CBD wine bar Willi’s has transformed into a Detroit-style pizza joint

The Royal’s resident wine bar has undergone a transformation!

Willi’s is now officially Willi’s Pizza Bar, specialising in the ooey-gooey, crunchy-edged deliciousness of Detroit-style pan pizza.

Rarely seen in Perth, Detroit-style pizza is known for its rectangular shape and fluffy, thick base – which in this case, will be topped by a mix of classic nostalgic Americana flavours and some more high-brow interpretations of the style, courtesy of Head Chef Logan Place.

Think blistered tomatoes, “bloody good anchovies” and burrata, mushrooms, caramelised onions and goats’ feta, or felino salami with hot honey.

If you’re looking for some extra comforting bites, two varieties of baked pasta are also on offer: an old-school spinach and ricotta cannelloni, and a baked carbonara made with, of course, guanciale and egg yolk.

Smaller share plates lean towards the high-brow rather than nostalgic – whipped ricotta with roast grapes, baked scallops with café de Paris butter, or whipped anchovy toast with black olive – while you can dive into levelled-up classics for dessert: vanilla gelato drizzled with olive oil and a sprinkle of sea salt, a gelato of the week, or your choice of “big scoop” or “really big scoop” of tiramisu!

For any disciples of the TikTok famous Tomatini (a tomato martini, for anyone unfamiliar), you’ll be pleased to start things off with the Willi-Nilly: the house dirty martini made with tomato olive oil. But as summer descends we also think you’ll be tempted to work your way through the entire cocktail menu, from the coffee bean Campari and grapefruit soda Pit Stop, to the Mandaretto made with mandarin vodka, amaretto and yuzu fizz, or the Feelin’ Fresco, made with limoncello, Bizzarro aperitivo and prosecco.

Willi’s Pizza Bar is located at 531 Wellington Street, Perth.