Founded in Omaha in 1973, Godfather's grew rapidly throughout much of that decade on the strength of its thick-crust pizza.

Lilly's, which has seating inside and outside, offers a variety of fresh, thick-crust pizzas with organic toppings, as well as calzones, salads and desserts.

Tomato pies In the Philadelphia area, this refers to a square-cut thick-crust pizza topped with chunky tomato sauce, but no cheese.

One of the few pizzerias in this neck of the woods to serve thick-crust Neapolitan-style pizzas, backstreet Vittorio is a consistent crowd-pleaser.

In the US, the phrase Sicilian pizza is often synonymous with thick-crust or deep-dish pizza.

They have thick-crust pizzas that aren't too salty.