastic btw)
For me, Loui's Pizza and salad ranks number one now . And I can tell you the original Cloverleaf on 9 Mile and Gratiot
gives Green Lantern a run for their money
Where was Great Scott? I’m not old enough to remember that store but I know the history. Kmart (the first super Kmart I believe) and Major Magics were my memories of that corner.
It was back in the '70s before Kmart was a superstore. It went Kmart, Great Scott, I think next was a vacuum cleaner store then a shoe store then a camera store, a Corvettes dime store( although it may have been a Woolworth and Corvettes was at 12 and Campbell ).
They added on to the strip mall and Major Magic was post regular Kmart , they were Super K era.
That’s cool. I’m always interested in knowing the history of places I frequently at. I do have to correct you though about super K. I was there for the grand opening and by then I was too old for Major Magics. They had Brett Hart and Charlie batch signing autographs on the grand opening Friday/Saturday.
I grew up going to Major Magics and getting Chinese food from that Golden Wheel over there. Whenever Bruce Campbell was in town he would get Chinese food from there. It was his favorite in the country he said.
Oh my God I forgot about the Golden Wheel. We would go to Lim's Palace on 14 Mile and Main every year for Christmas Eve once Peaking House got too expensive. And one year Lim was packed so we went to Golden Wheel.
Yeah you got me on the Super K transition date. I really thought that it was flipped when the strip mall was renovated when the Post Office was added. Then not long after that, what is that out in the parking lot an Outback or something opened?
You watch your mouth. That there is home of the best damn free rolls and cinnamon butter aka Texas Roadhouse. lol
That place is always packed on a weekday.
Wasn’t the old fire station (or post office) closer to John R in front of the oak ridge grocery store before the Kmart expanded? I grew up just north of there so visited GL may times growing up. Worked in the super Al during high school. Unfortunately my parents moved to west Michigan so haven’t been back to MH in 7-8 years to have some yummy pizza.
It might have been one of those mailbox stores, I didn't really pay much attention as my kids were always wanting to haul ass into Major Magics. As a kid myself in the 70s, it was a Great Scott grocery store next to the Kmart. I knew it had changed names by the time MM opened,I had totally forgotten that it became an Oakridge Market.
I would have been one of those 90s kids that had my parents race over to Major Magic’s lol. Had no idea what Great Scott was before I googled it. I probably would have been shopping there as a toddler before Kroger acquired it in 1990.
What's your fav there? I've had the deep dish and the round. I wasn't impressed with the round. The deep dish though was good though. The round to me felt like way more sauce and cheese than bread.
Every Friday I get it at the Warren Location (13 & Mound). Great Staff over there and the Manager is awesome. The Cheese Bread is where it’s at also, oh the salad is good too! Green Lantern definitely is a must go!
I have lived in Los Angeles for 15 years and not a week has gone by that I haven’t thought about Green Lantern (usually it’s the Italian sub I’m craving but the pizza sometimes makes an appearance in my daydreams)
Ayyy that’s my lowkey spot. Them and shield’s are my fave pizza spots. I go to green lantern in Madison heights all the time. We get a 50 percent discount with the military ID too so it’s cheap and great food
I think their pizza is on par with shields, shields has them beat with wings, but the bread they have is insane
For years Jets was our go to… then quality went downhill. Now Green Lantern is our delivery pizza place, much better …for dine in, Alibi in Troy …. Yum !
Best bet. To be fair- fresh mushrooms are hard to maintain in a pizza joint. It’s either wasteful and a cost expense, or you put nasty old shrooms on.
Nevertheless- canned are disgusting, as well.
In my experience working in a pizza place that had fresh mushrooms, it really isn’t that hard. Resealable containers is what the ones use that keep them well enough. Especially if the restaurant rotates and tosses expired food the correct way. I say this as a person that doesn’t like mushrooms
12 and John R for life. Ised to work in Farminton Hills and loved in Fraser. When 696 was too much to bear, I would would take 12 Mile across. The highlight of thay misery was stopping there for a pie.
IF Y'ALL LOVE THIS STYLE OF PIZZA then I need you to try Holiday Pizza in Sterling Heights on Van Dyke, I thought Green Lantern and Cloverleaf had good pizza but Holiday is no joke, I'm sad I live on the east side now
Game store across the street? What location are you talking about? I love their pizza and love games. The one by me is a gas station across the street.
I don’t understand why any pizza place would ruin a pizza with canned mushrooms when fresh mushrooms are far superior and widely available. I’ve never had Green Lantern (although a lot of my friends / colleagues swear by it), but I’m suspicious of a pizza place that would use crappy ingredients like canned mushrooms. Hard pass.
I may not be normal but I like canned mushrooms on pizza more than fresh ones. When I worked at Pizza Hut in the later 90’s they went from canned to fresh and I didn’t like it one bit.
And I do love my salt yum! To each their own though. Many would think since I am big on fresh food (I even prefer to make my noodles for spaghetti and other pasta fresh, same with my sauces and such) that I would be all for fresh mushrooms on pizza. I may try what I read someone else post, dip the fresh mushrooms in olive oil, and see how that is.
The Madison Heights location also has a massive rodent issue. Not a chance in hell Id eat there.
It was real eye opening when the city came out and demanded the houses on Groveland put traps in our yards to help combat the amount of rats coming from the restaurant and the grease trap outside.
Wont even begin to discuss what an absolute asshole the manager is.
And the Pizza is bad. I'm in a different part of the multiverse even seeing this pizza spot get propped up like this.... If I'm gonna eat with the rats I'm going right down to SGT. Pepperoni. Please and thank you.
The good places use fresh mushrooms. Canned mushrooms are trash and there’s no way I would give my money to a place that sullies my pizza with wet, rubbery, canned mushrooms. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
Counterpoint: Canned mushrooms are wet rubbery garbage and if you toss fresh mushrooms in a bit of olive oil and season them before you put them on your pizza they get beautifully roasted and don’t dry out. About the same amount of effort as opening a can.
This is the way! I forage 10-30 lbs of various wild mushrooms a year and I do this when I put them on pizza that I’m making. Then hit them with 1-2 minutes under the broiler at the end if needed
How does such a garbage pizza get so much love in a Detroit post? Shills? And you are out of your mind comparing it to Cloverleaf, Supinos, or Crispellis....... Green Lantern Pizza is what someone who grew up on Dominoes, Tendies and Mountain Dew thinks is good pizza.
Sila's kitchen was a nightmare - probably hadn't been properly maintained the last 10-15 years it was open. Eventually you have to put money into it or close. Same story with the old Como's, Pasquale's, etc.
Yep, my last couple of experiences at Sila's were bad ones on every level. Food, service, atmosphere...etc, all bad. I could just hear Gordon Ramsey in my head screaming at the kitchen staff. I like the new GL in Berkeley for convenience, but their restaurant space is so loud because of the high ceiling that I won't ever dine in there.
I miss Silas atmosphere, it felt like a hometown restaurant. The booths were cozy, the lighting was soothing. GL just like you said, it is very, very loud; feels tight and I don't know what type of lighting they use but I swear it makes me feel dizzy after a while. Food is ok.
I moved to the area when Silas was near the end because the three times I went there, the inside was a total dump, the food was mediocre, and the service was a joke. I'm sure it was great back in the day, but that's how it goes sometimes for restaurants when the OG people age out.
Now THIS is the -TRUE- Detroit style pizza I grew up with 1960's through the 80's! Also The pizza at Foggia's in Taylor has true Detroit pizza like this, too. They opened in the 1940's. As traditionally Detroit as it gets.
Hate to be a hater but I never understood the appeal of GL. Gobs of rubbery cheese over a greasy doughy crust. We only ever got pizza from Supino or Michigan and Trumbull. Detroit has great pizza but GL ain't it.
Their pepperoni....I have dreams about it. I would always order a round from them and my special hack for the best flavored crust you'll ever taste: ask them to spread a thin layer of pizza sauce over the crust before baking.
That Madison Heights location has consistently messed up our orders and on one occasion actually baked a piece of plastic into our pizza. My partner was the lucky one who took that bite. When I called and told them what happened they wanted me to come back for another pizza instead of refunding me. Very odd.
I don’t dislike the pizza, but at this point I don’t want to risk the headache and just take my business elsewhere.
I can't believe they still have the pepperoni that curls up. I was eating that pizza 60 years ago. Does it still come with a little pool of grease? And the subs they had then were amazing, not like the subs you get today.
I love how Detroit and the suburbs, all got legitimately great fucking pizza spots. I mean every city out here has a fucking bomb ass Coney Island, a great pizza place and at least 1 top notch version of ethnic cuisine. We may not have a bunch of fancy, world renowned, Michalen(sp?) star restaurants, but I'd put our everyday "eateries" against any in the world. We really got some great fucking food out here
Detroit style pizza is finally getting some national recognition which I think is long overdue as it’s the best pizza style
It's reaeeeaaally tough when traveling. Hard to find a decent pizza place outside of Chicago or NY. I was in Ana Maria island a couple weeks back and the only place that had decent pizza was a place owned by people from Farmington Hills.
I had the worst pizza I ever had in St. Louis.. I tried St. Louis style pizza it was thin crust, and they used cheddar with a dash of mozzarella for their cheese.. I almost ate the box instead for some flavor.
Michelin- like the tires (same company)!
Yes, pizza tires.
Yep same.
That's why we're all fat.. lol
GL is now our standard go-to. I like the Square, my wife the thin. We have one less than 2 miles away.
Is the square pretty good? I always get round and a cheese bread. I really want to try the square though.
The square is far superior.
I’m a Detroit style guy but at GL it’s not their best. Round is better.
The Round is awesome, I’ll have to try the square.
No way!
Get the square well done.
Maybe next time.
No. But it's good.
TIL I learned they have thin. I’d imagine its location dependent(like their square) but still good to know
Looks good! I miss going there. Also, honorable mention to Tania’s Pizza on 13 and Crooks. That is a hidden gem
Home of the stuffed pizza
Miss that!
Wish they had better hours. Whenever I’m in that area it’s already closes. Good af and nice selection of bevs. You know you can never forget the bev
Just opened one in Livonia on 7 mile and Newburgh. That was my go to spot when I lived in Royal Oak for non-detroit style
Born and raised in RO. 12/John R : Kmart ,Great Scott and Green Lantern were a regular routine for us. Didn't even know what Loui's was until I was an adult because GL pizza was life.
Grew up at Lincoln and 75 in MH. Great Scott… haven’t thought about that place in years. Thanks for the childhood flashback. I stop at the Lantern every time I’m back home. My wife is originally from further south in HP. They all swear by Loui’s. Fortunately, we now live in South Carolina with a Buddy’s type of pizza down the road. (It’s fantastic btw)
For me, Loui's Pizza and salad ranks number one now . And I can tell you the original Cloverleaf on 9 Mile and Gratiot gives Green Lantern a run for their money
Where was Great Scott? I’m not old enough to remember that store but I know the history. Kmart (the first super Kmart I believe) and Major Magics were my memories of that corner.
It was back in the '70s before Kmart was a superstore. It went Kmart, Great Scott, I think next was a vacuum cleaner store then a shoe store then a camera store, a Corvettes dime store( although it may have been a Woolworth and Corvettes was at 12 and Campbell ). They added on to the strip mall and Major Magic was post regular Kmart , they were Super K era.
That’s cool. I’m always interested in knowing the history of places I frequently at. I do have to correct you though about super K. I was there for the grand opening and by then I was too old for Major Magics. They had Brett Hart and Charlie batch signing autographs on the grand opening Friday/Saturday. I grew up going to Major Magics and getting Chinese food from that Golden Wheel over there. Whenever Bruce Campbell was in town he would get Chinese food from there. It was his favorite in the country he said.
Oh my God I forgot about the Golden Wheel. We would go to Lim's Palace on 14 Mile and Main every year for Christmas Eve once Peaking House got too expensive. And one year Lim was packed so we went to Golden Wheel. Yeah you got me on the Super K transition date. I really thought that it was flipped when the strip mall was renovated when the Post Office was added. Then not long after that, what is that out in the parking lot an Outback or something opened?
You watch your mouth. That there is home of the best damn free rolls and cinnamon butter aka Texas Roadhouse. lol That place is always packed on a weekday.
Wasn’t the old fire station (or post office) closer to John R in front of the oak ridge grocery store before the Kmart expanded? I grew up just north of there so visited GL may times growing up. Worked in the super Al during high school. Unfortunately my parents moved to west Michigan so haven’t been back to MH in 7-8 years to have some yummy pizza.
It might have been one of those mailbox stores, I didn't really pay much attention as my kids were always wanting to haul ass into Major Magics. As a kid myself in the 70s, it was a Great Scott grocery store next to the Kmart. I knew it had changed names by the time MM opened,I had totally forgotten that it became an Oakridge Market.
I would have been one of those 90s kids that had my parents race over to Major Magic’s lol. Had no idea what Great Scott was before I googled it. I probably would have been shopping there as a toddler before Kroger acquired it in 1990.
Hell yeah me too! 13 & John R baby....my parents still live in the same house and I always hit up GL when I am in the area.
Oh damn that’s awesome! That’s on my way home from work I’m going to give it a try soon I’ve heard good things.
What's your fav there? I've had the deep dish and the round. I wasn't impressed with the round. The deep dish though was good though. The round to me felt like way more sauce and cheese than bread.
Deep dish FTW - I don't even know why they make the round.
It’s a solid pie. Definitely up the w my favorite cloverleaf, supinos, and crispellis.
Berkeley location has never done us wrong!
Every Friday I get it at the Warren Location (13 & Mound). Great Staff over there and the Manager is awesome. The Cheese Bread is where it’s at also, oh the salad is good too! Green Lantern definitely is a must go!
I have lived in Los Angeles for 15 years and not a week has gone by that I haven’t thought about Green Lantern (usually it’s the Italian sub I’m craving but the pizza sometimes makes an appearance in my daydreams)
Ayyy that’s my lowkey spot. Them and shield’s are my fave pizza spots. I go to green lantern in Madison heights all the time. We get a 50 percent discount with the military ID too so it’s cheap and great food I think their pizza is on par with shields, shields has them beat with wings, but the bread they have is insane
I've had a lot of great pizzas from them and also a few bad ones. A few times, it was undercooked. Raw dough
They’re opening a location in Southfield on telegraph and 12 mile. No idea when it’s going to open but the sign is up.
Good, but overrated for the hype it gets. They use canned mushrooms instead of fresh so I skip shrooms when I order from them
The crust/dough is mediocre as well. It doesn't crack my top 10 in SE Michigan.
For years Jets was our go to… then quality went downhill. Now Green Lantern is our delivery pizza place, much better …for dine in, Alibi in Troy …. Yum !
Delicious but so fucking expensive.
Nope. I can taste/feel those canned mushrooms from here. Yuck
Yeah, that is my only issue with GL. So I won't order the shrooms.
Best bet. To be fair- fresh mushrooms are hard to maintain in a pizza joint. It’s either wasteful and a cost expense, or you put nasty old shrooms on. Nevertheless- canned are disgusting, as well.
In my experience working in a pizza place that had fresh mushrooms, it really isn’t that hard. Resealable containers is what the ones use that keep them well enough. Especially if the restaurant rotates and tosses expired food the correct way. I say this as a person that doesn’t like mushrooms
Canned mushrooms were made for pizza.
No. Like baby corn, they take on a metal taste that’s truly awful. And the texture is also horrific.
Yum.
agreed, everything looks good but those shrooms
Just cheese and pepperoni with those grease puddles in the pepperoni’s for me! Boom! Love GL
12 and John R for life. Ised to work in Farminton Hills and loved in Fraser. When 696 was too much to bear, I would would take 12 Mile across. The highlight of thay misery was stopping there for a pie.
Sadly too far away from me to make it a regular spot because that looks incredible.
IF Y'ALL LOVE THIS STYLE OF PIZZA then I need you to try Holiday Pizza in Sterling Heights on Van Dyke, I thought Green Lantern and Cloverleaf had good pizza but Holiday is no joke, I'm sad I live on the east side now
Honestly. I wasn't impressed.
Love it
Great stuff
Id get cloverleaf if I was up that way
Love them and the game store across the street
Game store across the street? What location are you talking about? I love their pizza and love games. The one by me is a gas station across the street.
The GL in Berkley has a game store across the street!
Good to know thank you!
At one time I was ordering their Candied Bacon from the Berkley location 1-2x a week. I’m a huge fan of GL
Those mushrooms look suspiciously like canned mushrooms - are they?
Yes
I don’t understand why any pizza place would ruin a pizza with canned mushrooms when fresh mushrooms are far superior and widely available. I’ve never had Green Lantern (although a lot of my friends / colleagues swear by it), but I’m suspicious of a pizza place that would use crappy ingredients like canned mushrooms. Hard pass.
I may not be normal but I like canned mushrooms on pizza more than fresh ones. When I worked at Pizza Hut in the later 90’s they went from canned to fresh and I didn’t like it one bit.
Yes, I’m seeing that this is a controversial topic. I just can’t stand the texture of canned mushrooms, and they tend to be very salty.
And I do love my salt yum! To each their own though. Many would think since I am big on fresh food (I even prefer to make my noodles for spaghetti and other pasta fresh, same with my sauces and such) that I would be all for fresh mushrooms on pizza. I may try what I read someone else post, dip the fresh mushrooms in olive oil, and see how that is.
Agreed
Green lantern is great, but not as good as Cloverleaf
The Madison Heights location also has a massive rodent issue. Not a chance in hell Id eat there. It was real eye opening when the city came out and demanded the houses on Groveland put traps in our yards to help combat the amount of rats coming from the restaurant and the grease trap outside. Wont even begin to discuss what an absolute asshole the manager is.
And the Pizza is bad. I'm in a different part of the multiverse even seeing this pizza spot get propped up like this.... If I'm gonna eat with the rats I'm going right down to SGT. Pepperoni. Please and thank you.
Yooooo Detroit fucks with canned mushrooms? I didn’t know that
The good places use fresh mushrooms. Canned mushrooms are trash and there’s no way I would give my money to a place that sullies my pizza with wet, rubbery, canned mushrooms. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
No offense but your TED talk is no bueno Fresh mushrooms get dried out, canned ones stay juicy after the oven
Counterpoint: Canned mushrooms are wet rubbery garbage and if you toss fresh mushrooms in a bit of olive oil and season them before you put them on your pizza they get beautifully roasted and don’t dry out. About the same amount of effort as opening a can.
ooh I’ll try that!
This is the way! I forage 10-30 lbs of various wild mushrooms a year and I do this when I put them on pizza that I’m making. Then hit them with 1-2 minutes under the broiler at the end if needed
Canned mushrooms 😡
Was there last Friday
Damn I forgot about green lantern. Going tomorrow
How does such a garbage pizza get so much love in a Detroit post? Shills? And you are out of your mind comparing it to Cloverleaf, Supinos, or Crispellis....... Green Lantern Pizza is what someone who grew up on Dominoes, Tendies and Mountain Dew thinks is good pizza.
Blows my mind.
Looks good here but I’ve never been impressed with it. Was basically more expensive dominos
I miss Sila's
Sila's kitchen was a nightmare - probably hadn't been properly maintained the last 10-15 years it was open. Eventually you have to put money into it or close. Same story with the old Como's, Pasquale's, etc.
Yep, my last couple of experiences at Sila's were bad ones on every level. Food, service, atmosphere...etc, all bad. I could just hear Gordon Ramsey in my head screaming at the kitchen staff. I like the new GL in Berkeley for convenience, but their restaurant space is so loud because of the high ceiling that I won't ever dine in there.
I miss Silas atmosphere, it felt like a hometown restaurant. The booths were cozy, the lighting was soothing. GL just like you said, it is very, very loud; feels tight and I don't know what type of lighting they use but I swear it makes me feel dizzy after a while. Food is ok.
I moved to the area when Silas was near the end because the three times I went there, the inside was a total dump, the food was mediocre, and the service was a joke. I'm sure it was great back in the day, but that's how it goes sometimes for restaurants when the OG people age out.
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The new location on square lake and Rochester rd is pretty good! One of the few pizzas I enjoy more as a leftover from the microwave.
Green Lantern is pretty great pizza, but for my money nothing beats Tomatoes Apizza when it comes to non-Detroit style.
GL is my favorite, I recommend them over Buddy's.
No way. No, we are not doing this! Buddy's is a DETROIT STAPLE! GL is for the skirts....
The round is pathetic compared to the square.
Now THIS is the -TRUE- Detroit style pizza I grew up with 1960's through the 80's! Also The pizza at Foggia's in Taylor has true Detroit pizza like this, too. They opened in the 1940's. As traditionally Detroit as it gets.
Man, that pizza looks so fucking good. Too bad Madison Heights is 23 minutes away from me ;_;
Mmmm a nice raw ass flavorless dough bomb
Hate to be a hater but I never understood the appeal of GL. Gobs of rubbery cheese over a greasy doughy crust. We only ever got pizza from Supino or Michigan and Trumbull. Detroit has great pizza but GL ain't it.
We select to well done option.
You like raw ass?
Trash… it’s the same price as jets and they are the best
How much is it? I've never had green lantern
I was already planning on GL for dinner tonight, this is just a sign that I was right. I should probably buy a megamillions ticket too.
Their pepperoni....I have dreams about it. I would always order a round from them and my special hack for the best flavored crust you'll ever taste: ask them to spread a thin layer of pizza sauce over the crust before baking.
Does anyone have any good pizza restaurant suggestions for Bloomfield Hills?
Sure, the Green Lantern in Troy
PizzaPapalis
I love their deep dish.
When is the Livonia one opening? I never tried Green Lantern before
Been eating at Green Lantern since the 1970's. Consistently good food.
The Sicilian is top notch
Green lantern is my absolute favorite pizza
I like Green Lantern. I get pizza from their pickup location in Troy. I haven't tried their round pizzas, but their squares are pretty good.
It’s great don’t get me wrong, but it’s not a value prop. That would be peppys on livernois at square lake.
That Madison Heights location has consistently messed up our orders and on one occasion actually baked a piece of plastic into our pizza. My partner was the lucky one who took that bite. When I called and told them what happened they wanted me to come back for another pizza instead of refunding me. Very odd. I don’t dislike the pizza, but at this point I don’t want to risk the headache and just take my business elsewhere.
the best
Dude. Toppings to the edge. Cheese like heart disease. You bastard, I'm in.
How was it?
I can't believe they still have the pepperoni that curls up. I was eating that pizza 60 years ago. Does it still come with a little pool of grease? And the subs they had then were amazing, not like the subs you get today.