private industry pizzeria headquarters bridgeport chicago illinois united states key people michael stolfe owner president website www.conniespizza.com connie s pizza is a pizzeria based out of bridgeport chicago illinois united states . raymond degrazia and his wife connie degrazia opened a pizzeria in bridegport at 638 w. 26th street . citation needed jim stolfe bought the building in 1963 and has kept the name since . 1 back in 1963 jim stolfe s oldsmobile starfire was exchanged for a small storefront pizzeria on 26th street on chicago s south side . that storefront became the original home of connie s pizza one of chicago s most famous pizzerias . more than 50 years later the stolfe family restaurants have become iconic for visitors to chicago with a location in one of the city s most visited venues mccormick place . from being the official pizza of the chicago bulls chicago blackhawks chicago fire and the taste of chicago connie s pizza has become synonymous with the city and prides itself on its longstanding family roots . 2 connie s was once the official pizza of the chicago white sox cubs bulls fire and the flames . it has also spread into the frozen section of supermarkets in the midwest . 3 references edit connie s pizza chicago a michelin guide restaurant . viamichelin.com . retrieved 2016 07 29 . connie s pizza stays inside the box to raise awareness for breast cancer . prnewswire.com . 2014 11 10 . retrieved 2016 07 29 . chicago institution connie s offers more to customers than pizza . gazette chicago . 2010 05 07 . retrieved 2016 07 29 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title connie % 27s pizza & oldid 743328161 categories pizzerias in the united statesrestaurants in chicagorestaurants established in 1963hidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from july 2016illinois articles missing geocoordinate dataall articles needing coordinates navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 9 october 2016 at 04 01 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view