Chicago West Loop Pizza Crawl

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Experience Details
What You’ll Experience
Where to Meet
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Duration
3 hours
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Number of Guests
1 - 4 guests
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Language
English
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Discover Chicago's 10 pizza styles on this West Loop crawl. Taste four distinctive pizzas, explore kitchens, and learn pizza history with our experts. Notify us of vegetarians in advance.

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For each guest that attends this experience, byFood will donate
10 meals

Experience Details

Taste four different styles of pizza in about three hours. Learn about Chicago's 10 pizza styles, and discover why there's more to The Windy City than just deep-dish. Go back in some of the kitchens to see how pizzas are made, and taste the differences. Expert doughcents will share the history of Chicago pizza as well other interesting tidbits about the neighborhood you're exploring. We need to know if there are any vegetarians in your group the day before please.

What You Get

Lunch
Pizza at each stop (you won't leave hungry)
Lanyard/Badge with all of the social media handles for pizzerias
Live commentary
Soda and alcoholic drinks (available to purchase)
Gratuities

Good To Know

  • If you are driving, please leave extra time to find parking. On West Loop Tour, guests not allowed to leave cars in Lou Malnati's parking lot for more than an hour.
  • ANY VEGETARIANS in your group? We need to know the day before the tour.
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Must be nine years of age or older to participate.
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap

What You’ll Experience

Randolph Street Market (Pass By)

Learn about the history of the market, the Haymarket Massacre and the founding of May Day. Some of the styles included on this walking tour includes: deep-dish, Neapolitan, Roman al taglio and Sicilian. Along the way, you'll meet some of the owners and pizza makers, and learn about their history and inspiration for creating their unique pizzas. Our doughcents are trained to discuss Chicago's pizza history, and can talk about highlights from the book, "Pizza City USA."

Meeting & Pickup

Meeting Point

Lou Malnati's Pizzeria, West Randolph Street, Cook County Illinois, United States, US, 60607

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Lou Malnati's is at 1235 W. Randolph St. at 11 am. You can also take the CTA Green Line (toward Oak Park) and get off at the Morgan St. stop. It's a 5 minute walk from the station. Guide will meet you at 11 am in the 1st floor bar, wearing a black work shirt with Pizza City USA logo and name on it.
End Point

Forno Rosso Pizzeria Napoletana, West Randolph Street, Cook County Illinois, United States, US, 60607

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Forno Rosso is about a half mile from our starting point.

Cancellation Policy

All bookings are final. Once the host confirms the experience, cancellations by the guest will incur a 100% charge.

What People Are Saying
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The food was excellent...
July 05, 2025
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The food was excellent and it was an easy walking tour. Our guide was very knowledgeable and provided the history behind both the restaurants and the food.

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Great way to experience Chicago
August 06, 2023
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This was such a fun way to experience Chicago. Jeff was an excellent tour guide. We not only learned about the different types of pizza, but we also learned how it’s made and we learned a bit about...read more

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Tasty day in Chicago's West Loop
September 08, 2019
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Knowing my love for pizza, my In-laws bought my wife and I two tickets for the pizza crawl. I've heard of this before, but living here in Chicago for 18+years I thought I knew most of the best piz...read more

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Great food and activity
August 11, 2019
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Fun few hours learning about and trying a number of different types of pizza. Our guide Brittani was very informative and made the tour fun. Well worth doing.

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Great fun & food`
August 10, 2019
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We had a great time eating so much pizza! Lots of good options, easy walking and fun host. We left very full!

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