Monday's confirmation of Olive Garden expanding to Joliet marked one of the city's biggest restaurant success stories in many years.
The new Olive Garden will open near the Costco store off Interstate 55 and Route 30 in the Joliet and Plainfield area.
James Sankey, owner of Cheesecakes By James, 81 N. Chicago St., just launched a Cheesecake-athon for the holidays.
In October, Joliet Patch broke the news that CUT 158 Chophouse will be moving into the Two Rialto Square Building of John Bays.
Joliet's City Council could vote on a liquor license transfer from O'Charleys Irish Pub to Karen Talmadge, who already has Crybabies Tap.
Patch asked Portillo's vice president of construction just how many cars can squeeze into the new triple drive-thru opening in Joliet.
In the middle of cooking 1,010 Greek chickens, the oven at Niko's Pizzeria broke down for an hour, causing delays for customers.
At least 80 attended Tuesday evening's first meeting of the new Joliet Region Food and Beverage Association at Heroes West.
Rico Wilson said he plans to be a hands-on owner at JD's BBQ which opens Wednesday evening at 221 Ruby Street.
Niko's has been at 20 Ohio St. in Joliet for 12 years. It's fast-food takeout. Niko's also does its share of deliveries and large catering.
The new Joliet restaurant will be called Tamales Korinna, and there will be free food for everybody at the grand opening event.
Property investor Bill Aeschlimann had planned to call the place the Courtside Sports Bar and open in 2018. It never materialized.
CUT 158 Chophouse owner Bill Dimitroulas told Joliet Patch about plans to move into a new location in Joliet's downtown come January.
Taps Tips BBQ Smokehouse opened in January 2020 at 3111 Theodore St. The new Joliet restaurant and sports bar is in the Duck Creek Plaza.
The Aurelio's restaurant in Joliet was shut down three separate times in 2020 by the governor's coronavirus directives.
After efforts to sell Truth were unsuccessful, a sign advertising the property was available for lease recently appeared in the window.
Michael and Nick Polimenakos, the sons of the Louis' Family Restaurant owner on Jefferson Street, are opening their own Joliet restaurant.
The Joliet Chamber of Commerce's Mike Paone announced the seven Joliet area restaurants will hold their first meeting at Oct. 26 at Heroes.
The Joliet City Council will likely vote on the proposed liquor license transfer at next Tuesday's regular meeting.
Joliet's one and only Long John Silver's operated at 2421 West Jefferson St. and now it is permanently closed. Will you miss it?
The new restaurant will be filling the void created when Chicago Style Grill left 221 Ruby Street in July.
The new dine-in and carryout restaurant on Route 30 hoped to draw customers from Joliet, Plainfield, Crest Hill, Shorewood and Romeoville.
Brothers Rick and Mike Trafton are at it again. This time, they've added a former Frito-Lay delivery truck to their fleet of party vehicles.
Four brothers raised in a Lebanese household agreed to start a new Joliet Mediterranean restaurant, naming it AMBA.
Chefy's Kitchen & Catering at 1511 Plainfield Road had attracted lots of new customers despite the coronavirus outbreak.
Raising Cane’s was founded by Todd Graves in 1996 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, according to the company's website.
Joliet area commercial real estate developer Charles Sharp told Joliet Patch the new restaurant replacing Barolo's will be impressive.
Joliet Patch Editor John Ferak looks back at several of the most memorable stories from September.
This marks the second Robeks franchise in the state of Illinois. The first one is in Naperville.
After being closed nearly four months, Joshua Betts has reopened his restaurant on Black Road, changing the name and changing his menu.
Commercial real estate developer Charles Sharp tells Joliet Patch the new restaurant replacing Barolo's will be impressive.
Monday marked the first day of business for the popular Chicago area restaurant that opened at 2228 Plainfield Road in Crest Hill.
Guy and Melissa Turi have sold their Barolo Restaurant, they announced Monday on social media.
About half of The Joliet Route 66 Diner's customers are out of town tourists visiting Joliet as part of the Historic Route 66 experience.
Tuesday afternoon marked the retirement party for Ken and Pat Reimer, who closed Chicken-N- Spice in Joliet after 42 years of business.
The new addition on Joliet's west side marks the seventh Domino's Pizza to open in the area.
The salmonella outbreak likely impacted people who at the Morris restaurant during the first week of September.
The Smallcakes storefront will be at 2410 West Jefferson Street, Suite 106. That's the same strip mall that is near the Walmart Supercenter.
Downtown Joliet's premier restaurant, Chicken-N-Spice, closes forever Sept. 14. That means Niko's Pizzeria may draw even more customers.
O'Charleys Irish Pub became one of Joliet's most popular neighborhood watering holes for decades. The Charley family closed it Aug. 17.