Chicago Pizza Tours

If you are looking for something unique and fun to do in the city of Chicago, I would highly recommend Chicago Pizza Tours. My friend, Rachel, and I did our first pizza tour last summer thanks to a youswoop discount we had. We thought it would be something different to do - and we loved it!

A man named Jon started this business a few years ago, and it is a bus tour of 4 different pizzerias in the city. Every tour starts at Pizano's and from there the locations change depending on the tour (so chances are, if you do the tour more than once, you will visit different locations). At each stop Jon talks about the pizzeria, how they cook their pizzas, and you get to try their most popular pizzas at each location. Actually, "try" is not really the best word - have a meal is more like it. You can expect to eat about 7 pieces of pizza on a tour, and some of them are deep dish! You definitely need to go when you are hungry!

The tour Rachel and I did included stops to Pizano's, Coalfire, Red Flame, and Gino's East.

Because I enjoyed the tour so much, and I knew Mark would love it as well, I decided to take Mark on one this summer. A few weeks ago we did our Chicago Pizza Tour, and it was just as much fun as when I did it the first time. This time our pizzerias included Pizano's, Spacca Napoli (they get all their ingredients from Italy), Coalfire, and Pequod's.

This is another great gift idea for those people in your life who are difficult to buy for. I also think it would be a great activity to do if you have people coming in from out of state or out of the country, who might want something different to do. Out of towners always hear about Chicago's great pizza and what better way to give them a sampling of what our city has to offer than on a Chicago Pizza Tour?

The great thing about Jon, the tour guide, is that while you are on the bus going from location to location, he talks about the history of Chicago and points out famous landmarks and monuments. It's like two tours in one.

Recently Jon hired a few workers to help him with his tours, so if you decide to book one, I would call or email before picking your date and find out when John will be giving tours. I'm sure the other guys are good tour guides as well, but I've had a great time on the tours led by Jon. After all - he is the founder and creator of Chicago Pizza Tours!

The Original Pizza Tour option is $60/person. He also has a tour that is Pizza and Cocktails for $80.00/person, but he said this tour is less of him talking and more just people drinking and eating pizza. If you want to learn about the history of Chicago, pizza, and the pizzerias, I would suggest the Original Pizza Tour.

If anyone decides to do this, let me know how you like it! To view the website and buy tickets you can click here.

--T