it’s rare that owning a restaurant feels like a labor of love, but emmy squared (and the full family of emily pizza joints) feels and tastes exactly like that. true love for the art of food, for the craft of pizza, and for each other. owners matt and emily’s first meal together was pizza, and after 13 years and 3 new york pizza restaurants, they landed at this- Emmy Squared, a detroit-style pizza oasis in south williamsburg.
it’s common in a city known for its pizza to get a bit of pizza fatigue. and when i know that there are so many exemplary by the slice joints, it’s rare that i venture to a formal sit-down restaurant to enjoy a slice. obvious notable exceptions being paulie gee’s, roberta’s, and lucali.
in a city that is self-proclaimed mecca of pizza’s, thick, square detroit style was heretofore unrepresented. Emily and Matt, neither from detroit, were confident that both their affinity for pies and their relentless drive to deliver would ensure that commanding this niche market would serve them and the neighborhood well, quite well, in fact. what the hell is detroit style pizza? think thick dough twice baked, in this case, in pans salvaged from old factories giving it a crunchy-and-chewy-and-disgruntled-steel-worker bite to it. the sauce is on top, the toppings are in between, and every bite tempts you to wonder, although not admit aloud, that maybe these square thick pies are the way we should have been doing it all along.
the duo has quickly become known for their burger (and in a town that is secondly a self=proclaimed burger medina) and emmy squared is opening a basement burger joint downstairs shortly. in short, emmy squared is everything brooklyn didn’t even realize it was missing. go, this weekend.
what not to miss
the menu varies seasonally, but when available, get the peppery mizuna salad, the restaurant’s namesake “Emmy” pizza, the and the feisty Hatchback.
and the burger, which they have on select nights but is soon to be a brooklyn burger institution once the basement burger bar opens later in the season.
how not to miss it
emmy squared
364 grand st.
mon-fri noon-4pm, 6pm-midnight.
tues closed
sat noon-4pm, 5-11pm
sun noon-4pm, 5-11pm
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