Suburban Pizza Joint Becomes 'Little Nero's Pizza' From Home Alone

PARK RIDGE, IL — A suburban pizza restaurant this month has gotten into the holiday spirit with a pop-up tribute to the 1990 film "Home Alone."

Easy Street Pizza, at 711 Devon St. in Park Ridge, is paying homage to "Little Nero's Pizza," the fictional Winnetka pizza joint from which the film's protagonist Kevin McCallister gets a delivery — right before he terrorizes the delivery driver with audio from the fictional "Angels With Filthy Souls" movie.

The special Little Nero's menu includes Marv's toasted raviolis, Buzz's ham and cheese sliders, KEVIN!!!'s fried chicken mac-n-cheese and a Home Alone sundae.

Cocktails themed after the holiday classic include a What Kind of Mother Am I, an Uncle Frank and a Wet Bandits' hot chocolate.

Pizza boxes branded with the logo of the fictional eatery — itself a satire of Little Caesars — are available pickup or delivery.

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Decorations include holiday stockings for each member of the McCallister family and murals referencing the holiday classic.

"We have been running the Little Nero's Pizza boxes promotion for a couple years now and it took off so well we decided to expand into a full Home Alone Pop Up and it has been a blast," Easy Pizza spokesperson Shannon Hess told Patch.

"Parents and kids love it," and reservations are strongly recommended, according to Hess.

The pizza pop-up is not the only Park Ridge connection to "Home Alone."

Kevin's older brother, Buzz, is clad in a letterman jacket from Maine South High School, although the McCallister family lives in New Trier.

While the wardrobe choice may have been in error, it could also have been a sly suggestion that Maine South had an ineligible player.

Earlier this year, Maine South High School admitted that non-residents played on its football team, and the Illinois High School Association invalidated the results of its 2022 season, placing it on probation through the end of the 2023-24 school year.