>> AN APPETIZING NEW MUSEUM
OPENED UP IN CHICAGO.
WE VISITED THE U.S. PIZZA MUSEUM
TO CHECK OUT THE MENU.
HERE IS JAY SHEFSKY WITH THE
STORY.
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>> THE MUSEUM IS LOADED WITH
UNUSUAL INGREEDIENTS.
THEY ALL COME FROM THE
COLLECTION OF A CURATOR WITH A
CRAVING.
>> THIS ALL STARTED AS MY
PERSONAL PIZZA COLLECTION OF
STUFF THAT GOT OUT OF CONTROL.
AND NOW I HAVE IT SETUP IN A
WAY THAT IT TELLS THE STORY HOW
I AM GRANTS BROUGHT PIZZA TO
AMERICA AND IT SPREAD THROUGHOUT
THE COUNTRY.
AND WE HAVE A SPOTLIGHT ON
CHICAGO.
BUT IT IS REALLY ABOUT PIZZA
THROUGH THE U.S. AND WE HAVE
MEMORABILIA, MENUS, RECORD
ALBUMS, TOYS ANYTHING THAT YOU
CAN THINK OF RELATED TO PIZZA.
SOME OF THE RARE THINGS THAT WE
HAVE INCLUDE AN OLD PIZ REAUNO
MENU FROM THE 60s THAT SHOWS A
LARGE PIZZA WAS $2.60.
AND WE HAVE SOME McDONALD'S
PIZZA MEMORABILIA.
THEY EXPERIMENTED WITH PIZZA IN
THE 90s.
I LOVE ALL THE ART INSPIRED BY
PIZZA.
WE HAVE ONE OF A KIND CREATIONS
THAT ARTISTS MADE.
A NEEDLE POINT OF PIZZA.
I LIKE HOW THAT IS MANIFESTATION
OF PEOPLE'S ENTHUSIASM ABOUT
PIZZA AS ART.
>> THERE WAS A BACKLASH TO THE
MUSEUM ON TWITTER WHEN THE NEW
YORK CITY MAYOR'S OFFICE
DECLARED DEEP DISH IS NOT PIZZA.
>> I JUST TAKE FOR GRANTED THAT
ALL PIZZA IS GREAT.
AND WHETHER IT'S DEEP DISH OR
NEW YORK OR NEW HAVEN OR ANY
STYLE OF PIZZA I ENJOY THEM ALL.
BUT ON THE OTHER HAND I REALLY
UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE REACTED SO
STRONGLY.
BECAUSE PIZZA IS PERSONAL FOR
PEOPLE.
>> THE MUSEUM IS LOCATED OFF
ROOSEVELT ROAD SOUTH OF THE
LOOP.
ONE THING IT DOES NOT HAVE IS
ACTUAL PIZZA.
WE VISITED NEARBY CONNIE'S PIZZA
FOR A LOOK AT THE STYLES OF
PIZZA APPRECIATED IN CHICAGO.
A CITY WHERE IRONICALLY THIN
CRUST IS PREFERRED.
>> WE WILL TRY TO GET PIZZA
TRUCKS AND WOOD FIRE OVENS
OUTSIDE THE MUSEUM.
BUT I WANT PEOPLE TO VISIT A
LOCAL PIZZERIA AND HAVE IT AT
THE SOURCE.
>> FOR THE TIME BEING IT IS THE
ONLY KNOWN PIZZA MUSEUM ON THE
PLANET.
BUT IN NEW YORK CITY AN
UNAFFILIATED OF PIZZA IS
SCHEDULED TO OPEN IN OCTOBER.
I WILL CHECK IT OUT.
I THINK THERE SHOULD BE PIZZA
MUSEUMS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
>> FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT" THIS IS
JAY SHEFSKY.