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Pizza near University of Georgia
Open map listings put 14 pizza places within a mile of University of Georgia, 8 of them within a ten-minute walk, and 31 within 3 miles. The busiest streets are Clayton St (4) and Baxter St (4).
The closest pizza places to University of Georgia
- Stoners Pizza Joint Pizza · 0.1 miles
175 E Broad St, Athens - Mellow Mushroom Pizza · 0.2 miles
320 E Clayton St, Athens - Eddies Calzones and Drafts Pizza · 0.2 miles
227 E Clayton St, Athens - Transmetropolitan Pizza · 0.2 miles
145 E Clayton St, Athens - Starland Pizzeria & Pub Pizza · 0.2 miles
145 E Clayton St, Athens - D.P. Dough Pizza · 0.2 miles
180 W Broad St, Athens - Ted's Most Best Pizza · 0.4 miles
254 W Washington St, Athens - Niche Pizza Co. Pizza · 0.4 miles
45 Baxter St, Athens - Emmy Squared Pizza Pizza · 0.5 miles
199 Prince Ave, Athens - Bischero Italian Restaurant Pizza · 0.6 miles
237 Prince Ave, Athens
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 University of Georgia
- How many pizza places are near University of Georgia?
- Open map listings put 14 pizza places within a mile of University of Georgia, 8 of them within a ten-minute walk, and 31 within 3 miles. About 43% are independent rather than chains.
- Which pizza places are closest to University of Georgia?
- Stoners Pizza Joint (0.1 mi), Mellow Mushroom (0.2 mi), Eddies Calzones and Drafts (0.2 mi), Transmetropolitan (0.2 mi) and Starland Pizzeria & Pub (0.2 mi).
- Where are most pizza places near University of Georgia?
- The busiest streets are Clayton St (4) and Baxter St (4).
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