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Michigan · 124 Pizza Huts · 59 with a dining room

Sit down under the Red Roof

In Europe, Pizza Hut is still a real restaurant: a table, a lamp, a big cold drink. In America most of them only bake for carryout now, but in Michigan you can still sit down at 59. We listed all 124 Michigan Pizza Huts from the official locator, the sit-down ones first, and tell the story of how a tiny Wichita brick building became a global brand.

Where can I sit down?The storyFor Pizza Hut operators

Pizza Huts in Michigan
124
with a dining room
59
Pizza Hut Classics
8
the first one
1958
closed legends
66

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01 / Every Pizza Hut in Michigan

Where can you sit down tonight?

Type a town or ZIP code, or tap “Near me.” Hours are worked out live in Detroit time (for sit-down places, the dining room’s hours). One surprise: there is no Pizza Hut inside Detroit city limits today; the closest dining rooms are in Dearborn and Warren. The data come from Pizza Hut’s official store locator as of October 19, 2026.1

Allen Park, 3100 Fairlane DriveFerndale, 23137 Woodward Ave.Wyandotte, 1241 Fort StRoseville, 25240 Gratiot Ave.Dearborn, 2941 S Telegraph RdWarren, 28800 Dequindre RoadDearborn Heights, 26650 Ford RdTaylor, 10165 Telegraph RdWarren, 31315 Van Dyke AveTaylor, 23000 Eureka Road, Cinemark Southland Center And Xd, #1127Madison Heights, 56 E. Fourteen Mile Rd.Livonia, 29483 Plymouth Rd.Southfield, 24750 Telegraph Rd.Roseville, 32911 Gratiot AveWoodhaven, 23555 Allen RoadWoodhaven, 23110 Allen RdTroy, 1301 Coolidge Rd.Farmington Hills, 30020 Grand River AvenueWestland, 35401 Warren RdWayne, 35545 W Michigan AvenueClinton Township, 15630 Hall Road, Ste A-4Canton, 44285 Ford RdBloomfield Hills, 2400 S. Telegraph RoadNovi, 43443 Grand River Ave, Ste 220Commerce Township, 1717 Haggerty HwyRochester Hills, 2945 Walton BlvdNew Baltimore, 51400 Gratiot AvenueBelleville, 2160 Rawsonville RdWaterford, 4297 Highland Rd.Ypsilanti, 4100 Carpenter RoadMonroe, 551 N Telegraph RdSaint Clair, 1199 Carney DriveFenton, 3255 Owen Road, Target - T2105Fenton, 15270 Silver ParkwayMarysville, 1100 Michigan AveGrand Blanc, 12793 S Saginaw StLambertville, 3366 W Sterns Road, Suite 3Fowlerville, 931 South Grand Avenue, Unit 5Adrian, 1515 E US Hwy 223, Unit 2Flushing, 6278 West Pierson RoadJackson, 311 W. Prospect StreetJackson, 1275 Boardman RoadSandusky, 412 W Sanilac RdEast Lansing, 3320 E Lake Lansing RdCaro, 815 S State StLansing, 4421-b W. Saginaw HwyHillsdale, 508 W Carleton RdAlbion, 1435 N Eaton StGrand Ledge, 600 E Saginaw HwySaginaw, 5775 South State StreetCharlotte, 325 LansingBay City, 914 N. Euclid Ave.Bad Axe, 790 N Van DykeColdwater, 366 E Chicago StBattle Creek, 724 Capital Ave NEMidland, 1516 N SaginawBattle Creek, 20 E. Columbia AveBattle Creek, 1449 Michigan Ave WIonia, 347 Dexter St. NHastings, 437 W State StMount Pleasant, 2016 South Mission StreetKalamazoo, 5625 Gull RoadGreenville, 815 N Lafayette StSturgis, 519 S Centerville RdCaledonia, 6450 100th St. SE, Suite AKalamazoo, 4438 S. Westnedge Ave.Kalamazoo, 1930 West Main StPortage, 2054 W Centre AveGrand Rapids, 5120 28th Street S.E.Schoolcraft, 531 N. Grand St.Plainwell, 1224 W. M 89Kalamazoo, 6840 W. Main Street.Gladwin, 691 E Cedar AveKentwood, 3128 28th St SE, Ste 1Three Rivers, 401 W Michigan AveGrand Rapids, 6670 Kalamazoo SE, Ste GGrand Rapids, 1433 Wealthy StreetWyoming, 132 28th St SWWyoming, 700 44th St SWGrand Rapids, 3401 Plainfield Ave NEMattawan, 56280 City Center CircleRockford, 2745 10 Mile Rd NE, Suite LWyoming, 5783 Byron Center Ave. SW, Suite GWyoming, 3641 Byron Center Ave SWWalker, 2200 Alpine Ave NWGrandville, 3130 44th Street S.W.Allegan, 107 Locust StPaw Paw, 851 S Kalamazoo StWalker, 4400 Lake Michigan Dr. NWHudsonville, 6450 28th Ave. #g, Georgetown Shopping CenterZeeland, 237 E Main AveDowagiac, 55215 M 51 NHolland, 1036 South Washington, Suite 10South Haven, 880 Lagrange StColoma, 4600 Paw Paw Lake Rd.Fremont, 330 W Main StNiles, 1275 S 11th St.Grand Haven, 17222 Robbins RdBerrien Springs, 624 Saint Joseph AveMuskegon, 1480 E Apple AveBuchanan, 817 E Front StRoosevelt Park, 2747 Henry StBenton Harbor, 1940 M 139North Muskegon, 1315 Whitehall Rd.Saint Joseph, 2049 Niles RdStevensville, 2662 W John Beers RdCadillac, 8781 E 34 RdGrayling, 2319 S I-75 Business LoopWhitehall, 811 E Colby StSawyer, 6100 Sawyer Road, Travel Centers Of AmericaSawyer, 6100 Sawyer Road, Travel Centers Of America TxpxAlpena, 2131 US 23 So.Gaylord, 1251 W Main Street, Suite 4Ludington, 5953 W US Highway 10Manistee, 1526 Hwy 31Traverse City, 3050 US 31Charlevoix, 1303 Bridge StCheboygan, 1102 S MainSault Sainte Marie, 2255 Ashmun StNewberry, 13918 State Highway28Escanaba, 415 N Lincoln RdIron Mountain, 1600 Stephenson Ave.Ishpeming, 606 Palms AveHoughton, 1001 W Memorial Rd
Michigan
DetroitAnn ArborPontiacMonroeAllen Park, 3100 Fairlane DriveFerndale, 23137 Woodward Ave.Wyandotte, 1241 Fort StRoseville, 25240 Gratiot Ave.Dearborn, 2941 S Telegraph RdWarren, 28800 Dequindre RoadDearborn Heights, 26650 Ford RdTaylor, 10165 Telegraph RdWarren, 31315 Van Dyke AveTaylor, 23000 Eureka Road, Cinemark Southland Center And Xd, #1127Madison Heights, 56 E. Fourteen Mile Rd.Livonia, 29483 Plymouth Rd.Southfield, 24750 Telegraph Rd.Roseville, 32911 Gratiot AveWoodhaven, 23555 Allen RoadWoodhaven, 23110 Allen RdTroy, 1301 Coolidge Rd.Farmington Hills, 30020 Grand River AvenueWestland, 35401 Warren RdWayne, 35545 W Michigan AvenueClinton Township, 15630 Hall Road, Ste A-4Canton, 44285 Ford RdBloomfield Hills, 2400 S. Telegraph RoadNovi, 43443 Grand River Ave, Ste 220Commerce Township, 1717 Haggerty HwyRochester Hills, 2945 Walton BlvdNew Baltimore, 51400 Gratiot AvenueBelleville, 2160 Rawsonville RdWaterford, 4297 Highland Rd.Ypsilanti, 4100 Carpenter RoadMonroe, 551 N Telegraph RdFenton, 3255 Owen Road, Target - T2105Fenton, 15270 Silver ParkwayGrand Blanc, 12793 S Saginaw StFowlerville, 931 South Grand Avenue, Unit 5Adrian, 1515 E US Hwy 223, Unit 2
Metro Detroit and around

dining roomcarryout and deliveryExpress counter

Sit-down Pizza Huts 59

Tables and plates, like back home in Europe.

Charlotte

325 Lansing

🍽 Dine-in

☎ (517) 543-7878

Hours
Monday11:30 a.m.–9:30 p.m.
Tuesday11:30 a.m.–9:30 p.m.
Wednesday11:30 a.m.–9:30 p.m.
Thursday11:30 a.m.–9:30 p.m.
Friday11:30 a.m.–10:30 p.m.
Saturday11:30 a.m.–10:30 p.m.
Sunday11:30 a.m.–9:30 p.m.

Three Rivers

401 W Michigan Ave

🍽 Dine-in💡 Pizza Hut ClassicRed Roof

☎ (269) 273-3035

Hours
Monday11:30 a.m.–9:30 p.m.
Tuesday11:30 a.m.–9:30 p.m.
Wednesday11:30 a.m.–9:30 p.m.
Thursday11:30 a.m.–9:30 p.m.
Friday11:30 a.m.–10:30 p.m.
Saturday11:30 a.m.–10:30 p.m.
Sunday11:30 a.m.–9:30 p.m.

Zeeland

237 E Main Ave

🍽 Dine-in💡 Pizza Hut Classic

☎ (616) 772-7000

Hours
Monday11:30 a.m.–9:30 p.m.
Tuesday11:30 a.m.–9:30 p.m.
Wednesday11:30 a.m.–9:30 p.m.
Thursday11:30 a.m.–9:30 p.m.
Friday11:30 a.m.–9:30 p.m.
Saturday11:30 a.m.–9:30 p.m.
Sunday11:30 a.m.–9:30 p.m.

Benton Harbor

1940 M 139

🍽 Dine-in

☎ (269) 925-2300

Hours
Monday11:30 a.m.–9:30 p.m.
Tuesday11:30 a.m.–9:30 p.m.
Wednesday11:30 a.m.–9:30 p.m.
Thursday11:30 a.m.–9:30 p.m.
Friday11:30 a.m.–10:30 p.m.
Saturday11:30 a.m.–10:30 p.m.
Sunday11:30 a.m.–9:30 p.m.

Carryout and delivery 49

A counter and an oven, no dining room.

Express counters 16

In Target stores, movie theaters and truck stops: a short menu to go.

02 / The Red Roof

A roof everybody knows

The red, two-tier shingled roof over trapezoid windows: you can spot a Pizza Hut from a mile away. Most accounts credit Wichita architect Richard D. Burke, who drew it in the mid-1960s, and by 1969 it was the standard look of every new restaurant.31718

  • $100 a roof. Burke could not get the up-front fee he asked for (the Pizza Hut Museum in Wichita mentions $30,000), so he took $100 for every restaurant built to his design instead.143
  • A free-standing brick house for 60 to 120. By the mid-1970s the one-story brick building under the red roof was the chain’s signature; each seated roughly 60 to 120 guests.12
  • The roof became the logo. The red roof drawn over bold black letters was the logo from 1967 to 1999, and it came back in 2019.2021
  • Now churches, pawnshops, taco joints. In 2004, 6,304 traditional Red Roof buildings were still standing. Many have since changed hands; the “Used to Be a Pizza Hut” blog has collected them since 2008, and Michigan has plenty.317
A Red Roof Pizza Hut on old Route 66, Baxter Springs, Kansas, 2007
A Red Roof Pizza Hut on old Route 66, Baxter Springs, Kansas, 2007 · Scott5114, CC BY-SA 2.5
A Red Roof Pizza Hut in Athens, Ohio, where the first one east of the Mississippi opened in 1966
A Red Roof Pizza Hut in Athens, Ohio, where the first one east of the Mississippi opened in 1966 · Ed!(talk)(Hall of Fame), CC BY-SA 3.0
The classic roof logo on a Pizza Hut door
The classic roof logo on a Pizza Hut door · Amin Eshaiker, CC BY-SA 3.0

03 / 1958–2026

From a hut to a global brand

From Wichita to Michigan, from Pan Pizza to Gorbachev: the Pizza Hut story, with the Michigan moments highlighted.

  1. 1958

    Two students and $600

    Brothers Dan and Frank Carney, students at the University of Wichita, borrowed $600 from their mother and opened the first Pizza Hut in a small rented brick building at Bluff and Kellogg in Wichita, Kansas. The name got its “Hut” because the sign only had room for eight letters.3121317

    The little brick building of the first Pizza Hut in Wichita, now a museum
    Sanjay Acharya, CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. 1959

    The first franchise, in Topeka

    Pizza Hut was incorporated in Kansas in 1959, and Dick Hassur opened the first franchised Pizza Hut in Topeka. Within a year there were six.123

  3. 1960

    The first delivery

    Store No. 8 opened in the Aggieville district of Manhattan, Kansas, and is credited as the first to deliver; it was the oldest continuously running Pizza Hut until 2015.35

  4. 1963

    The Red Roof takes shape

    By 1963 there were 24 Pizza Huts, and the shingled two-tier roof with trapezoid windows was being drawn; within a few years it was the face of the brand.318

  5. 1966

    Michigan’s first Pizza Hut, in Wyoming

    The earliest documented Michigan opening is August 1966: the Grand Rapids area’s first Pizza Hut at 132 28th Street SW in Wyoming. Readers have said the Washtenaw Avenue restaurant in Ypsilanti Township was the state’s first, but we could not confirm it.3839

  6. 1966

    The first TV ad, during a Michigan State game

    The sped-up silent-movie spoof “Putt-Putt to the Pizza Hut” first aired on November 19, 1966, at halftime of the Notre Dame vs. Michigan State “Game of the Century.” It ran for eight years.338

  7. 1969

    Red Roofs everywhere

    By 1969 the Red Roof was the standard look of every new restaurant, the company went public, and by the end of the decade there were more than 300 Pizza Huts.319

  8. 1971

    The world’s biggest pizza chain

    With just over 1,000 restaurants, Pizza Hut became the world’s largest pizza chain by sales and units in 1971.123

  9. 1973

    London and Tokyo

    The first UK Pizza Hut opened in Islington, London, the same year as the first in Japan. By 1976 there were more than 100 outside the United States.1237

  10. 1977

    PepsiCo buys it

    In November 1977 PepsiCo bought the chain of more than 4,000 restaurants; the Carney brothers sold for over $300 million.35

  11. 1980

    Pan Pizza arrives

    The thick, crispy-edged Pan Pizza rolled out chainwide in 1980 and became one of the brand’s signatures.1219

    A pepperoni Pan Pizza served in its pan
    JIP, CC BY-SA 4.0
  12. 1983

    Personal Pan Pizza in five minutes

    The single-serving Personal Pan Pizza came with a five-minute guarantee, to make Pizza Hut a quick weekday lunch stop.12

    A cheese Personal Pan Pizza in its box
    Willis Lam, CC BY-SA 2.0
  13. 1985

    BOOK IT!: read, earn a pizza

    The BOOK IT! reading program started in schools in January 1985: kids who met their monthly reading goal earned a certificate for a free one-topping Personal Pan Pizza. Generations remember it.31219

  14. 1986

    Store 5,000 and home delivery

    The 5,000th Pizza Hut opened in Dallas, and the chain launched home delivery. From here on, carryout mattered more and the dining room less.123

  15. 1990

    Moscow and Beijing

    The Moscow Pizza Hut opened months after the first Soviet McDonald’s and quickly became the chain’s busiest restaurant in the world. The first one in Beijing opened the same year.128

  16. 1992

    Budapest, Király utca

    Hungary’s first Pizza Hut opened on April 1, 1992, in Budapest at the corner of Király utca and the Grand Boulevard. The franchise belonged to Hungarian-born American businessman George F. Hemingway (Szabó György).449

  17. 1995

    Stuffed Crust

    Stuffed Crust, with mozzarella rolled into the edge, launched in March 1995 and became the hit of the year; in the ads, celebrities ate the crust first, Donald and Ivana Trump among them.73

    A slice of Stuffed Crust with the cheese-filled edge
    Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0
  18. 1997

    Gorbachev’s commercial

    In November 1997 Mikhail Gorbachev filmed a Pizza Hut commercial in Moscow with his granddaughter. In the ad, diners argue about his legacy until they all agree: they have him to thank for Pizza Hut.83334

  19. 2001

    Pizza in orbit

    Pizza Hut sent a vacuum-sealed, roughly six-inch pizza to the International Space Station, eaten by cosmonaut Yuri Usachov. It was topped with salami because pepperoni failed the shelf-life tests.335

  20. 2014

    The sauce-splash logo

    In November 2014 came a new round logo, a white roof on a red splash, and a new menu. The US system peaked that year at nearly 7,900 restaurants.32024

  21. 2018

    The first hut becomes a museum

    The original 1958 building was moved to Wichita State University’s Innovation Campus and opened in April 2018 as the free Pizza Hut Museum.151613

    “Pizza Hut Number One”: the plaque on the first restaurant
    The original uploader was L337p4wn at English Wikipedia., CC BY 3.0
  22. 2019

    The old logo returns, dining rooms close

    In June 2019 the classic Red Roof logo returned; in August the company said it would close about 500 of its 7,496 US restaurants, mostly underperforming dine-in units.202122

  23. 2020

    The biggest franchisee goes bankrupt

    NPC International, operator of 1,227 Pizza Huts, filed for Chapter 11 in July 2020, and Pizza Hut agreed to close up to 300 of its restaurants.236

  24. 2021

    Detroit-Style at Pizza Hut

    On January 26, 2021, Pizza Hut launched Detroit-Style pizza nationwide; it came back in August after selling out two weeks early, and the company said demand in Detroit was double the national average.4546

  25. 2021

    Pizza Hut Classic: back to the old dining room

    A 2021 Super Bowl ad rebuilt the vintage dining room (brick walls, Tiffany-style lamps, the old logo, a Pac-Man table) and kicked off “Newstalgia”: some franchisees are turning restaurants back into Pizza Hut Classics.1927

    A restored Pizza Hut Classic with the 1967–1999 logo, Kilmarnock, Virginia
    Aaron F. Stone, CC BY-SA 2.0
  26. 2024

    Five Classics in Michigan, the buffet returns

    In July 2024 Michigan had five Pizza Hut Classics: Charlevoix, Fremont, Iron Mountain, Traverse City and Sandusky. That June, some locations also brought back the all-you-can-eat lunch buffet.4732

  27. 2025

    Crisis in the UK dining rooms

    In October 2025 Pizza Hut’s UK dine-in franchisee entered administration: 68 restaurants closed and 64 were rescued by a Yum! subsidiary. In November Yum! put the brand under strategic review.3625

    An empty Pizza Hut in England after the 2025 administration, Truro
    Mutney, CC BY 4.0
  28. 2026

    Pizza Hut is sold

    In February Yum! said 250 US Pizza Huts would close in the first half of the year. In June it announced the sale of the brand for $2.7 billion: China to Yum China, the rest of the world to LongRange Capital. The deal closed in September 2026.2628293031

04 / The old dining room

Red cups, Tiffany lamps, BOOK IT!

If you remember the old Pizza Hut, this is probably what comes back. The new Pizza Hut Classic restaurants bring exactly this back.

The red plastic tumbler

The soda came by the pitcher, poured into those big pebbled red cups.1947

Tiffany-style lamps over the table

Stained-glass lamps with the logo over every booth. When the Classic remodels needed them again, one big franchisee at one point bought every one it could find.1927

Salad bar and lunch buffet

Weekday all-you-can-eat pizza and a salad bar; in 2024 the buffet came back at some locations.1932

The BOOK IT! certificate

Read enough and your teacher handed you a certificate for your very own Personal Pan Pizza.319

Pac-Man and the jukebox

Many dining rooms had a Pac-Man or Ms. Pac-Man machine and a jukebox, with checkered tablecloths and real plates.193

The small town’s living room

A fast-food historian told Texas Monthly that Pizza Hut alone among the chains became a community meeting place rather than a drive-through stop: birthdays, after-game dinners, first dates.19

Ypsilanti remembers

When the Washtenaw Avenue Pizza Hut in Ypsilanti Township closed in 2013, readers recalled Friday-night lines, the last-day-of-school buffet and dough made fresh twice a day.39

05 / Michigan

Pizza in the pizza-chain state

Michigan is the pizza-chain state: Little Caesars and Domino’s were born here, and so was Detroit-style pizza. Pizza Hut is a guest in this crowd, but an old one.101144

Home of the pizza chains

Mike and Marian Ilitch founded Little Caesars in Garden City in 1959; it is headquartered in Detroit. Domino’s started in Ypsilanti in 1960 and is based near Ann Arbor.1011

Detroit-style pizza

The rectangular pan pie with cheese caramelized to the edges and sauce on top was born in 1946 at Buddy’s Rendezvous in Detroit, baked in steel pans from the auto industry. Pizza Hut launched its own version in 2021, and Detroit ordered it at twice the national rate.946

1966: Michigan’s first Pizza Hut

The earliest documented Michigan opening: Wyoming, 132 28th Street SW, August 1966. Grand Rapids proper got its first around 1968 on Plainfield Avenue.38

A TV debut at a Spartans game

Pizza Hut’s first TV commercial aired at halftime of the 1966 Notre Dame vs. Michigan State “Game of the Century.”3

No Pizza Hut in Detroit today

The official locator lists no open Pizza Hut inside Detroit; the last one on record, at 16835 E Warren Ave, is marked closed. The former Pizza Hut at West 7 Mile and the Lodge has been a Captain Jay’s Fish & Chicken since 2017.142

Metro Detroit: strip malls, not red roofs

In 2017 four new Pizza Hut leases were signed in metro Detroit strip centers (Livonia, Madison Heights, Ferndale, Birmingham), all carryout and delivery. Today Wayne, Oakland, Macomb and Washtenaw counties have just three Pizza Huts with a dining room.411

Eight Pizza Hut Classics

Five in July 2024, eight by May 2026: Three Rivers, Zeeland, Sandusky, Caro, Fremont, Bad Axe, Iron Mountain and Charlevoix. Stained-glass lamps, red booths, big red cups, a salad bar and a plaque from Dan Carney.472

Who runs them

Michigan’s Pizza Huts are run by franchisees. Per the locator, the biggest are Michigan Pizza Hut, Inc. of St. Joseph (34), Trigo Pizza Company (26) and Ambros Foods (21). Michigan Pizza Hut, Inc. employed about 1,250 people across the state in 2020.140

06 / Europe and Hungary

Why is Pizza Hut a restaurant in Europe?

Why does a European sit down at Pizza Hut while an American takes it to go? The brand went abroad in the 1970s to 1990s as a family restaurant, while at home it turned toward delivery from 1986. In Hungary it still opens sit-down restaurants.31255

The Pizza Hut on Szombathely’s main square, Hungary, summer 2026
The Pizza Hut on Szombathely’s main square, Hungary, summer 2026 · Globetrotter19, CC BY-SA 4.0
A sit-down Pizza Hut in Europe today, Helsinki
A sit-down Pizza Hut in Europe today, Helsinki · JIP, CC BY-SA 4.0
A pizza at the Self Store Plaza Pizza Hut in Békásmegyer, Budapest
A pizza at the Self Store Plaza Pizza Hut in Békásmegyer, Budapest · Random photos 1989, CC0

Munich 1970, London 1973

Europe’s first Pizza Huts opened in Munich and in Islington, London. In German “Hut” means hat, so many there read the roof logo as a hat.12373

Moscow, the busiest in the world

The 1990 Moscow Pizza Hut became the chain’s highest-volume unit; the local favorite, the “Moskva,” came with sardines, tuna, mackerel, salmon and onion.12

1992: Budapest, Király utca

Hungary’s first Pizza Hut opened on April 1, 1992, at Király utca and the Grand Boulevard. Its first managing director, András Dobóczky, built the first twelve restaurants between 1991 and 1995, and Pizza Hut brought organized home delivery to Hungary.44958

Pécs and Rock City

From 1994 a Pizza Hut ran in the Konzum building in Pécs, and Budapest’s Rock City on Vörösmarty tér put Pizza Hut, KFC, Dunkin’ Donuts and Baskin-Robbins under one roof.5449

Almost gone: two restaurants in 2010

From twelve units in early 2006, only two were left by 2010 (Pólus Center, Aréna Pláza). The very first restaurant on Király utca closed after 18 years and a grocery moved in.4950

The comeback with AmRest

In 2016 AmRest became master franchisee for the region; a new Pizza Hut opened at the Király utca corner, steps from the 1992 site. By December 2023 there were 25 restaurants in Hungary.515253

Pécs 2024: sit-down again

In November 2024 the brand returned to Pécs with a “modern dine-in” restaurant: staff seat you and you order digitally. The Hungarian director said Pizza Hut began as a classic sit-down restaurant.5455

Szombathely 2025: Bella the robot

On December 12, 2025, a Pizza Hut opened on Szombathely’s main square with Bella, Hungary’s first serving robot, who plays music, dances and helps carry the pizza.5657

A counter in America, a table in Europe

In America delivery became the main business from 1986, and hundreds of dine-in units closed after 2019. That is why Michigan’s 59 sit-down Pizza Huts are a curiosity: here you still get what you know from home.12221

07 / Used to be a Pizza Hut

Closed legends

Michigan is full of former Pizza Huts: you can tell from the roof even when they hold a church or a fish fry. The official locator keeps 66 Michigan stores as closed; we kept every address and phone number, because this is Michigan history too.

A former Pizza Hut, now a blue-and-white TitleMax, Valdosta, Georgia
A former Pizza Hut, now a blue-and-white TitleMax, Valdosta, Georgia · Mjrmtg, CC0
“Bud Hut”: a cannabis shop with a green roof in a former Pizza Hut, Colorado
“Bud Hut”: a cannabis shop with a green roof in a former Pizza Hut, Colorado · Jeffrey Beall, CC BY 4.0
A Chinese buffet in a former Pizza Hut, Quitman, Georgia
A Chinese buffet in a former Pizza Hut, Quitman, Georgia · Michael Rivera, CC BY-SA 3.0
A pink-painted former Pizza Hut, now a diner, Key Largo, Florida
A pink-painted former Pizza Hut, now a diner, Key Largo, Florida · Xnatedawgx, CC BY-SA 4.0
A Mexican restaurant in a former Pizza Hut, Arvada, Colorado
A Mexican restaurant in a former Pizza Hut, Arvada, Colorado · Xnatedawgx, CC BY-SA 3.0
A Pizza Hut pole sign left standing after the restaurant was torn down, Wisconsin, 2015
A Pizza Hut pole sign left standing after the restaurant was torn down, Wisconsin, 2015 · Michael Steeber from USA, CC BY-SA 2.0

Detroit16835 E. Warren Ave.

Now: E. Warren Development Corp. building with commercial kitchens; the East Warren Public Market is being built on the lot next door

The nonprofit E. Warren Development Corp. bought the former Pizza Hut in late fall 2020 and broke ground on the East Warren Public Market there on June 20, 2024. Long-time residents still call the building "the old Pizza Hut".59606162

Detroit18435 Plymouth Rd

Now: Vacant (WGRD, March 2026)

After its Pizza Hut years the building became the Custard Hut; its roof was painted bright pink in 2018 and turned red again sometime after 2023. It was vacant when WGRD looked at it in March 2026.6364

DetroitNorthwest corner of W. 7 Mile Rd and M-10 (Lodge Fwy)

Now: Bought by Captain Jay's Fish & Chicken (closing mid-February 2017)

Captain Jay's Fish & Chicken closed on the 2,654-square-foot former Pizza Hut building at the northwest corner of West 7 Mile Road and the Lodge Freeway in mid-February 2017.42

Canton41339 Ford Rd.

Now: Bowery Grille & Pub

Bowery Grille & Pub has occupied this former Pizza Hut since at least 2008 and kept the signature roof shape.6364

2013

Ypsilanti Township2407 Washtenaw Ave

Now: Cottage Inn Pizza (since 2016)

This Pizza Hut closed in late July 2013 and pointed customers to its Carpenter Road store. In 2014 the hut part of the roof came off and the front was remodeled; since 2016 rival Cottage Inn has used it.39636465

Ypsilanti3035 Carpenter Rd.

Now: El Tapatio Taqueria y Bar (since 2022)

Since 2022 El Tapatio Taqueria y Bar has used this former Pizza Hut and removed the signature spike from the roof. In 2013 AnnArbor.com named a Carpenter Road Pizza Hut (given as No. 3045) as the store that took over Washtenaw Avenue's customers.636439

2015

Ann Arbor5638 Jackson Rd

Now: Demolished in 2024; land cleared for redevelopment

Pizza Hut moved out in 2015; the empty building burned in 2020, stayed on the market, and was demolished in 2024.6364

2021

Walled Lake1125 N Pontiac Trail

Now: Select Smoke Shop

Still a Pizza Hut as the 2020s began, it closed in 2021 and has since been a Select Smoke Shop.636465

West Bloomfield Township33000 Northwestern Hwy

Now: Fringe Salon (as of the 2014 submission)

A verified Used to Be a Pizza Hut entry, submitted January 2014, shows the former Pizza Hut as Fringe Salon.65

2018

Waterford Township4641 Highland Road

Now: Sold by D & R Investment Group to TYJAZZ No.6, LLC (December 2018); current use not sourced

Pizza Hut merged its two large Waterford restaurants into a smaller takeout-and-delivery store at 4797 Highland Road, which opened in June 2018. The former Pizza Hut at 4641 Highland Road sold in December 2018.4366

Sterling Heights43650 Schoenherr Rd

WGRD listed this building among Michigan's former Pizza Hut locations in March 2026 without describing its current use.6364

Roseville15199 E 12 Mile Rd

Now: Dragon 1 Express (as of the 2014 submission)

A verified Used to Be a Pizza Hut entry (submitted February 2014) shows the former Pizza Hut as the Dragon 1 Express restaurant.65

Monroe403 N Telegraph Rd.

Now: Kiku Fusion Sushi & Hibachi

This Pizza Hut closed sometime between 2011 and 2014; after standing empty for at least two years it became Kiku Fusion Sushi & Hibachi.6364

Lambertville7965 Summerfield Road

Now: Sidelines Italian Grille

Added to the Used to Be a Pizza Hut database in June 2025 as a subtle former Pizza Hut, possibly one of the chain's newer building types.65

1998

Howell2899 Grand River Ave.

Now: Beauchamp Treatment Solutions

Built in 1998 and a Pizza Hut until about 2014, it was Joe's Used Cars from 2016 to 2020 before an almost unrecognizable remodel into Beauchamp Treatment Solutions.6364

Fort Gratiot3822 Pine Grove Ave

Now: Demolished around 2020; the lot became parking for the Right Way car rental next door

Pizza Hut left sometime between 2008 and 2013. The building then housed Susan's Restaurant and, from 2015, Great Lakes Italian, which closed in February 2020; it was demolished soon after.6364

Coldwater567 Jonesville Rd

Now: Lion's Den adult store

It has not been a Pizza Hut for nearly two decades (the roof was blue by 2009) but kept the signature roof; WGRD called it the state's most eye-catching former Pizza Hut (2024 and 2026).486364

Grand Rapids3874 Plainfield Ave NE

Now: Anna's House (opened 2003; the chain's first location)

The first Anna's House, a breakfast chain that now has 11 Michigan locations, opened in this former Pizza Hut in 2003.6364

Grand Rapids1142 Burton St. SE

Now: Mr. Chicken

Google last showed it as a Pizza Hut in 2007; it then became Baba's Grill, Your Take Out 1, and now Mr. Chicken, still with the yellowed Pizza Hut "PICK-UP WINDOW" sign.6364

Grand Rapids1141 Leonard St NW

Now: PlayStation Pub (bar)

The roof has changed, but you can still tell what this bar used to be. WKFR gives the address as 1140 Leonard St.; the Used to Be a Pizza Hut database gives 1141 Leonard St NW.6765

Kentwood1640 44th St. SE

Now: Aikan Liquor

The building had the hut roof until about 2011; the Kentwood Jaycees came and went, then Aikan Liquor reshaped it and moved in. WGRD gives the address as No. 1656.67636465

Kalamazoo2925 S Westnedge Ave

Now: Shawarma King (Middle Eastern restaurant)

Shawarma King has used this former Pizza Hut for about two decades; the hut roof is gone but the Pizza Hut-style windows remain.67636465

Kalamazoo6050 Gull Rd

Now: The Rooster's Call (breakfast)

WKFR's 2022 'Used to Be a Pizza Hut' gallery and the UTBAPH database list it; it was later Jaspare's Pizza and is now a breakfast restaurant.6765

Holland2325 N Park Dr.

Now: Bought by Quality Car Wash (car wash planned as of 2022)

WKFR reported in 2022 that Quality Car Wash had bought the former Pizza Hut.67

Benton Harbor1620 Mall Dr

Now: Express Auto used-car dealership

This former Pizza Hut is now a car dealership.6765

New Buffalo700 E Buffalo St.

WGRD (2026), citing WSBT, notes the restaurant was robbed at gunpoint shortly before it closed.6364

Okemos1753 W Grand River Ave

Now: Anna's House (since about 2021)

The Pizza Hut closed sometime between 2008 and 2011 and the building sat empty for over a decade before Anna's House moved in around 2021.636465

Adrian1016 S Main St.

Now: Demolished; McAlister's Deli on the site

Still a Pizza Hut in 2009, the store lost its branding around 2014; the property went on the market in 2016 and was cleared for McAlister's Deli.6364

2018

Muskegon798 W Sherman Blvd

Now: J Burger N Wings (since 2019)

One of the few former Pizza Huts with a single later tenant: it closed in 2018 and J Burger N Wings opened there in 2019.6364

1977

Reed City842 S Chestnut St

Now: Vacant restaurant property offered for redevelopment

The 2,511-square-foot former Pizza Hut on 0.8 acres was built in 1977 and remodeled several times.68

Bay City730 N Euclid Ave

Now: Storage building for the Discount Tire next door

A UTBAPH contributor (2014) recalls it closing in the late 1990s before becoming storage for the neighboring Discount Tire; at the end of 2013 Pizza Hut came back to Euclid Avenue as a carryout-only strip-mall store.65

1982–2006

East Tawas1626 South U.S. 23

Now: Route 23 BBQ

The UTBAPH entry says the East Tawas Pizza Hut opened around 1982, closed November 15, 2006, became Los Cuatro Amigos on June 4, 2010, and is now Route 23 BBQ.65

Petoskey1210 U.S. Highway 31

Now: Scalawags Whitefish & Chips

After Pizza Hut the building housed Fox's Pizza Den, Up in Smoke BBQ, Beach's, and Tannery Creek Market before Scalawags.65

Marquette1651 S Front St

Now: Weed World Arcade and Dispensary

Not a Pizza Hut for most of the 2000s, it kept the trapezoid windows; earlier tenants included Union Grill, Steinhaus Market, and a Marquette County Democratic Party office.636465

2020

Marquette2131 U.S. 41 West

Michigan Pizza Hut, Inc. of St. Joseph, which had owned this store since 1986, closed it on January 12, 2020 while looking for a new Marquette site. Its current use is not sourced.4069

Munising419 Cedar St.

Now: Cannabis dispensary

It does not have the classic building shape but is one of several Michigan former Pizza Huts that became dispensaries.6364

Ironwood222 E Cloverland Dr

Now: Demolished (UTBAPH status); last listed use Greta's Hallmark

UTBAPH lists this former Pizza Hut, later Greta's Hallmark, as demolished.65

Closed Michigan stores in the locator 66

08 / Videos

Commercials and stories

Videos play right here, on click; until then nothing loads from YouTube.

“Putt-Putt to the Pizza Hut,” the first commercial · 1965
First aired during a Michigan State game in 1966
A 1971 commercial with Ed & Doc · 1971
The new Pan Pizza · 1980
Personal Pan Pizza in five minutes · 1983
The BOOK IT! reading program ad · 1990
The Pizza Hut lunch buffet · 1993
Stuffed Crust with Donald Trump · 1995
Gorbachev’s Pizza Hut commercial · 1997
Pizza Hut in Hungary: archive TV news · 1991
Hungarian-language archive clip, January 9, 1991
Pizza delivered to the space station · 2001
The Pizza Hut Museum opens in Wichita · 2018
The Marquette Pizza Hut closes · 2020
Local TV news from the Upper Peninsula
Pizza Hut brings back Detroit-Style · 2021
CBS Detroit
The checkered history of Pizza Hut · 2024
Slice of Life: life in former Pizza Huts · 2024
Documentary trailer, featuring Dan Carney
Pizza Hut revives the retro restaurant · 2026

09 / Photos

Red Roofs from Michigan to California

10 / For Pizza Hut operators

Confirm your dining room

Do you run a Pizza Hut in Michigan? Every restaurant has its own page on our site. In a few minutes you can confirm your dining room and tell us how many guests you seat and whether you have a buffet, a Red Roof or Tiffany-style lamps. We send our European visitors where they can sit down. It is free, and we review every change ourselves.

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11 / FAQ

What people ask

Is there a Pizza Hut in Detroit?

Not inside city limits, per the official locator. The closest dining rooms are in Dearborn (2941 S Telegraph Rd), Warren (31315 Van Dyke Ave) and Belleville (2160 Rawsonville Rd).1

Where is an old-style Red Roof Pizza Hut in Michigan?

The eight Pizza Hut Classics (Three Rivers, Zeeland, Sandusky, Caro, Fremont, Bad Axe, Iron Mountain, Charlevoix) bring back the old dining room, as of May 2026; their cards carry a “Pizza Hut Classic” badge. South Haven and Three Rivers serve diners in classic roof buildings.21

How do you know which ones have a dining room?

Pizza Hut’s official locator flags dine-in for every store; we checked them all on October 19, 2026. When a restaurant confirms it with us, its card says “Confirmed by the restaurant.” For three stores Google disagrees with the locator; we follow the locator.1

Why is Pizza Hut a sit-down restaurant in Europe but carryout in America?

It went abroad as a family restaurant, while at home delivery became the main business from 1986 and hundreds of dining rooms closed after 2019.1222

Is the lunch buffet still a thing?

Some Pizza Huts brought back the all-you-can-eat lunch buffet in June 2024. Whether a given Michigan restaurant has one shows on its page once the restaurant confirms it.32

Are all Michigan Pizza Huts on Detroit time?

One exception: the Iron Mountain Pizza Hut in the Upper Peninsula runs on Central time, an hour behind Detroit. Its card shows local hours.1

Are you affiliated with Pizza Hut?

No. Quarter Detroit is an independent city guide; we wrote this page on our own, from public sources.

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Every fact is marked with its numbered source. Last checked: 2026-10-19.

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