Begin with a thin, crusted pizza with runny, slightly salty mozzarella, basil and pulpy tomatoes.

The relatively large, very thin crusted pizza with its fresh mozzarella, basil and zesty tomato sauce is by far the best bet.

The Braceria serves a full menu, but I never got beyond their thin crusted pizzas, baked, of course, in a wood oven.

The slim crusted pizza with lamb sausage, roasted eggplant and goat cheese ($11) is recommended.

Although Italian fare departed with I Santi, there are three wafer-thin crackly crusted pizzas available on weeknights.

One night you might get a crisp crusted pizza with a zesty roasted plum tomato, caramelized onion and black olive topping.

And most nights are busy at this bustling trattoria in a Massapequa Park shopping center that emphasizes pastas and priazzos or double crusted pizzas.

The crackly crusted pizza we shared as an opener also pointed to a memorable meal.

The crispy thin crusted pizzas are baked in a brick oven with choice ingredients.

The thin crusted pizzas come in individual 12-inch rounds or larger 18- and 29-inch "skateboard" shapes to share.