Homer's Restaurant & Ice Cream — Restaurant in New Trier Township

This is definitely a family friendly place that has something for everyone to eat. Their burgers are better than average and the service is fast and friendly.

On the other hand I stopped in on Saturday March 22nd for a burger. I waited at the counter for a good 3 minutes until the chef in the back called the order takers attention that someone was standing there waiting. A tall thin guy with locks/braids came out as he was shoving a few fries in his mouth. I told him I wanted a double burger with bacon. He asked what I wanted on it and I had asked what comes on it. He said he didn't know and pointed to the menu and told me to take a look it's all there. This is probably the reason why I'm updating this review. As I was waiting for my order I noticed that everyone else was working except for this guy. He was playing around by the ice cream and had a few more fries while everyone else was keeping busy doing their job. The guy is obviously looking for attention and I hope my review helped him get what he was looking for. Also, nothing changes the fact it's still a darn...

My dad used to take us to Homer’s in the 1980’s on our way back from visiting his mom in a nursing home. The only ice cream (and one of few desserts) I ever saw him eat so it has special memories for me. But other than ordering it at restaurants around Chicagoland that carry Homer’s, I haven’t been back in 30 years.

Finally went on a perfect summer midweek afternoon with my mom. It was exactly like I remembered it. Super quaint / fun throw back. We had no wait and when the employee realized we were going to split a small, he said he could do a split small with half of two flavors! I was impressed with this option and with his excellent service.

We ordered the seasonal peach and the pecan praline. Peach was good but the pecan praline was superb (I’m biased - it has their vanilla as the base and I love vanilla). Nice small pieces of nuts not huge chunks.

I used the bathroom and was pleasantly surprised that it was perfectly clean, had paper, and worked well, despite several negative Yelp reviews.

Now I just wonder why it took me 30 years to return. I can’t...

I've always wondered about Homers ice cream. I'd heard so much about it since I moved here. I love peach ice cream. But homers peach ice cream is pretty bad. Its kind of a pinky/salmon in color. We all know that isn't the color of peaches. It doesn't have a vanilla base with peaches. Its just this pink stuff with no Real peach taste. It almost tastes like just flavoring and gums. The mouth feel is not creamy, but gummy. I didn't detect one real peach in it. The container does list ingredients. But I can tell you I get no lovely creamy vanilla with chunks of peaches bursting with peachy ness. I didn't even finish it. Ice-cream is a real treat for me. But it isn't worth eating if it isn't good. I was sooo disappointed. Because people rave...