Lot's of untapped potential (pun intended)
Amazing location next to the river and the bridge. Super cool patio even closer to the river. Detroit style pizza which is my favorite style but hard to find. Why the 3 stars? Well, for one, the beer needs work. I ordered a flight but couldn't tell which beer was which. There's four unnumbered tasters, and a sheet next to that with a number next to it. OK, but what number matches the taster? It didn't help that the beers were called things like "Felix", without explaining what kind of style "Felix" is. The beers were so off that I never figured out which one was supposed to be the Saison and which one was the golden. I'm guessing that their flagship beer is the "Jer" Hazy IPA, but that beer was thin with a harsh aftertaste. Not what I expected from a hazy (and I've probably had more than a hundred of them). Pretty much every brewery makes a great hazy IPA, except this one. I'll give them a pass because it's a new brewery, but come on, don't screw up IPA's.
On to the pizza, they managed to screw that up too. I think with a few tweaks they can get it right. It was a little too bready, and the sauce was sparse and thick. Sauce should not be paste, especially on a Detroit style pizza. Dry pizza with a tiny amount of thick sauce isn't going to work. I would modify the sauce to make it thinner and put more of it on the pizza, but that's only my opinion of course. I've eaten enough Detroit pizzas to form that opinion.
Nonetheless, I would like to come back here and see if they can improve the food and drink offerings. The service was great, the space was awesome, and there's not a lot of alternatives for this style of pizza. read more