type private industry retail founded philadelphia pennsylvania 2011 founder brian dwyer joseph hunter michael carter ryan anderson headquarters philadelphia pennsylvania us products pizza parent brian dwyer michael carter website www.pizzabrain.org pizza brain is an american pizza culture museum and pizzeria and home to the world s largest collection of pizza memorabilia and collectibles 1 headquartered in the kensington neighborhood of philadelphia united states with the flagship restaurant on frankford avenue . contents 1 history 2 museum and collection 3 pizzeria press 4 guinness world record 5 see also 6 references 7 external links history edit in may 2010 kensington based artist brian dwyer along with christopher powell organized give pizza chance philadelphia s first pizza based art show in which pizza served as muse for more than 25 artists who displayed their work at a local gallery . 2 inspired by the show s success dwyer became fascinated with the communal and seemingly boundless reach of pizza seeking out more pizza related memorabilia with the intention of turning the pizza art exhibit into a yearly occurrence . the company s name comes from the frequent misspelling of dwyer s first name in which the a and the i are transposed to spell brain which had been dwyer s art alias . in january 2012 pizza brain announced its formal partnership with little baby s ice cream via comic strip . 3 they followed up with an in depth interview shortly thereafter . 4 in august 2012 pizza brain was profiled by time magazine s newsfeed online for having what the guinness book of world records has named the largest collection of pizza memorabilia in the world . 5 on september 7 2012 pizza brain opened its doors to the public . 6 museum and collection edit the collection ranges from the familiar toys puzzles magazine ads comic books etc. to the absurd including a stainless steel pizza cutter shaped like the uss enterprise a teenage mutant ninja turtles pizza drop plinko arcade game circa 1990 an original spanish poster print of the film do the right thing a copy of the john c. holmes adult film hot and saucy pizza girls and more than 150 vinyl 45s and lps honoring pizza in song and lyric . pizzeria press edit in december 2010 dwyer met joe hunter a pizza chef hailing from south carolina interested in opening a community minded pizzeria in his adopted home of philadelphia . the following month in january 2011 businessman michael carter and carpenter ryan anderson teamed up with brian and joe . hunter immediately set to work on pizza brain s unique pie concepts and flavor profiles . carter provided curatorial direction to dwyer s collection and developed the business strategic model including its emphasis on content rich social media . anderson applied his considerable carpentry talents to the design of pizza brain s physical space making creative use of reclaimed and found materials . collaboratively the quartet turned an art show into the pizza brain museum and restaurant concept a place that serves delicious artisan pies in a museum like space that captures and commemorates pizza as a cultural icon . a cascade of additional articles followed as the concept gained notoriety including zagat 7 huffington post 8 philadelphia inquirer 9 fox news 10 food network magazine metro 11 laughing squid 12 and the magazine for australia s national airline qantas . 13 npr s all things considered also covered the story 14 as well as tv outlets like nbc10 15 and good morning sacramento . 16 in september 2012 the new york times 17 associated press 18 cond nast traveler 19 usa today 20 time 21 bbc travel 22 and the guardian 23 all profiled pizza brain during its opening month garnering further national and international attention . on september 26 2012 cbs this morning 24 aired a nationally televised news feature on the museum restaurant resulting in pizza brain being selected as a topic of discussion on jeopardy s twitter account . 25 guinness world record edit on july 31 2011 guinness world records certified dwyer as having the world s largest collection of pizza related items . 26 the 2011 record and enthusiasm led to dwyer being awarded the title of phoodie of the year from philebrity.com 27 closely beating out candidates uestlove iron chef america star michael solomonov philadelphia foodwriter and green aisle grocery owner adam erace and tom mccusker aka honest tom of honest tom s tacos . see also edit list of pizza chains of the united states philadelphia portal companies portal food portal references edit johanna hesling 3 aug 2011 . pizza enthusiast sets new memorabilia world record . guinness world records . drew lazor 5 may 2010 . of slice and men the story behind philly s first pizza centric art show . . philadelphia city paper . drew lazor 2 feb 2012 . pizza brain hearts little babys . mealticket blog . drew lazor 3 feb 2012 . more on the pizza brain little baby s collabo . mealticket blog . frank l. defazio 14 aug 2012 . pizza brain restaurant and museum coming to fishtown . centercityteam blog . drew lazor 7 sep 2012 . pizza brain set to debut rethinks the pie . philly daily news . danya henninger feb 2011 . pizza brain is coming to fishtown meet its pie crazy creator . zagat blog philadelphia . joe satran feb 2012 . world s first pizza museum pizza brain to display brian dwyer s record setting collection in philadelphia . huffington post food . a.d. amorosi jul 2012 . pizza museum a testament to american culture . philadelphia inquirer . molly aronica may 2012 . world s most bizarre food museums . fox news . brian x. mccrone 7 jul 2011 . hot slice of culture the pizza museum . metro philly . rusty blazenhoff jul 2012 . pizza brain the world s first pizza museum & restaurant . laughing squid . melissa pearce 1 aug 2011 . exploring the world s food museums . qantas spirit of australia . elizabeth fiedler 30 july 2012 . new pizza museum offers a slice of american food and culture . npr all things considered . stacy shauffer 30 july 2011 . a world record worthy pizza man . nbc10 philadelphia . cody stark 6 aug 2012 . pizza museum . cw31 good morning sacramento . vindu goel 6 september 2012 . world s first pizza museum opening in philadelphia . the new york times . kathy matheson 18 september 2012 . pizza museum serves up memorabilia slices . associated press . sharyn jackson 7 september 2012 . pizza museum opens in philadelphia . yes philadelphia . . cond nast . laura bly 7 september 2012 . food for thought world s first pizza museum opens in philly . usa today travel . terri pous 7 august 2012 . slice of history first pizza museum to open in philadelphia . time newsfeed . lindsey galloway 4 september 2012 . the world s first pizza museum . bbc travel . helen ochyra 26 september 2012 . welcome to the world s first pizza museum . the guardian . michelle miller 20 september 2012 . world s first pizza museum opens in philadelphia . cbs this morning . jeopardy 26 september 2012 . jeopardy question of the day . jeopardy . hawk krall 3 aug 2011 . pizza brain world s largest collection of pizza memorabilia in philadelphia . slice . joey sweeney 16 dec 2011 . philebrity awards winners and wrap up . philebrity.com . external links edit this section s use of external links may not follow wikipedia s policies or guidelines . please improve this article by removing excessive or inappropriate external links and converting useful links where appropriate into footnote references . december 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message wikimedia commons has media related to pizza brain . official website pizza brain on facebook pizza brain on twitter pizza brain on tumblr retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title pizza brain & oldid 743747843 categories privately held companies based in pennsylvaniacompanies based in philadelphiaamerican companies established in 2011food museums in the united statespizzerias in the united statesrestaurants in 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