Home Run Inn is a restaurant chain known for their
Chicago-style pizza
Chicago-style pizza is pizza prepared according to several different styles developed in Chicago, widely referred to simply as deep dish pizza due to its cooking style. The pan in which it is baked gives the pizza its characteristically high edg ...
as well as
frozen pizzas. Home Run Inn is headquartered in
Woodridge, Illinois
Woodridge is a village in DuPage County, Illinois, with small portions in Will County, Illinois, Will and Cook County, Illinois, Cook counties, and a south-western suburb of Chicago. Per the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population w ...
, United States.
History
In 1923, Mary and Vincent Grittani owned a small tavern on 31st Street in
Chicago, Illinois
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
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, along with their daughter Loretta and son-in-law Nick Perrino. When a
home run
In baseball, a home run (abbreviated HR) is scored when the ball is hit in such a way that the batter is able to circle the bases and reach home plate safely in one play without any errors being committed by the defensive team. A home run i ...
from a nearby
baseball
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game was hit through the tavern's window, they decided to rename the tavern Home Run Inn. In the 1940s, Mary Grittani developed the pizza recipe that is still being used today. Home Run Inn began selling frozen pizza in the 1950s, selling them in just the Chicago area.
In 1986 and 1996 frozen manufacturing plants were constructed, one in Chicago and the second in Woodridge, Illinois. Home Run Inn is now distributing their Chicago frozen pizza to over 30 states.
Home Run Inn has nine locations, four locations in Chicago and five in the Chicago suburbs. In October 2019, the company announced the opening of their new restaurant next door to its original location on 31st Street in the Little Village neighborhood of Chicago.
Ratings
Home Run Inn was rated the number one frozen pizza in the August 2013 ''Consumer Reports''.
See also
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List of pizza chains of the United States
This is a list of pizza chains of the United States. This list is limited to pizza chain restaurants that are based, headquartered or originated in the United States.
Pizza chains of the United States
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References
External links
* {{Official website, http://www.homeruninnpizza.com
Pizza chains of the United States
Companies based in DuPage County, Illinois
Restaurants in Illinois
Regional restaurant chains in the United States
Restaurants established in 1923
Woodridge, Illinois
1923 establishments in Illinois
Frozen pizza brands
Restaurants in Chicago
Italian restaurants in the United States