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Hey everyone! Today, I want to talk about Detroit style pizza, so you don’t have to travel all the way to Detroit to indulge. You can find it right here in Toronto. One standout spot I recently visited is 8 Mile Pizza on Charles St West.

The name “8 Mile Pizza” probably is inspired from Eight Mile Road in Detroit city and the famous movie “8 Mile” made in 2002. The Eight Mile Road road serves as a boundary between Detroit and its suburbs where the American rapper Eminem grew up.

8 Mile Pizza started in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic, specializes in Detroit style pizza—rectangular pies with a thick, crisp, and chewy crust. What makes this restaurant stand out is the custom sauce that’s mixed with the cheese rather than just layered on top, creating a deliciously cheesy experience. Located in the Yorkville area near the Royal Ontario Museum and Varsity stadium, it’s become a local favourite. The interior is decorated with quirky pizza-themed art displayed on crates, adding to its vibrance. 8 Mile Pizza uses specially manufactured steel pans from Detroit, ensuring each pizza is light and fluffy.

Alongside classics like pepperoni and Margherita, they also offer cheesecakes. Their popularity is on display by their strong presence on Instagram, with around 6000 followers.

The pizzeria’s custom menu features creative pizzas such as the Dodi Pie ($20 for a four-cut), topped with spicy soppressata, mushrooms, l caramelized onions, and garlic cream. We also tried the White Truffle adorned with arugula, flavoured ricotta, and mushrooms marinated with rosemary, olive oil, thyme, and truffle oil. Next time I want to try O’Canada and Cheese Pie.

If you’re a pizza enthusiast, 8 Mile Pizza promises a memorable dining experience right here in Toronto.

So, next time you’re in the area, be sure to stop by and try their gourmet pizzas!

NB: I am sharing the YouTube link to watch the famous song Lose Yourself from the 8th mile movie.

https://youtu.be/_Yhyp-_hX2s?si=VPu1NwK9u0EEa5mL

Enjoy the lyrics too! This song is the first rap song to win an Oscar!

Look… If you had… one shot… or one opportunity…
To seize everything you ever wanted… one moment…
Would you capture it? Or just let it slip? 

His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy
There’s vomit on his sweater already, mom’s spaghetti
He’s nervous, but on the surface he looks calm and ready
to drops bombs, but he keeps on forgetting
what he wrote down, the whole crowd goes so loud
He opens his mouth but the words won’t come out
He’s chokin, how? Everybody’s jokin now
The clock’s run out, time’s up, over – BLAOW!
Snap back to reality, OHH! there goes gravity
OHH! there goes Rabbit, he choked
He’s so mad, but he won’t
Give up that easy nope, he won’t have it
He knows, his whole back’s to these ropes
It don’t matter, he’s dope
He knows that, but he’s broke
He’s so sad that he knows 
when he goes back to this mobile home, that’s when it’s
back to the lab again, yo, this whole rap shift
He better go capture this moment and hope it don’t pass him

You better – lose yourself in the music, the moment
You own it, you better never let it go (go)
You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow
This opportunity comes once in a lifetime
You better – lose yourself in the music, the moment
You own it, you better never let it go (go)
You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow
This opportunity comes once in a lifetime
You better..

Soul’s escaping, through this hole that is gaping
This world is mine for the taking
Make me king, as we move toward a, new world order
A normal life is boring; but superstardom’s
close to post-mortem, it only grows harder
Homie grows hotter, he blows it’s all over
These hoes is all on him, coast to coast shows
He’s known as the Globetrotter
Lonely roads, God only knows
He’s grown farther from home, he’s no father
He goes home and barely knows his own daughter
But hold your nose cause here goes the cold water
These hoes don’t want him no mo’, he’s cold product
They moved on to the next schmoe who flows
He nose-dove and sold nada, and so the soap opera
is told, it unfolds, I suppose it’s old partner
But the beat goes on da-da-dum da-dum da-dah

So here I go it’s my shot, feet fail me not
This may be the only opportunity that I got
You can do anything you set your mind to, man.