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Where to eat in Joliet, IL
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A few places to eat in Joliet
- The Blue Taco Taco · under 0.1 miles
79 N Chicago St, Joliet - Richardson's Bistro Comfort Food · 0.1 miles
81 N Chicago St, Joliet - Palma's Latin Food Venezuelan · 0.1 miles
81 N Chicago St Ste 104, Joliet - CUT 158 Chophouse Steakhouse · 0.1 miles
110 N Chicago St, Joliet - El Camaleon Bar & Grill Barbecue · 0.1 miles
103 N Ottawa St, Joliet
The closest few by distance from central Joliet, not a ranking — local places listed ahead of chains. Listings from Overture Maps open data (September 2026); hours and openings change, so check before you go. Want one picked for what you're craving instead? Ask Savor Scout in Joliet.
The food scene in Joliet
Open listings put 149 places to eat within 2 miles of central Joliet, 39 within a ten-minute walk (half a mile). The most common: Mexican (32), bar & grill (9) and pizza (7). 8 are fast-food counters; the rest are sit-down restaurants, cafés, bakeries and takeaway spots.
What stands out in Joliet is Venezuelan, Mexican and bar & grill — types that are listed here at 2 to 43 times the national rate.
By type of food — tap one for what to order and how to spot a good one:
Mexican 32 Bar & grill 9 Pizza 7 Ice cream 7 Bakery 6 American 5 Barbecue 5 Donuts 4 Seafood 4 Venezuelan 4
The food in Joliet
Joliet has more than enough places to eat — the trouble is choosing between them without spending longer deciding than eating.
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Eating out in Joliet
Joliet has a population of about 147,806. A city this size has real range, and range is what makes the decision slow. Savor Scout searches up to 35 miles around Joliet, so places just outside the city are still on the table when they are worth the drive.
Joliet is a little thinner on options than average
Joliet sits in Will County, where the Census counts 412 full-service restaurants, 579 limited-service places, 126 cafés and snack bars and 88 bars — 1,205 places to eat or drink in all. Joliet makes up about 21% of the county's population.
That is 17.3 per 10,000 residents, a little under the national median of 19.4. Fewer options than average, which makes picking the right one matter more. Counter service clearly outnumbers sit-down — more a drive-through town than a linger-over-dinner one.
Those county figures also cover Bolingbrook, Plainfield, Romeoville, all within Savor Scout's search radius from Joliet.
County-level counts from the US Census (2022) — how we got these numbers.
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Near Joliet
- Romeoville, IL — about 8 miles away
- Plainfield, IL — about 10 miles away
- Bolingbrook, IL — about 12 miles away
- Orland Park, IL — about 14 miles away
- Tinley Park, IL — about 15 miles away
- Naperville, IL — about 16 miles away
Campuses in and near Joliet
Each has its own page: what is within walking distance and a few places to start with.
How this differs from Google Maps and Yelp
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