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Pizza near Texas State University (SWT)
10pizza places within 1 mile
10within a ten-minute walk
60%independent, not chains
Open map listings put 10 pizza places within a mile of Texas State University, 10 of them within a ten-minute walk, and 24 within 3 miles. The busiest streets are University Dr (2) and Hopkins St (2).
The closest pizza places to SWT
- Pizza Hut Pizza · 0.1 miles
700 Student Center Drive Caldwell, San Marcos - Domino's Pizza · 0.3 miles
350 N Guadalupe #150, San Marcos - Pieology San Marcos Ppf Pizza · 0.3 miles
301 N Guadalupe St, San Marcos - Pizza Classics Pizza · 0.3 miles
205 University Dr, San Marcos - Sylvia Pizza Pizza · 0.4 miles
316 N Edward Gary St, San Marcos - Maroni's Pizza Kitchen Pizza · 0.4 miles
117 E Hopkins St, 117 E Hopkins St, San Marcos - Urban Bricks Pizza Bar Pizza · 0.4 miles
420 University Dr, San Marcos - Gumby's Pizza Pizza · 0.4 miles
312 W Hopkins St, San Marcos - Papa Johns Pizza · 0.5 miles
216 e hopkins, San Marcos - Valentino's Pizza · 0.5 miles
110 N Lbj Dr, San Marcos
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 SWT
- How many pizza places are near SWT?
- Open map listings put 10 pizza places within a mile of Texas State University, 10 of them within a ten-minute walk, and 24 within 3 miles. About 60% are independent rather than chains.
- Which pizza places are closest to SWT?
- Pizza Hut (0.1 mi), Domino's (0.3 mi), Pieology San Marcos Ppf (0.3 mi), Pizza Classics (0.3 mi) and Sylvia Pizza (0.4 mi).
- Where are most pizza places near SWT?
- The busiest streets are University Dr (2) and Hopkins St (2).