Restaurants & Bars

Beef Shack Opens On Jefferson Street

The highly anticipated fast-food beef sandwich shop is near Jefferson Street and Stryker Avenue.

JOLIET, IL - The word is out and people around Joliet are flocking to the hottest addition along West Jefferson Street. The award-winning Beef Shack restaurant opened on Tuesday. The new restaurant opened inside the former Taco Bell restaurant, which had been sitting vacant in recent years and had turned into an eyesore. But those days are over.

After several months of building renovations, the new place looks fantastic.

On Wednesday, the place was busy and the drive-thru window has been super busy, remarked general manager Charles Burch. He is very excited to open the first Beef Shack restaurant in Joliet.

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What makes Beef Shack special? The answer is simple. Beef Shack is Home of the Cheezy Beef.

Located at 1606 W. Jefferson St. Beef Shack is available for carryout, delivery, drive-thru and catering. Its business phone number is 815-714-2287.

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Joliet Patch Editor John Ferak visited Wednesday afternoon to meet the staff and capture the following photos for this story.

General managers of the Joliet Beef Shack, Charles Burch and Eric Reeves.

Images via John Ferak/Joliet Patch

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