It is no secret that Detroit style pizza is having a moment. For Restaurant Week, HiWay pizza is bringing the Doppio Detroit Style Pizza — which doubles up on all the pizza goodness. 

Using Americans’ most popular pizza (pepperoni) as inspiration, this new HiWay pizza “doubles” the fun. They begin with their light and airy HiWay Detroit-style pizza dough that is “double” the thickness of a typical pepperoni pie. Next, they top the Doppio with two sauces: Andy Z’s Pizza Sauce on the bottom and two racing stripes of  Margherita Sauce over the top. Double cheesy goodness comes from a blend of both HiWay Pizza Cheese and Wisconsin White Cheddar.

“You can tell it’s real cheese with the pull test,” General Manager JP Mills tells us as we wait for the hot pie to come out of the oven. He slices into a corner piece and lifts — showing off the stretchy strings of melty cheese.

There are two distinct types of pepperoni in this Doppio. The Classic HiWay Signature Pepperoni is layered underneath. On top is a natural cased “cupping” pepperoni that chars nicely around the edges and holds just the right amount of oils. 

If you want to learn how to enjoy summer in authentic Italian style, get your ticket for Summer Wines in Italy, a tutored wine and food tasting event happening at HiWay on Wednesday, June 19, 6 PM. Taste four to five wines accompanied by traditional Italian apertivo small bites. 

Court of Masters Sommelier and restaurant owner Jennifer Zangrilli will bring her expert knowledge along with Chris Mildner of Vintage Imports. They will school you in the history of the wines, the grape varieties, and the regions and producers they come from. Bottles of the evening’s selections will also be available for purchase.

GM JP Mills explains that this special event for Happy Valley Restaurant Week is a marrying of their restaurant’s history and philosophies, getting back to their Mario’s roots. TIckets are $45 and available at https://hiwaypizza.com/events. Come early for a “Get Happy” happy hour 4:30-6:30 PM for discounts on beer, wine and spirits.