Tired of staring at dinosaur bones and taxidermic animals? Then get out of that boring, old Field Museum and take a trip to Lakeview…to the Cookie Jar Museum!
That’s right, folks! Step right up and feast your eyes on some of the kookiest, the finest and the “wtf-ist” cookie jars you have ever seen! All your old favourites are here: Betty Boop, Cookie Monster, Bugs Bunny and…that weird looking head on the second shelf in the picture below!
Okay, this post is only half-joking. I have seen the glory that is the Cookie Jar museum and I am telling you right now that it is worth a visit. It only costs $1 to enter, which is refundable if you buy something, it is in a great area of the city (NEW LOCATION: 3419 N Lincoln Avenue) and it is perfect if you want to see something ridiculously entertaining by yourself or with your sig-o (or first date). If anything, you can amuse yourself by asking Mercedes, the quirky owner, how the heck she got started in the cookie jar business.
If this is not enough to entice you, then you should know that Jazz e Junque has been on the Oprah show with some of her antique jars, and it has supplied cookie jars for the movies Ground Hog Day and Home Alone.
Dev xx
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07/08/2009 at 2:28 pm
HereBeDragons
That is so cute. Thanks for revealing this little gem.
25/08/2009 at 5:53 pm
Mercedes
Jazz’e Junque is relocating to 3419 N Lincoln Avenus. Just a few short blocks away from the Belmont address. It’s right under the Paulina el stop. The phone 773-472-6450 is the same and same web site too http://www.jazzejunque.com.
25/08/2009 at 7:34 pm
makingchicagohome
Thanks, Mercedes!! We will update this immediately!
Best,
Devin
28/08/2009 at 1:09 pm
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