Saying Waco is known for thin-crust pizza isn't the end of the story as there's quite a bit more to tell. When you go to get a thin crust pizza in Waco you could be offered it in several different ways. It is in fact quite amazing what the versatile pizzerias in Waco can do with thin crust dough. In this Texan city, they make garlic-infused thin crust, double it up to make a double-crust pie, pan bake it, and make it New York-style. The latter is really the only veering away from this traditional Italian pizza that originates from the Rome region of the home country. It's a great pizza in its basic form, which is just a dough base smothered with a rich tomato sauce and finished with chunks of soft mozzarella cheese, that only gets better when the pizzerias in Waco have anything to do with it.

Best delivery pizza in Waco, Texas

Rosati's Pizza makes the best delivery pizza in Waco and one of the things that makes them so great is you're not restricted to one size of pie. From this Waco pizzeria, you can order a small pie that serves two people, a medium for three to four hungry folk, a large which will feed up to five, or their extra large which is shareable between six. That means you won't have any leftover pizza or be spending money on pie you'll be throwing in the trash because it was too much to eat. Rosati's Pizza is housed in a large, modern premises on Hewitt Drive with old-school furnishings and a few colorful posters of city skylines dotted around the walls. It's basic, but when it comes to baking pizza, basic is a word this Waco pizzeria has left far behind. You can check that out for yourself by trying Rosati's Monster pizza.

Best takeout pizza in Waco, Texas

If you've just come off the Baylor University campus in search of a take-out pizza, you won't have far to go to find the best take-out pizza in Waco. Once you're on South 12th Street, you're almost at Shorty's Pizza Shack which is exactly where you want to be. Shorty's Pizza Shack is a family-run business that's been dishing out pizza dough for about a decade. It's a pub-style premises, and they serve great beer too, with a huge patio-beer garden where you can chill out while your pie cooks. Everything that goes into one of Shorty's pies is prepared fresh every day so you won't come across one stale or dried-out ingredient on your pizza. The best pizza at this Waco pizzeria is the Artisan. Give it a try.

Best pizza near Waco, Texas

Willow Grove

Make a trip around ten miles northwest of Waco and before you've arrived in Willow Grove, you'll have passed over part of Lake Waco on the Twin Bridges. That's quite a scenic drive in itself as the lake is attractive. To see more and do some bird spotting at the same time, head past Willow Grove to the Lake Waco Wetlands where you wander along the boardwalks and maybe see blue heron and great white egrets. On the way home, stop off at Marco's Pizza in Woodway for a pizza dinner.

Temple

Temple is a forty-minute drive southwest of Waco and a Texan city where there's plenty to do for adults and kids alike. Train aficionados won't want to miss visiting the Temple Railroad Heritage Museum. If you need a leg stretch head for the Miller Springs Nature Center where there are trails winding through the countryside. Say Summer Fun Water Park or Lions Junction Family Water Parks to the kids and they'll be jumping for joy. Finish the day with a table at the Treno Pizzeria and Taproom on 1st Street and everyone will be happy.

Crawford

Crawford is a small town twenty miles west of Waco. It's in the middle of nowhere and a good place to escape to if you've had enough of the city mayhem. Pick up a pie from Milano's Pizza in McGregor as you pass through then head for the Tonkawa Falls Park in Crawford. It's a superb natural space consisting of thirty-five acres of woodlands where you can hike before sitting down on the bank of the Bosque River where it flows over a man-made cliff forming the Tonkawa Falls.