Home Run Inn Pizza

Just a few corrections.  Contrary to other reviews and much to my disappointment the parking in the area is not zoned so you don't have to worry about a ticket.  While I agree that the parking lot is too small for the restaurant there is plenty of street parking if you don't mind walking over 100 yards, if you do then parking is very difficult.  As far as it being located in Morgan Park not Beverly, so the is Beverly Arts Center and Leona's- Beverly.   I hope the place does well but I have no desire to go there, it looks like a Best Buy with all the giant TVs from the outside.

Yelp is right, this is located in Morgan Park--but the restaurant bills itself as being in BEVERLY.  Nope: it's a quarter mile south of Beverly.

The mentailty of Wannabevs goes like this: "We SAY it's in Beverly because Beverly is a "nicer" neighborhood, with "nicer" establishments than MP." But wait! If these nice establishments are actually in Morgan Park, doesn't that mean that MP is by definition a nice neighborhood?

Yeah, I know the Wannbev phenom is egotism fueled by passively-aggressive racism, but come on, Home Run Inn.

Anyway, moving on from the deceptive advertising, let's talk about the food.

We ordered takeout because the postage-stamp-sized parking lot is always packed, and most of the street parking is permit only. We bought burgers--mine was $14. It came with fries, which were limp from soaking in grease. The burger was just okay. You can get a better meal and a better deal at one of the many family restaurants nearby.  I've noticed that there's a sort of designer burger trend happening out there, but it would help to master a basic burger and then embellish it rather than try to create these monstrosities that are so-so.

As for the pizza, we have our favorite place and I doubt HRI could match that.  We'll probably order pizza at some point, but again, the prices are a lot higher than the competition, and if it's a substandard product, I'll be disappointed.

But probably not surprised.

Not bad.  Surly manager, decent service. No parking in lot, so park on street.  Enjoy the $75 ticket! Zone parking at 9:30 pm on 109th st? WTF! We will not be back. Thanks Chicago, really helping out the neighborhood business.