Buddy's Pizza

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Buddy's Pizza
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Buddy's Pizza in Livonia
Buddy's Pizza
Restaurant information
Established1946;78 years ago (1946)
Owner(s)The Jacobs Family
Food typeAmerican, Italian
Dress codeCasual (Everyone Is Welcome)
Other informationFounder, Gus Guerra
Website BuddysPizza.com

Buddy's Pizza is an independent pizza restaurant chain based in Detroit, Michigan. Founded in 1946, the company has an annual revenue of US $30 million. The chain's 23 restaurants have over 700 employees. [1] Buddy's has been called one of the five best pizzerias in the United States by the Food Network. [2] It has a bocce ball league that plays every Saturday morning at its original Conant Street location.

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Food

The restaurant serves Detroit-style pizza baked in blue steel pans. In addition to pizza, Buddy's serves sandwiches, soups, pastas, salads, Sanders Hot Fudge Sundaes, and chicken tenders.

History

Buddy’s Rendezvous was opened in 1936 by Gus Guerra on Conant Street in Detroit as a Blind Pig . It wasn’t until 1946 when Buddy’s Rendezvous created the Detroit Style Pizza that it was a success. Circa 1972, William “Billy Jacobs purchased Buddy’s pizza because his wife, Shirlee Jacobs, liked the pizza. Their son, Robert Jacobs, took over the business and expanded it significantly before selling to a private equity group Capital Spring in 2019. [3]

The restaurant expanded across Michigan and currently has 23 restaurants. [4] The additional locations are Ann Arbor, Auburn Hills, Bloomfield Hills, Dearborn, Downtown Detroit, Farmington Hills, Grand Rapids, Grosse Pointe, Lansing, Livonia, Novi, Plymouth, Portage, Royal Oak, Shelby Township, Warren and Woodhaven. [5]

In 2022, the restaurant chain opened two more locations, Okemos, Michigan [6] and Clarkston, Michigan. [7]

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References

  1. "Buddy's now offers e-mail on the side". The Detroit News . January 1, 2006. Retrieved March 29, 2009.
  2. "Detroit's Buddy's Pizza turns 60". Pizza Marketplace. August 8, 2006. Archived from the original on December 17, 2018. Retrieved March 29, 2009.
  3. "CapitalSpring Completes Significant Investment in Buddy's Pizza to Accelerate Iconic Restaurant's Growth needed" (Press release). CapitalSpring. January 3, 2018. Retrieved December 23, 2023 via Business Wire.
  4. "Buddy's Pizza to open its new Delta Twp. eatery for carryout June 1". Lansing State Journal . June 26, 2020. Retrieved June 26, 2020.
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  6. "Former Burger King building in Meridian Township demolished to make way for Buddy's Pizza". WSYM News . July 6, 2021. Retrieved January 9, 2022.
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