Name: Chez Joel Bistro Francais
Address: 1119 W Taylor St, Chicago, IL, 60607
Telephone: (312) 226-6479
Price range: $$$

Chez Joel Bistro Francais

Food + DrinkLittle Italy · French Community-sourced, unverified

📍 1119 W Taylor St, Chicago, IL 60607

Chez Joel is the kind of restaurant that makes you forget you're three blocks from a Little Italy pizza counter — a proper Southern French bistro, running since 1999, with escargot bathed in garlic butter, coq au vin, and a courtyard that opens up when the weather cooperates.

$$$

Chef Joel Kazouini's menu doesn't chase trends; it's duck liver pâté and pommes frites done the way they've always been done, and the reviews (OpenTable puts it near a 4.8 out of nearly 2,800 diners) back up the consistency. There's no happy hour or discount to flag — Chez Joel doesn't need one.

It survives on being quietly excellent in a neighborhood mostly known for red sauce, and on being the kind of place regulars book for anniversaries rather than impulse.

Hours

Mon-Thu5-9PM

Fri-Sat5-10PM

Sunclosed (confirm before visiting)

🥡 Takeout unconfirmed 📞 (312) 226-6479

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❔Wheelchair access: unverified

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Chez Joel Bistro Francais

Chez Joel is the kind of restaurant that makes you forget you're three blocks from a Little Italy pizza counter — a proper Southern French bistro, running since 1999, with escargot bathed in garlic butter, coq au vin, and a courtyard that opens up when the weather cooperates.

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