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Pizza near The University of Tampa
Open map listings put 15 pizza places within a mile of The University of Tampa, 7 of them within a ten-minute walk, and 56 within 3 miles. The busiest streets are Cass St (2) and Platt St (2).
The closest pizza places to The University of Tampa
- Street Crust Pizza · 0.3 miles
796 N Tampa St, Tampa - Tampa Pizza Company Pizza · 0.3 miles
777 N Ashley Dr, Tampa - Eddie and Sam's NY Pizza Pizza · 0.3 miles
203 E Twiggs St, Tampa - Santoro's Pizzeria Pizza · 0.6 miles
1329 W Cass St, Tampa - Wall St Pizza Pizza · 0.6 miles
513 E Jackson St, Tampa - Precinct Pizza Pizza · 0.9 miles
1218 Ray Charles Blvd, Tampa - The Fold Pizza · 0.9 miles
1910 N Ola Ave, Tampa - Gasparilla Restaurants Pizza · 1 mile
1818 W Platt St, Tampa - Palazzo Pizza Pizza · 1 mile
1818 W Platt St, Tampa - 3 Corners Pizza Pizza · 1 mile
813 Water St, Tampa
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 The University of Tampa
- How many pizza places are near The University of Tampa?
- Open map listings put 15 pizza places within a mile of The University of Tampa, 7 of them within a ten-minute walk, and 56 within 3 miles. About 60% are independent rather than chains.
- Which pizza places are closest to The University of Tampa?
- Street Crust (0.3 mi), Tampa Pizza Company (0.3 mi), Eddie and Sam's NY Pizza (0.3 mi), Santoro's Pizzeria (0.6 mi) and Wall St Pizza (0.6 mi).
- Where are most pizza places near The University of Tampa?
- The busiest streets are Cass St (2) and Platt St (2).
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