Homerun Inn
4254 W. 31st Street (Google Maps)
Chicago, IL 60623
Phone: 773-247-9696
CPC invaded Home Run Inn on 3/1/06
Snap, this isn't just a frozen pizza company?
Founded in 1947, Home Run Inn has been serving up tasty pizza and classic pasta, sandwiches, and salads since its birth. Plus, it's on the South Side so you know it's good. It's basically 5 miles west of Comiskey Park, standing as a landmark in yet another Chicago neighborhood to undergo massive change in the last half century.
On the outside, you'll quickly notice that they have three parking lots, all of which appeared pretty full. This might be due more to the well organized and busy takeout service they offer than it is to the sit down diners. The dining room is relatively small and has long tables that can accomodate 2 people or can be put together to seat 12. They offer a pizza feast, which is basically $10 a person and you get an order of chicken tenders, cheese sticks, toasted ravioli, garlic bread, salads for everyone, and a one-topping pie for every 4 people.
Our waitress was pleasant, even when it took us awhile to order. This place is not cheap and the ingredient list wasn't as thorough as many places offer nowadays. They do have specials listed and we decided that we had to go with the specialty pies. They are:
- Garlic Fireball - sausage, jalapenoes, giardiniera, all on garlic butter crust
- Laurie's Favorite - spinach, plum tomatoes, all on garlic butter crust
- Nick's Super - sausage, mushrooms, pepper, onions
- Chicago's Best - sausage, pepperoni, smoked bacon
- BBQ Chicken - baked chicken, Sweet Baby Ray's sauce, onions, mozarella, and cheddar
Petey gives Home Run Inn a score of 8.7
I'd like to leave you with a few deep thoughts before you look at the pictures:
This place really hit it out of the park!
Or, this place is a grand slam!
Or, don't swing and miss, come to Home Run Inn!
I may have a future in advertisements and/or talk shows.
Batter up...
Going, going.... gone!
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3 comments:
This place was great all around, and the garlic butter crust really made the pizza stand out. It was crispy and delicious, and its delicate garlic goodness could be tasted in each bite. I thought both pizzas were great. I particularly liked the spinach and tomato pizza, and everything tasted very fresh. I have to say it never occurred to me to have giardiniera on a pizza prior to this outing, but it won me over very quickly. Combined with the jalapenos and sausage, that pizza had some good heat and the flavors worked really well together.
8.5
I also loved this place. I wasn't that big of a fan of the fireball initially, but I reconsidered my thoughts and have concluded that the giardiniera was a big winner. I don't know that I needed the jalapenos however. It made the pizza too acidic and contributed a soggy crust. The other pie, with the tomatoes and spinach was delicious. It was a contrast from the other pizza in that the flavors were all mild but full. I'd like to try their pepperoni but regrettably we didn't have enough members present for a third pie. Despite my earlier compliants of crust sogginess, I think this non-cracker crust was hearty and held up it's ingredients very well. The sauce, alas, was sparse but tasty when present.
Garlic crust is a no-brainer. This place makes me wonder why no one else offers such a thing.
This place reaffirmed why I love pizza so much.
9.0
I liked this place, but now I won't go near it after they cheated scores of Illinois residents by holding a cash-prize video contest in 2008 only to award the prize to a family member. I'll go somewhere the business is honest.
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