Two iconic Detroit brands have once again joined forces.
Buddy’s Pizza and Slows Bar BQ are partnering up for a second year with another exclusive summer menu of barbecue-inspired Detroit-style pizzas and cocktails.
“We’ve been able to attain this iconic status for almost 20 years now, Buddy’s has been around forever,” Brian Perrone of Slows Bar BQ told CBS Detroit. “It’s just a great opportunity to work together and create something new.”
Since 1946, Buddy’s has been known as the originator of Detroit-style pizza. Slows Bar BQ first opened its doors in Corktown in 2005.
This year’s collaboration will bring back last year’s Yardbird pizza, inspired by Slows’s Yardbird Sandwich with smoked Amish pulled chicken, sautéed mushrooms, and cheddar cheese, tossed in Slows whole grain honey mustard barbecue sauce, topped with bacon, and finished with a drizzle of Slows apple barbecue sauce.
The BBQ Brisket Pizza with brisket, pickles, and barbecue sauce will also return.
A new addition to the summer menu will be a Southwestern Pulled Pork Pizza inspired by the new Slows burritos served at Slows To Go with pulled pork, apple barbecue sauce, chipotle cream, roasted peppers, and onions.
Adding another Detroit icon to the mix, a Vernors mule cocktail will be available at Buddy’s full-service restaurants. The pizzas are available at all Buddy’s locations.
The promotion starts Monday and runs through Labor Day.
