FOR BEING HERE.
WE APPRECIATE IT.
>> THANK YOU.
CHICAGO IS HOME TO DOZENS OF OF
MUSEUMS AND COUNTLESS
RESTAURANTS WITH FLAVORS FROM
ALL OVER THE WORLD.
UP UNTIL NOW NO ONE HAS COMBINED
THE TWO, THE MUSEUM WITH FOOD.
BUT BRANDIS FRIEDMAN REPORTS
CHICAGO ACTUALLY HAS A
FOOD-SEUM.
IN PORTUGAL, AND AUSTRIA THE
VERY ENA, AND IN THE WINDY CITY
EVERYONE'S FAVORITE IS THE HOT
DOG.
CHICAGO WE ARE FAMOUS FOR THE
HOT DOG.
THIS HONOR OF ONE OF THE MOST
FAMOUS FOODS THE CITY'S FUTURE
MUSEUM, IS POPPING UP THIS
EXHIBIT AT BLOCK 37 IN THE LOOP.
THE HOT DOG, AND IF YOU EVER
WONDERED HOW SAUSAGE IS MADE,
THIS WILL BE THE PLACE TO FIND
OUT.
THE FOUNDER KYLE JOSEPH SAYS THE
EXHIBIT HAS THREE PARTS, THE
HISTORY OF THE HOT DOG.
>> A LESSON ON INTERNATIONAL
ENCASED MEATS.
WE SHOW YOU A MAP OF ENCASED
MEATS AROUND THE WORLD.
AND YOU CAN SEE WHAT IT LOOKS
LIKE AND SPICES THAT GO INTO IT
AND FLAVORS, AND A CHANCE TO
SMELL THEM, AND TRANSPORT
YOURSELF IN TO WHERE THESE
CULTURES ARE.
>> Reporter: AND THE DISCOVERY
THAT YOU CAN BE A SAUSAGE MAKER.
>> WE WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND
THAT THEY CAN DO IT.
IT IS FUN AND INTERESTING, AND
SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN DONE FOR
MILLIONS OF YEARS.
IT IS POSSIBLE.
>> Reporter: AND WHO BETTER TO
HELP WITH THIS THAN CHICAGO'S
OWN HOT DOG KING, DOUG, THE MAN
BEHIND THE FORMER HOT DOUG.
>> I HOPE THIS TAKES AWAY A REAL
SENSE OF WHERE FOOD FITS IN OUR
CULTURE AND OUR SOCIETY.
FOR HUMANS AND GENERAL A
CHICAGOANS THIS PARTICULAR.
BUT TO QUESTION FOOD'S ROLE IN
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND WHERE OUR
FOOD COMES FROM, AN INCREDIBLE
QUESTION.
>> Reporter: HE SERVES ON THE
BOARD AND CONTRARY WHAT YOU YOU
THINK THAT WASN'T NECESSARILY
HIS IDEA BUT AGREES IT IS THE
BEST WAY FOR THE FOOD-EUM TO
BITE INTO CHICAGO.
>> THE GLORIOUS HISTORY OF THE
CITY BUT THE REAL FOOD SCENE
THAT CAME ABOUT, AND THE
ATTENTION, HAS HAPPENED IN THE
LAST 15 YEARS OR SO.
>> Reporter: JOSEPH COMES FROM
THE WORLD OF TECH STARTUPS.
>> I LOVE THE IDEA OF CULTURES
SHARING, THESE ARE CONNECTED TO
IT, AND STORY BEHIND IT AND VERY
A MOMENT OF RIDE.
>> Reporter: HE GOT THE IDEA TO
CREATE A MUSEUM FOR FOOD IN THE
WINDY CITY AND RAISED MORE THAN
$33,000 ON KICK STARTERS TO GET
IT STARTED.
CONSIDERING CHICAGO'S HISTORY
WITH FOOD IT IS A SURPRISE
SOMETHING LIKE THIS DOESN'T
ALREADY EXIST.
>> THE PERFECT PLACE FOR IT.
I WAS BUILT ON FOOD, THE HISTER
HERE IS OUT STANDING.
AND THE FOOD CULTURE IS AMAZING.
THE RAURNZS ARE HERE AND
EVERYTHING THAT IS HAPPENING,
LIKE THE CENTER PIECE FOR FOOD.
>> AND NOT A CHICAGOAN THIS TOWN
WHO WOULDN'T EAT THAT RIGHT UP.
FOR "CHICAGO TONIGHT", I'M
BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.
>>> THE POP-UP EXHIBIT WILL BE