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St. Louis–style pizza

type of pizza originating from St. Louis, Missouri, US, characterized by thin cracker-like crust without yeast, use of Provel cheese, and being cut into squares/rectangles

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 3, 2026
Entity authorityQ7589550 ↗
Source-derived summary

St. Louis–style pizza is a type of pizza in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, and surrounding areas. The pizza has a thin cracker-like crust, is topped with sweet tomato sauce and provel cheese, and is cut into squares or rectangles (rather than wedges).

St. Louis–style pizza is available at local restaurants and chains, such as Imo's Pizza. Frozen St. Louis–style pizzas are sold at local supermarkets such as Schnucks and Dierbergs Markets.

Distinct characteristics

Thin crust

The crust of St. Louis–style pizza is crisp and cracker-like, unlike the doughier deep dish pizza and New York–style pizza.

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The public source identifies “St. Louis–style pizza” as type of pizza originating from St. Louis, Missouri, US, characterized by thin cracker-like crust without yeast, use of Provel cheese, and being cut into squares/rectangles. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Louis, style and pizza.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current 96-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Louis, style and pizza providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “St. Louis–style pizza” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.