Harolds Shrimp & Chicken Coming To Joliet's Downtown

JOLIET, IL — Downtown Joliet's most prolific commercial real estate developer, John Bays, has landed another new business for the Catholic Charities building at the corner of North Ottawa and Cass Streets. Bays told Joliet Patch on Friday that Harolds Shrimp & Chicken will be opening a sit-down and carryout restaurant on part of the lower level of the building along North Ottawa.

Harolds Shrimp & Chicken should be ready to open in about 45 days, Bays told Patch.

Bays bought the property a couple years ago. The three-story brick building, mostly professional offices, includes several employees with the Will County Center for Economic Development, Illinois Marine Towing and Catholic Charities.

Last December, Patch covered the ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the addition of Illinois Marine Towing moving its corporate offices into downtown Joliet.

On Friday afternoon, Joliet Patch interviewed George Anderson, who operates the Harolds Shrimp & Chicken restaurant in Downers Grove. The other Harolds is in downtown Chicago, he noted.

Anderson told Patch he is excited to be expanding his restaurant to Joliet. "I think Joliet's gonna be a very good business," Anderson told Patch. "People love our catfish and shrimp.

"Everything we do is fresh, all the food we cook. This food is cooked to order."

Anderson also mentioned he is now in the process of hiring several cooks and cashiers for his new Joliet restaurant.

He said that employment inquiries can be made to: georgeanderson0826@yahoo.com

His Harolds in Downers Grove website proclaims: "The Finest Fried Chicken, Shrimp and Fish In the Western Suburbs!"

To learn more, check out the restaurant menu for Harolds here.