Pizza Ranch Reveals Grand Opening Date For Shorewood

SHOREWOOD, IL — For people who have been wondering when the new Pizza Ranch will ever open in Shorewood near the Interstate exit for Jefferson Street, the answer was revealed by restaurant officials on the Fourth of Joliet.

In Tuesday afternoon's Facebook announcement, the Pizza Ranch Funzone Arcade revealed that "We’ll be opening to the public on Monday, July 17th at 11 a.m. We can’t wait to serve the Shorewood community. Keep watching for Soft Opening giveaways coming soon."

According to the Pizza Ranch website: "Buffet Your Way is what makes Pizza Ranch famous. Read about buffet food options including pizza, chicken, salads, sides and desserts."

The addition of Pizza Ranch is the biggest Joliet area restaurant announcement of the year, second only in anticipation of the new Joliet-Plainfield Olive Garden that opened on April 10.

The Shorewood Pizza Ranch Facebook's Fourth of July post has garnered 149 Likes, 73 comments and get this: 125 Facebook Shares.

One person named Aaron posted this: "I'm so excited, and I just can't hide it

"I'm about to lose control and I think I like it.

"I'm so excited, and I just can't hide it

"And I know, I know, I know, I know, I know I want Crispy Ranch Chicken!"

Even though the Shorewood Pizza Ranch has not even opened, it already shows six 5 star reviews on Google Reviews:

• "Had it at Wisconsin dells, awesome chicken, pizza and salads. They made me a big Mac pizza."
• "Still cannot wait for this location to open up I've been waiting for almost 1½yrs for them to hurry up and get open pizza ranch deserves a bunch of locations across the country not just Michigan and Wisconsin."
• "My only complaint is I wish there were more of them."
• "I love it especially fried chicken."