Good Idea, Poor Outcome

The Home Run Inn Pizza on Western- An unforeseen neighborhood disaster. We didn't get what we thought we were going to get. 

We envisioned a place where families could walk to for a nice pizza pie. 

Instead we got a very troubled institution that families will not dare enter

Home Run Inn Pizza is a Chicago Institution known for their excellent pizzas which are even leading sellers in many grocery stores as frozen pizzas.
When Home Run Inn contracted to put a pizza restaurant into a long vacant building on the northwest corner of 109th and Western it was hailed by all as a huge neighborhood win. There were press releases and much excitement among the community leaders. Even though our ward has as many fine pizza places as any in the city, Home Run Inn was big time and welcomed with open arms. Also, Home Run Inn was only going to offer dine in with no delivery so as to not take away much business from other pizza establishments that had been in our community for so long.  
Shortly after the announcement, problems began to surface. Home Run Inn as a policy does not use non union labor for construction. Yet when building began, non union labor was being used almost exclusively on the project. Because we live in a community that is known for being strongly pro labor,
the use of non union labor led to protest, pickets, excessive sidewalk and auto traffic congestion due to fellow union members stopping by or slowing their cars down to voice their support. It also led to noise pollution due to excessive car horn beeping by union members showing their support for picketing workers.
The next problem arose when the local grocery store to the north of Home Run Inn refused to allow Home Run Inn patrons to use their parking lot. 
There was also limited parking on Western Avenue which complicated matters further because customers from other businesses also parked on Western and were forced to find alternate parking.
Parking permits had to be issued for local neighbors so that Home Run Inn customers did not take the residents’ home parking spaces. 
When Home Run Inn finally did open, there were initial problems that all new businesses face upon first opening such as customer complaints of not being seating fast enough. One observation made by many was that the restaurant was too small for the customer demand. There were other maybe unjustified complaints.
In any event, many locals who like to patronize neighborhood establishments stopped dining in. Some began ordering take out which also proved burdensome due to the small parking lot. 
Home Run Inn eventually sought a permit to deliver to customers. This has not be been granted at this time.It then proved to be difficult to keep the local neighborhood staff because they were not receiving the generous tips that they depended on and received from customers who knew them for years.  
There have also been constant neighborhood complaints from problems arising from Home Run Inn in Beverly. Home Run Inn employees regularly take local residential neighbor parking spots where there is no permitted parking. Often times trash from take-out meals is left on the neighbors’ lawns.
Although there are signs for permitted residential parking only, Home Run Inn patrons continuously ignore them. Several residents even frequently get boxed into their own driveways. It is only occasionally that police officers will ticket these violators because police man power is stretched so thin in the ward. 
Many of these parking violators also leave behind smoked pot “roaches” and empty drug baggies on the residents’ lawns.
Many nights patrons leave Home Run Inn and disturb the neighbors with very loud and sometimes vulgar language and arguments. There have been several fights and other disturbances where police have been called.
There have also been several neighbor complaints of gunshots. There is even a documented shooting on the 109th block of Artesian where a bullet shredded the fence of one neighbor, traveled through into the next neighbor’s yard where the Chicago Police recovered the bullet lodged in that neighbor’s garage.
Now Barracco's is seeking something even larger. What should be done? 
This was sent to me by a local resident.