Steel Pan Pizza
Classic Detroit – Cheese Pizza with two stripes of Marinara on top
Steel Pan Pizza aims to embrace “the aesthetic of industrial square pans, caramelized crusts and hearty Midwestern cuisine” with a kiosk inside Santa Ana’s 4th Street Market, and aside from advertising suggesting Motown or The Motor City is “often referred to as Motortown City” they do an acceptable job, though comparisons to Buddy’s are farfetched.
Opened in January 2019, around the same time others on both coasts began to take notice of Detroit’s signature style, it is in the era of social media and culinary-cross-pollination that Steel Pan Pizza plys its trade, customer service friendly enough but largely just serving a role by exchanging money for a beeper, then the beeper for a Pie.
Charging Orange County prices for 8” x 8” x 2” pans, $8 for a classic which will likely sate most, the first thing Pizza-heads will notice is a less caramelized edge than many Detroit squares, Steel Pan’s quick-casual service suggesting parbaking with Butter no longer soaking the pan by the time it enters the oven to be finished.
Moving next to toppings, “Always Fresh Ingredients” per advertising, a review of photos online suggests Steel Pan would be well served to weigh their Cheese prior to topping, some pictures indicating an exaggerated lattice while others do less-so, the importance of this particularly relevant in the setting of Sauce that trends a bit too sweet.
www.steelpanpizzaco.com
