Chick-fil-A Joliet Opens This Week, Free Food Details Here

JOLIET, IL — Joliet's effort to land a Chick-fil-A took a couple of years but it finally happened. The Atlanta-based Chick-fil-A franchise acquired the old Lone Star Steakhouse property, bulldozed it last summer and built a new fast-food restaurant on the lot with a double-drive thru.

At 6:30 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 14, Chick-fil-A opens for business in Joliet. Get ready, Joliet.

Joliet Patch's previous news articles on the Chick-fil-A project often drew tens of thousands of readers.

On Monday, Chick-fil-A notified Joliet Patch that Kris Yoder is the independent franchised owner/operator of Chick-fil-A Joliet, 2705 Plainfield Road in the Joliet Commons.

Yoder was raised in the Chicago suburbs and joined Chick-fil-A as a restaurant team member just after college, the company said.

“I am excited to have the opportunity to work alongside my neighbors as I serve my team members and the Joliet community,” Yoder said in Monday's news release. “My hope is that this restaurant will become a place where people can come to grow and leave inspired to take good care of others.”

Additionally, Chick-fil-A announced that Chick-fil-A One Members can redeem an offer for a free Chocolate Fudge Brownie via the free Chick-fil-A mobile app beginning Monday, Jan. 11 and lasting through Jan. 23.

The offer can be redeemed at the more than 2,600 participating Chick-fil-A restaurants nationwide by scanning or placing a mobile order via the app. Additional details on the giveaway can be found here.

To check out Chick-fil-A's menu, go here.

Because of the coronavirus pandemic, Joliet's new Chick-fil-A on Plainfield Road near the Louis Joliet Mall will not open its dining room for now.

"New Chick-fil-A restaurants will take additional time to review operations and make sure appropriate precautions are in place before opening their dining rooms, to ensure the safety of guests and team ,embers," the company stated Monday.

According to Chick-fil-A: the new Joliet restaurants will open for drive-thru service and mobile curbside pickup from 6:30 a.m. to 10 p.m., Monday through Saturday.

Chick-fil-A always is closed Sundays.

Third-party delivery will also be offered at Joliet in the coming days. Customers can take advantage of the multi-lane drive-thru, contactless ordering and payment through the Chick-fil-A mobile app, Chick-fil-A said.

In addition to Joliet, Chick-fil-A is opening a new restaurant in Bucktown on Thursday as well as a Chick-fil-A South Loop on Jan. 21 and a Chick-fil-A Elgin on Jan. 21.

About Chick-fil-A, Inc.

Atlanta-based Chick-fil-A, Inc. is a family owned and privately held restaurant company founded in 1967 by S. Truett Cathy. Devoted to serving the local communities in which its franchised restaurants operate, and known for its original chicken sandwich, Chick-fil-A serves freshly prepared food in more than 2,600 restaurants in 47 states, Washington, D.C., and Canada, the company news release states.