The company sells pizzas that are made to order but that the customer cooks at home, McGuire says. "It is a unique concept," he says. Salads and cookies are also for sale at the locations but there are no ovens in its locations or tables, he says.
HomeMade Pizza was founded by Chicago entrepreneurs Eric and Audrey Fosse and opened its first location in the Lake View community of Chicago in 1997. "They got an infusion of some private venture capital money and they want to grow the concept," McGuire says. There will not be any major changes to the way the company operates the locations. "It is still going to work the same way. It is still going to be a carry-out concept," he says.
HomeMade Pizza already had three units in Chicago and locations in Evanston, IL, Winnetka, IL, Glencoe, IL and Highland Park, IL. Northern Realty found three additional locations in Chicago at 5301 N. Clark St. in the Andersonville neighborhood, 3314 N. Broadway in the Lakeview neighborhood and 1546 E. 55th St. in the Hyde Park neighborhood. "They have got a track record in Chicago neighborhoods and they are great neighborhoods for the concept," he says. "They have been looking in these areas for awhile."
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