You Can Buy Syl's Restaurant and Lounge At This Price

ROCKDALE, IL — It's been seven and a half months since Syl's Restaurant and Lounge in Rockdale, a fixture in the Joliet area since 1946, closed its doors. Now, Joliet Patch has learned, the property is being marketed on the commercial real estate website, LoopNet.

You can buy Syl's for $1.1 million, according to the Caton Commercial Real Estate Group. Syl's is at 829 Moen Ave. The restaurant and banquet hall consists of 12,800 square feet.

According to the listing, here are the highlights:

• Fully equipped restaurant ready for new ownership
• Perfect setting for banquet hall or community center
• Private parking lot included
• Multiple dining/meeting rooms
• Impressive four-sided bar with grand piano
• On busy Moen Ave in Rockdale, 2 blocks east of Larkin and less than a half mile south of I-80.

On Jan. 3, Joliet Patch reported that Syl's, which has been a Joliet area fine-dining restaurant institution since 1946, now faces an uncertain future after Maura Williams announced that Syl's is now closed under current management.

"It is with a heavy heart that we share that we are closing our doors under the current management. We thank you for allowing us to be such a special part of your lives over the years. We hope the memories shared with us will live on in your hearts," Williams announced on the Syl's Facebook page.

In October, Patch reported that Don "Duke" Williams, a well-known figure in the Joliet area restaurant community and the owner of Syl's Restaurant & Lounge in Rockdale since 2019, died unexpectedly in the emergency room at St. Joe's hospital in Joliet. Williams was 52 years old.

To check out the listing for yourself, visit Loopnet's listing for Syl's.