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Where to eat in Romeoville, IL
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A few places to eat in Romeoville
- Fat Ricky's Italian · 0.6 miles
646 N Independence Blvd, Romeoville - Franconi's Distinctly Unique Events Bakery · 0.6 miles
648 N Independence Blvd, Romeoville - Ruby's Pancake House Breakfast and Brunch · 0.6 miles
41 Normantown Rd, Romeoville - Original Old World Pizza Pizza · 0.6 miles
660 N Independence Blvd, Romeoville - El Asador Mexican · 0.6 miles
649 N Independence Blvd, Romeoville
The closest few by distance from central Romeoville, 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 Romeoville.
The food scene in Romeoville
Open listings put 71 places to eat within 2 miles of central Romeoville, 1 within a ten-minute walk (half a mile). The most common: pizza (6), Mexican (5) and ice cream (5). 10 are fast-food counters; the rest are sit-down restaurants, cafés, bakeries and takeaway spots.
What stands out in Romeoville is breakfast & brunch and ice cream — types that are listed here at 3 to 4 times the national rate.
By type of food — tap one for what to order and how to spot a good one:
Pizza 6 Mexican 5 Ice cream 5 Sandwiches 4 Breakfast & brunch 4 Burgers 3 Bar & grill 3 Bakery 3 Diner 2 Chicken 2
The food in Romeoville
Romeoville does not have infinite options, and that brings its own problem: you have been to most of them, and picking again is somehow still hard.
Savor Scout picks one restaurant in Romeoville and tells you why it picked it. Say what you're craving and it reads menus and reviews for that specific dish, rather than sorting places by overall star rating. Free, runs in the browser, and one search needs no account.
Eating out in Romeoville
Romeoville has a population of about 39,650. Somewhere this size rewards knowing which places are actually worth the trip. Savor Scout searches up to 35 miles around Romeoville, so places just outside the city are still on the table when they are worth the drive.
Romeoville is a little thinner on options than average
Romeoville 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. Romeoville makes up about 6% 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 Joliet, Bolingbrook, Plainfield, all within Savor Scout's search radius from Romeoville.
County-level counts from the US Census (2022) — how we got these numbers.
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Near Romeoville
- Bolingbrook, IL — about 4 miles away
- Plainfield, IL — about 6 miles away
- Naperville, IL — about 8 miles away
- Joliet, IL — about 8 miles away
- Downers Grove, IL — about 12 miles away
- Orland Park, IL — about 12 miles away
Campuses in and near Romeoville
Each has its own page: what is within walking distance and a few places to start with.
- Lewis University
- Joliet Junior College
- College of DuPage
- Moraine Valley Community College
- Aurora University
How this differs from Google Maps and Yelp
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