New York City Pizza Bus Tour
NYC’s Pizza Adventure on Wheels
Our flagship New York City pizza bus tour is led by Scott himself! Spend your Sunday afternoon riding the Big Yellow Pizza Bus to four outstanding pizzerias in at least two of NYC’s boroughs. You'll taste a cross-section of the city’s rich pizza diversity. Stops change weekly, with potential stops in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, or Staten Island. We don't announce our route in advance because it's often not planned until tour day! Tour meets in Lower Manhattan.
4 Pizzerias
4.5 Hrs
$85 Per Person
NYC Pizza Bus
From coal-fired brick ovens to corner slice shops, the New York City Pizza Bus tour hits four pizzerias every Sunday. Stops change weekly, drawing from a selection of pizzerias within a 15 mile radius of our meeting point near the Financial District. This tour is all about NYC's pizza diversity. Guests receive a Pocket Pizza Journal for tasting notes and a slice at each stop.
If you're a hardcore pizza enthusiast, this is the tour for you. It travels the farthest so we're not restrained by walking distance. We don't announce where we're going in advance so prepare for adventure when you sign up. The one thing we can tell you is we always hit at least one borough beyond Manhattan.
YES the bus is air conditioned! YES there's heat in the winter! YES you're guaranteed to be full by the end of the tour! YES we will squeeze in an ice cream stop if possible! YES we listen to a carefully curated playlist of songs that are not "That's Amore."
check out the Pizzerias we typically visit
Potential Tour Stops
Tour Details
All tours include a full slice at every stop, kitchen tours, in-depth pizza analysis, and everybody gets a take-home Pocket Pizza Journal to help keep track of the adventure.
All tours run rain or shine. Tour itineraries may change if weather becomes a problem but we will always run complete tours. Please remember to wear comfortable shoes and dress appropriately.
Tickets must be purchased for anyone requiring a seat on the bus. Children between the ages of 4 and 12 are invited to purchase a CHILD ticket (reduced price). Children under the age of 4 are invited to join us free of charge, but must share pizza and seats with their guardian. There is a limit of one non-paying child per adult.
Tours have a limited capacity and often sell out. If you are planning to make reservations for several people, it’s a good idea to purchase tickets well in advance. We do not take more than 32 people on this tour.
This tour is always led by Scott’s Pizza Tours founder Scott Wiener. If he’s not in town, there’s no Sunday bus tour on the schedule. Scott is a leading voice in the American pizza industry, with nearly two decades of experience working with pizzerias, judging pizza competitions, writing for pizza trade publications, hosting pizza shows, and consulting for pizza ingredient companies.
He’s been featured on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, Live with Kelly and Ryan, CBS Sunday Morning, and often lends his voice to articles in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, and more.
Scott lives in Brooklyn with his Guinness World Record collection of pizza boxes.
Each tour visits 4 completely different pizzerias featuring 4 completely different styles in 4 completely different neighborhoods.
We only visit pizzerias that have a combination of high pizza quality, strong cultural significance, and a friendly crew who understand what we do on the tour.
Scott’s Pizza Tours always pays for our pizza and tips the staff. We’re here to support independent pizzerias carrying the torch of a strong and vibrant tradition that has made pizza more than just the world’s favorite food.
Every Sunday we ride the Big Yellow School Bus! This is an actual NYC school bus, but it’s a bit nicer than the ones some of us used to ride as kids. It has seat belts, air conditioning in the summer, heat in the winter, and a sound system perfect for piping in Scott’s sweet pizza tour mixtape.
The bus does not have a lift for those with accessibility issues but let us know what you need and we’ll do our best to make it work.
There is no restroom on the bus.
If you’re bringing luggage on the tour, you’ll be able to keep it with you on the bus. We always have extra space for things like that.
we’re kinda famous
(so we're told)
Scott took Ryan Seacrest on a NYC pizza tour to Brooklyn!
Scott has forgotten more about pizza than most people have ever known!
Public Bus Tour Availability
Soggification
The softening of a crust due to moisture. A casualty of transporting pizza in boxes but also found after Neapolitan pizza sits for over 5 minutes.
Faqs
YES! No matter how long you’ve lived in New York there are certainly pizzerias you have never visited. In fact, New Yorkers tend to be least aware of the pizza possibilities in their own backyards!
YES! Your guide is licensed by the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs to take you on a unique NYC tour by way of its pizza. Most tourists want to see the city and eat its pizza; Scott’s Pizza Tours let you do both!
Participants are provided with at least one slice at each of the four pizzerias we visit. If you fall in love with a particular slice, feel free to order a pie or two to-go.
Scott’s Pizza Tours draw its stops from a bank of over 2,000 pizzerias. Every stop is chosen after careful research and taste-testing. We must also take into account each stop’s location in relation to our tour routing. New York is a big place and there is a lot of great pizza out there so please feel free to make suggestions via our contact form.
We don’t! The group will only taste cheese slices. This maintains a uniform standard upon which to evaluate the slices we consume. If you would like extra slices with toppings, you are more than welcome to purchase them.
We have a kids’ ticket for ages 4-12. Anybody under the age of 4 is welcome to join for free but they won’t get their own slice so be prepared to share.
YES! SPT founder Scott Wiener leads every Sunday bus tour. If there’s no tour on the schedule, it means Scott isn’t available. If there’s a tour on the Sunday bus tour schedule, it means Scott will be leading it (barring an extreme emergency).
ALL of our public tours are vegetarian! Since we serve pizza composed solely of the holy trinity of cheese-sauce-crust, anyone who wishes to avoid gluten, lactose, cheese, or anything else is welcome to purchase their own pizza whenever possible. Just send us an email and we’ll give you a discount code to offset the food cost. Please be advised that pizza for those with dietary restrictions is not included with your ticket and may not be available on every tour route.
Additional Pizza Experiences
Walking Pizza Tour
Private Pizza Tour
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