Restaurants & Bars

4 Joliet Restaurants Get Liquor Licenses Approved By Council

Joliet's City Council offered no opposition to granting the four additional Class B liquor licenses, including one for Cracker Barrel.

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The Joliet Cracker Barrel restaurant is located at the Houbolt Road exit along Interstate 80. It's address is 1511 Riverboat Circle Drive.
The Joliet Cracker Barrel restaurant is located at the Houbolt Road exit along Interstate 80. It's address is 1511 Riverboat Circle Drive. (Google Maps )

JOLIET, IL — The Joliet City Council, in unanimous votes, approved four new Class B liquor licenses at Tuesday night's meeting. The most widely known restaurant approved for a new liquor license was the Cracker Barrel restaurant located near the Interstate 80 exit at Houbolt Road at 1511 Riverboat Center Drive.

Separately, the Council voted on approving a liquor license for the Rosemary Cafe restaurant at 1730 Essington Road. Joliet restaurant owner Bill Dimitroulas opened the Rosemary Cafe in late December at the former Sonny's Delite on Essington Road.

Rosemary Cafe opened in December. It's loaded with 10 different flavors of sweet crepes. You can find strawberry, banana, berry, Nutella, tres leche, salted caramel cheese cake, chocolate and fruit swirl, banana caramel cream, double chocolate and double de leche. John Ferak/Patch

The same Joliet businessman who owns the Rosemary Cafe, CUT 158 Chophouse and the Hamburgerseria restaurant also received approval at Tuesday night's meeting to obtain a liquor license for Juliet's Tavern, which is in downtown Joliet at the corner of Chicago and Cass Streets.

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Juliet's is expected to reopen with a different menu under the new ownership later this summer.

The owners of Hamburgerseria, CUT 158 Chophouse and Rosemary Cafe acquired Juliet's Tavern in March. John Ferak/Joliet Patch Editor

The fourth liquor license approved on Tuesday night is for the Red Crab Juicy Seafood that opened last December at 2314 West Jefferson St.

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The new Red Crab Juicy Seafood opened in December in Joliet at 2314 West Jefferson Street. John Ferak/Patch

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