Yooper Pizza by Daniel Truckey
A typical "Yooper" pizza from Club 28 in Wakefield. Like most of America, pizza is everywhere in the Upper Peninsula. But at the same time, it has unique, even iconic styles and pizzerias across the region. These local pizza shoppes are celebrated by more than just Yoopers, but also frequent visitors and foodies from across the Midwest and the United States. In a 2016 poll hosted by the MLive website, the top five pizzerias in "Da Yoop" were as follows: 1. Riverside Pizza - Iron River 2. Congress Pizza - Ishpeming 3. Mustang Pizza - Mackinac Island 4. The Ambassador - Houghton 5. Tino's - Negaunee Talk to anyone in these communities and there is no doubt that their hometown pizza is the best in the U.P., so this poll gives you an idea of the type of loyalty that pizza lovers have to their local favorites. But all pizzas in the U.P. are not made the same and it really comes down to what type of pizza you grew up with and your taste. Sometimes you hear a type of p...