Chicago Field Trips

A Chicago field trip your students will actually remember.

We host K-12 school groups of up to 100 on guided, 3-hour tours of iconic Chicago pizzerias aboard luxury coach buses. Pizza is history, geography, and small-business storytelling, all on one plate.

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A field trip shouldn't feel like a chore for teachers or students.

You don't want to spend the day:

Wrangling 60 students through a museum exhibit they're not engaged with.
Coordinating lunch arrangements that fall apart when the bus is late.
Filling out a permission slip for an experience kids forget by Monday.

How It Works

A Chicago day trip that runs itself.

We handle the bus, the food, the seating, and the storytelling. You handle the chaperones. Everyone learns something they'll actually talk about at dinner.

Your bus brings the class to us.

Most schools use the bus they already have on contract. We meet you at the first pizzeria at the time you choose. No coach fee tacked onto the trip.

Three iconic pizzerias.

Food is preordered and waiting when you arrive. Owners share their family story and the neighborhood history.

Your bus takes them back to school.

When the last stop wraps, the class boards the same bus and heads back. Students leave with a real story about Chicago, immigration, and small business. Not a worksheet.

The Details

Chicago history, told through pizza.

From 1943 deep dish at Pizzeria Uno to thin-crust tavern style cut into squares, Chicago's pizza is a window into the city's immigrant neighborhoods, family-run small businesses, and the grit it takes to last a generation. Students leave with a story they retell at home.

All food preordered and reserved at each stop.
Dietary restrictions handled: gluten-free, vegetarian, allergies.
Chaperones included in the headcount and the seating plan.
Bring your own bus and skip the coach fee. If you need one arranged, we can quote that too.
Curriculum tie-ins: Chicago history, immigration, small business, food science.

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A group seated and being served pizza at a Chicago pizzeria during a Chicago Pizza Tours stop

Jonathan Porter, Founder of Chicago Pizza Tours

The best field trips connect students to the city they live in.

I started Chicago Pizza Tours because I wanted to show people parts of this city most locals never see. School groups are some of our favorite tours to run. Students get to meet the owners, hear the stories, and taste the difference between three completely different styles of Chicago pizza, all in one afternoon.

By the time the bus pulls back up at school, the kids are arguing about which one was their favorite. That's the goal.

Jonathan Porter

Founder, Chicago Pizza Tours

Field trips book months in advance

School calendars fill up fast, and so do our spring and fall dates. The earlier we can reserve your day, the more flexibility you have on restaurants, timing, and pickup location. If you're still working out details, let's get the date held first.

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Common Questions

Frequently Asked Questions

We work best with 4th grade and up, but we can adapt the tour and the storytelling for younger groups. Tell us your grade and class size when you reach out.

Yes. Let us know what your class is studying (Chicago history, immigration, small business, food science) and we'll align the stops and the stories accordingly.

Chaperones are included in your booking headcount with seating and food reserved for everyone. We follow standard school chaperone ratios.

We accommodate gluten-free, vegetarian, dairy-free, and most allergies. Give us the list when you book and we'll coordinate with each restaurant in advance.

About three hours from pickup to drop-off, including travel between stops. We can shorten or lengthen it if your school day requires.

Yes. Let us know any accessibility needs when you book so we can confirm the right coach and route around any access issues at the restaurants.

One flat invoice per group, billed to the school or district. We provide all documentation your business office needs.