>> 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.