Tomatoes APIZZA — 14 Mile

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Cuisine

Pizza

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Meal Periods

Lunch

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Dining Format

Buffet

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Phone

(248) 855-3555

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Address

29275 West 14 Mile Road
Farmington Hills, MI 48334

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Website

tomatoesapizza.com



Cuisine

Pizza



Meal Periods

Lunch



Dining Format

Buffet



Phone

(248) 855-3555



Address

29275 West 14 Mile Road
Farmington Hills, MI 48334



Website

tomatoesapizza.com

EXPERIENCE

Tomatoes APIZZA on Fourteen Mile Road turns a weekday pizza lunch into a chance to explore a New Haven-style pizzeria. The all-you-care-to-eat buffet brings pizza, salad, garlic bread and chocolate piadina together, with a fountain drink included. It suits a group that would rather compare slices than negotiate toppings for one shared pie.

The lunch belongs to a restaurant whose identity is built around coal-fired, brick-oven pizza. Its Connecticut connection shows up in the name apizza and in the thin-crust approach, while the Farmington Hills setting keeps the outing close to home. The buffet makes that particular pizza style accessible as a lunch, with several choices available within the same meal.

This is the location at Fourteen Mile and Middlebelt, behind a broad gray metal fascia and a narrow black-and-white striped awning. Pale brick frames the glass entrance and windows. The storefront is easy to distinguish from the company’s Halsted dining room, which has a different canopy and entrance. Here the meal is a neighborhood pizzeria outing, with the buffet giving the lunch hour its own purpose.

The regular buffet runs on weekdays, making it a practical meeting place for coworkers, friends or anyone planning a midday stop in this part of Farmington Hills. A salad and drink are part of the same offering, so lunch can develop beyond a succession of pizza slices. The chocolate-filled bread gives the gathering a proper sweet finish. It is a compact invitation: bring an appetite for pizza and leave the question of a single favorite topping open.

FOOD

Pizza is the center of the Fourteen Mile buffet, with meat and vegetarian choices among the changing selection. The restaurant’s thin-crust, New Haven-style approach gives those different toppings a shared foundation.

The changing trays can include pepperoni and sausage, while vegetable pizzas give the selection another direction. The exact combinations available depend on the day’s selection.

The salad bar pairs the pizza with greens and toppings that can include chickpeas, black olives and onions, with dressings alongside. The selection can vary, giving salad its own range beside the pizza.

Garlic bread is part of the advertised buffet. The restaurant makes it from its own dough with olive oil and crushed garlic, with red sauce alongside. That gives the bread a preparation of its own, rather than treating it as an unnamed extra. Pasta is also listed in the buffet menu, although the selection available on a particular visit can vary.

Chocolate piadina supplies the sweet finish: soft bread with a chocolate-hazelnut filling. It belongs to the buffet offering alongside the pizza, salad and bread, while a fountain drink is included as well. Beer, wine and cocktails are separate from that basic lunch. The combination leaves the buffet with a clear beginning and ending, even when the particular pizza trays change.

FOOD HIGHLIGHTS

♛ Thin-Crust Pizza — the New Haven-style foundation of the changing buffet.

♛ Meat & Vegetable Pizzas — more than one topping direction within lunch.

♛ Salad Bar — a self-service counterpart to the pizza selection.

♛ Garlic Bread — handmade dough with olive oil, crushed garlic and red sauce.

♛ Chocolate Piadina — soft bread with a chocolate-hazelnut filling.

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