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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
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Steve Greenberg

RARE PHOTOS: Ron coomer s sentimental journey | Vintage Vibes

Southwest Side native Ron Coomer at Hale Park’s Field No. 4, where he learned to play baseball from his father. (Steve Greenberg/Chicago Sun-Times)

Where better to begin a morning of touring the old neighborhood than the outsized parking lot of a tiny … wait, is this a Chinese restaurant or isn’t it? Because 63rd Fried Rice, our arranged meeting spot, still has an old sign up top that says Parisse’s Drive-In and boasts of copious Italian meats. So which is it?

“Parisse’s,” Ron Coomer says after steering into the lot in a black BMW 750i. “It’ll always be Parisse’s.”

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