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Pizza near Florida Atlantic University (FAU)
8pizza places within 1 mile
2within a ten-minute walk
50%independent, not chains
Open map listings put 8 pizza places within a mile of Florida Atlantic University, 2 of them within a ten-minute walk, and 35 within 3 miles. The busiest streets are Glades Rd (2) and Boca Raton Blvd (2).
The closest pizza places to FAU
- Pizza Hut Express Pizza · 0.1 miles
777 Glades Rd., Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton - Papa John's Pizza Pizza · 0.2 miles
777 Glades Rd, Boca Raton - Boca Joe's Pizzeria and Cafe Pizza · 0.8 miles
3731 Fau Blvd Ste 10, Boca Raton - Pizza Ricca - Boca Raton Pizza · 0.8 miles
2001 NW Boca Raton Blvd, Boca Raton - Manhattan Joe's Pizzeria Pizza · 0.9 miles
1901 N.W. 2nd Ave., Boca Raton - Augy's Restaurant & Pizza Pizza · 0.9 miles
1501 NW Boca Raton Blvd, Boca Raton - Stoner's Pizza Joint Pizza · 1 mile
146 NW 20th St, Boca Raton
Chosen local-first, then listed by distance from campus: a starting point, not a ranking. Listings from Overture Maps open data (September 2026); they carry no prices or opening hours, so check before you go.
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What to order
- Neapolitan — Soft, fast-baked at around 900°F, eaten with a knife and fork, centre deliberately wet. Margherita is the test — nothing to hide behind.
- New York — Large, thin, foldable, sold by the slice. Judge it by the fold: it should bend without cracking and hold without flopping.
- Detroit — Rectangular, thick, baked in a steel pan with cheese to the edges so it caramelises into a crust against the wall of the pan. That edge is the entire point.
- Tavern / Chicago thin — Cracker-thin, cut into squares, a Midwestern tradition largely unknown elsewhere and excellent.
How to spot a good one
- The crust edge tells you the oven — Leoparding — irregular dark blisters on the rim — means a very hot oven and a properly fermented dough, and it is the signature of good Neapolitan. An even golden-brown rim means a cooler deck oven, which is what New York style wants. Uniform pale crust with no colour variation usually means a conveyor oven.
- Dough that was fermented, not just mixed — Long-fermented dough tastes of something on its own and has an open, irregular crumb when you tear the rim. Dough made that morning tastes of flour and is uniformly dense. Places that mention 48- or 72-hour dough are telling you something real.
- Restraint with the toppings — Overloading is the most common failure, because moisture from too many toppings steams the base. Good pizzerias put three things on a pie, not nine.
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Questions about pizza places near FAU
- How many pizza places are near FAU?
- Open map listings put 8 pizza places within a mile of Florida Atlantic University, 2 of them within a ten-minute walk, and 35 within 3 miles. About 50% are independent rather than chains.
- Which pizza places are closest to FAU?
- Pizza Hut Express (0.1 mi), Papa John's Pizza (0.2 mi), Boca Joe's Pizzeria and Cafe (0.8 mi), Pizza Ricca - Boca Raton (0.8 mi) and Manhattan Joe's Pizzeria (0.9 mi).
- Where are most pizza places near FAU?
- The busiest streets are Glades Rd (2) and Boca Raton Blvd (2).