Philip Simonetta and his son Aiden took an unconventional path to pizza fame in Jacksonville, transforming a 1995 International school bus into the city’s most talked-about mobile wood-fired pizza kitchen: Simonetta’s Brick Oven Pizza Bus.
What started as Simonetta’s real estate business venture at 2200 Cassat Avenue expanded when they decided to convert their 26,000-mile church bus into a rolling pizzeria complete with a custom-built brick oven.
This family-owned operation opened in November 2023 and quickly became a local sensation by combining authentic wood-fired techniques with the novelty of dining at a converted school bus…