Pan, Thin Crust, or Detroit: Choosing Your Crust
A decision guide to the three crust families at Top Pizza & Spaghetti House. The hand-tossed pan crust carries the numbered classics and comes in three sizes. The Italian-style thin crust is lighter, with fresh mozzarella over a light tomato sauce. The Detroit deep dish is a single-size square with a caramelized cheese edge. Build Your Own is available on pan and thin crust.
On our menu, the crust is not a checkbox — it is the pizza’s identity. A Margherita only exists as a thin crust, and The Motor City only as a Detroit square. So the first decision is always the crust.
Pan: The Hand-Tossed Classic
The pan family carries the numbered classics and most of the Featured pies. Hand-tossed dough, homemade signature sauce, and mozzarella make it the crowd-safe choice. It is also the most flexible: small, medium, and large sizes cover a solo lunch through a family table.
Thin Crust: Lighter and Italian-Style
Thin crust is the lighter end of the menu — a crisp base brushed with light tomato sauce and finished with fresh mozzarella. Pick it when you want the toppings forward and the bread in the background. One size, meant to stay delicate.
Detroit: The Caramelized Square
The Detroit deep dish is the newest family, a thick single-size square baked until the cheese caramelizes against the pan edge. That crisp, savoury rim is the reason people order it. Choose Detroit when appetite is high and sharing is likely.
When You Want Full Control
Build Your Own runs on both pan and thin crust, with the full topping roster at your disposal. If the set combinations never quite fit, that is your lane — see how the regulars do it.
Still torn? Order across families and compare. The debate settles itself by the second slice.
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