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Cemeno's Pizza Cemeno's Pizza has been a family-owned Joliet tradition since 1976. We offer award winning pizza, superb pasta, tasty sandwiches and more!

We still use the same recipes we did when our Grandma Tressie would come in and make our sauces and meatballs, using her hands as measuring cups. We offer a great atmosphere for any occasion! Cemenos is perfect for a night out with friends, a celebration with family, watching your favorite sports, or a business-related event.

10/17/2026

Thanks so much for the review from Chicago Bears History! 🐻

🍂 The Autumn Wind Is a Cocktail! 🍸Your fall lineup is here! Joe’s Dugout is pouring up something new! 🍎🥃 Our seasonal be...
10/17/2026

🍂 The Autumn Wind Is a Cocktail! 🍸

Your fall lineup is here! Joe’s Dugout is pouring up something new! 🍎🥃 Our seasonal beverage menu has arrived, bringing all the cozy, sweet, and spirited flavors of autumn.

🍸 Seasonal Martinis:
🍫 Chocolate Mint
🥜 Nutty Martini
🍬 Candy Cane
🍓 Berry & Merry
🍏 Caramel Apple
🍒 Chocolate Covered Cherry

🍂 Craft Cocktails:🍺 Root B**r Rum
🎃 Pumpkin Russian
🍎 Washington Apple
🍏 White Apple C***r Sangria

☕ Espresso Martinis: Classic, Chocolate, Caramel, and Gingerbread!

Whether you’re craving pumpkin spice, caramel apple sweetness, or a chocolatey martini, we have a new favorite waiting for you. Gather your crew, settle in, and sip your way through the season at Joe’s Dugout! Cheers to fall! 🍁

Serving Smiles Since 1976 ☺️

✨ Sepper Club Specials & Signature Pizza 🍕 Introducing The Sepper Pizza — garlic marinara, Italian sausage, ricotta, gia...
10/16/2026

✨ Sepper Club Specials & Signature Pizza 🍕

Introducing The Sepper Pizza — garlic marinara, Italian sausage, ricotta, giardiniera & mozzarella, finished with a hot honey drizzle. Available exclusively in The Sepper Club at Cemeno’s Pizza.

Join us this Friday & Saturday for Sue’s featured specials:
✨ Hand-Breaded Calamari Fritti
✨ Crispy Arancini with vodka sauce
✨ Homemade Pasta alla Vodka
✨ Sue’s Spicy Pasta

🎶 Settle in with dinner, drinks & live music by Michael Aponte starting at 5 PM.

Your table is waiting at The Sepper Club 🍃

📍 Cemeno’s Pizza | 1630 Essington Rd., Joliet
⭐️ Friday & Saturday Soft Openings | Dinner Service

🍺 Thursdays Hit Different in the Dugout! It’s Drafty Thursday at Cemeno’s Pizza!🍻 $3 Domestic Pints🍻 $4 Premium PintsGol...
10/15/2026

🍺 Thursdays Hit Different in the Dugout!

It’s Drafty Thursday at Cemeno’s Pizza!

🍻 $3 Domestic Pints
🍻 $4 Premium Pints

Gold Card in your wallet? Your price gets even better. 🏆

Joe’s Dugout Pint Club members pay just $2 for domestic pints and $3 for premium pints today!

Join for $15 and get:
🍺 A commemorative 2026 Pint Club glass
💳 Your Gold Membership Card
⭐ $1 OFF draft b**rs every day — even pints already on special!

Grab your seat, raise a pint, and ask your bartender about joining the club.

📍 Joe’s Dugout at Cemeno’s Pizza
1630 Essington Rd., Joliet

🍂 This Weekend in The Sepper Club! 🍂🎶 Michael Aponte is BACK! Friday at 5:00pm in the Sepper Club 🎤You loved him last ti...
10/14/2026

🍂 This Weekend in The Sepper Club! 🍂

🎶 Michael Aponte is BACK! Friday at 5:00pm in the Sepper Club 🎤

You loved him last time, and we’re excited to welcome him back to The Sepper Club at Cemeno’s! Michael brings a wonderful mix of multicultural music, acoustic guitar, and live vocals that make the perfect soundtrack for your dinner.

🍽️ Dinner Specials: To Be Announced!

Come settle in, grab a drink, enjoy some great food, and spend your Friday or Saturday evening with us during our Soft Openings!

As we build toward our grand opening (date to be announced), be sure to check out our Sepper Club menu teaser on our NEW website! 👇

🔗 cemenospizza.com

🍷 The Sepper Club at Cemeno’s Pizza
📍 1630 Essington Rd., Joliet

Serving Smiles Since 1976 ❤️

🍂🍺 What a weekend, Joliet.THANK YOU! ❤️We were absolutely blown away by the turnout and support for Octoberfest at Cemen...
10/12/2026

🍂🍺 What a weekend, Joliet.

THANK YOU! ❤️

We were absolutely blown away by the turnout and support for Octoberfest at Cemeno’s. Seeing our tents filled with friends, families, familiar faces and new ones meant so much to our family.

From the live music and stein hoists to the bags tournament and kids corner, you brought the energy and made this weekend something special.

A huge thank you to our sponsors and partners who helped make it happen:

🎤 D'Arcy Buick GMC— Octoberfest LIVE! presenting sponsor
🥨 Milano Bakery — Food Court
🍻 Kozol Brothers — B**r Garden
💪 Goose Island & Kozol Brothers — Stein Hoist
🏆 Mark Meers/Spring Realty — October Madness Bags Tournament
🎈 JJ Inflatables & Party Rentals — Kids Corner bounce house

And to our incredible staff, musicians and everyone who worked behind the scenes — thank you for the hard work and heart you poured into this weekend.

Special thank you to Cadillac Groove, Scramble, and Wurst Käse Scenario Band for rocking the house all weekend! 🎸🎶

Here are a few of our favorite moments. 📸

Fifty years into serving this community, weekends like this remind us how lucky we are to be part of it. From our family to yours — thank you for showing up, celebrating with us and making more memories at Cemeno’s. ❤️

🐻 A massive Super Sunday at Joe’s Dugout! 🏈BEARS vs PACKERSThe rivalry. The crowd. The best seat in town. Get your crew ...
10/11/2026

🐻 A massive Super Sunday at Joe’s Dugout! 🏈

BEARS vs PACKERS

The rivalry. The crowd. The best seat in town. Get your crew together and bring the energy — we’ve got a BIG day of Bears football ahead! 🐻⬇️

🍺 $1 Busch Light Cans
🍅 $3 OFF Bloody Marys
🪣 $15 Domestic Buckets
🍻 $3 Miller Lite Pints
🍺 $4 Blue Moon & Peroni Pints

🏆 Over 50 members have already joined our Pint Club — and the savings keep pouring!

Members get $1 OFF all draft b**rs EVERY DAY — even when they’re already on special. That means $2 Miller Lite pints and $3 Blue Moon & Peroni pints today! 🙌

Join for $15 and get your commemorative 2026 pint glass, Gold Membership Card and access to exclusive member perks. Ask your bartender to get you in the club!

Let’s pack the Dugout. Bear Down! 🐻⬇️

⭐️ Joe’s Dugout at Cemeno’s Pizza
📍 1630 Essington Rd., Joliet

🍻 Octoberfest goes LIVE tonight!! 🥨🎶🎸 SCRAMBLE takes the stage at 6 PM! One of the best bands around and a crowd favorit...
10/10/2026

🍻 Octoberfest goes LIVE tonight!! 🥨🎶

🎸 SCRAMBLE takes the stage at 6 PM! One of the best bands around and a crowd favorite you won’t want to miss!

We’re here RIGHT NOW serving up all your Octoberfest favorites! 🍕🥨🍺 Come early, grab some food, and beat the rush before the party gets started!

Good food, cold drinks, live music, and Octoberfest vibes all night long! 🍻

Come celebrate with us at Cemeno’s! 🎉

Serving smiles since 1976 😊

🎶 Cadillac Groove goes LIVE in less than an hour! 🎸🍕 Grab a slice of pizza, some pretzel sticks, and a cold b**r while y...
10/09/2026

🎶 Cadillac Groove goes LIVE in less than an hour! 🎸

🍕 Grab a slice of pizza, some pretzel sticks, and a cold b**r while you enjoy the music!

🥨 Come soak up the Octoberfest ambiance at Cemeno’s for our very first Octoberfest! 🍻🎶

🍺 7 PM Stein Hoist
🎶 7:30 PM start time!

You won’t want to miss it! See you soon!

Cadillac Groove



Serving smiles since 1976 😊

10/08/2026

Cemeno’s Inaugural Octoberfest begins tomorrow! 🍂

October 9 & 10 are almost here! Hear Marky tell us what’s in store for this exciting weekend.

Here’s your weekend lineup 👇

🍂 Friday, October 9 | 4 PM–Close
🎶 5:30 PM — Wurst Käse Scenario Band
💪 7 PM — Stein Hoist Competition
🎤 7:30–10:30 PM — Cadillac Groove

🍂 Saturday, October 10 | 11 AM–Close
🏆 Noon — October Madness Bags Tournament
🎤 6–10 PM — Scramble
💪 Stein Hoist Competition during Scramble’s intermission

Plus, enjoy our food court featuring Milano Bakery, b**r garden, and Kids Corner with pumpkin painting, face painting, and a bouncy house! 🎨🥨🍻

Dine-in, carry-out, and delivery will also be available all weekend!

📍 Cemeno’s Pizza | 1630 Essington Rd., Joliet

Bring the family and come celebrate with us! ❤️

10/07/2026

This has been one of the greatest years in the history of Joliet's Cemenos Pizza, started exactly 50 years ago in Joliet by Joe Cemeno. | Link in comments ⬇️

Your Food Court & B**r Garden menus are here! 👀 Grab a bite and a cold drink under the big tents — right where all the a...
10/06/2026

Your Food Court & B**r Garden menus are here! 👀

Grab a bite and a cold drink under the big tents — right where all the action is at Octoberfest at Cemeno’s!

🍕 Food Court • Sponsored by Milano Bakery
…. and stay tuned for our signature Octoberfest Item coming soon! 🥨

🍺 B**r Garden • draft trailer Sponsored by Kozol Brothers

⭐️ Two days of food, music & fall fun:
📅 Friday, Oct. 9:
Tents open at 4 PM • Cadillac Groove at 7:30 PM
📅 Saturday, Oct. 10:
Tents open at 11 AM • Scramble at 7:30 PM

🎨 Plus face painting, bounce houses, pumpkin painting, stein hoist competitions & Saturday’s October Madness Bags Tournament!

🍽️ The restaurant will be open, too! Stop inside for a drink at either bar or enjoy a meal in The Sepper Club or Joe’s Dugout before heading back out to the festivities.

Bring your friends, bring the family & come celebrate with our community! ❤️

📍 Cemeno’s Pizza | 1630 Essington Rd., Joliet
🔗 First Annual Octoberfest at Cemeno's! 🥨🍻

10/05/2026

⭐️ Bingo At The Park is BACK tonight! ⭐️

Help us welcome MC Ben!🎙️

We’re keeping the energy going with FREE Bingo for all dine-in customers. Bring your crew, grab a drink, and see if tonight is your lucky night! 🍀

Plus, enjoy our Monday specials:

🍕 Pinsa Breads — $9.50
🍸 Martini Monday — $6 House, $7 Tito’s, or $8 Top-Shelf

6pm Doors open, cards are ready, and Ben is on the mic. 🎤

See you At The Park! 🌳

🏈 Super Sunday is BACK in the Dugout! 🐻⬇️The Bears are back on the field, and there’s no better place to spend your Sund...
10/04/2026

🏈 Super Sunday is BACK in the Dugout! 🐻⬇️

The Bears are back on the field, and there’s no better place to spend your Sunday than Joe’s Dugout at Cemeno’s! 🍻

🐻 BEARS vs. JETS
⏰ Kickoff at 12:00 PM

We’ve got the TVs, the game-day atmosphere, and Super Sunday specials all day:

🍺 $1 Busch Light Cans
🍹 $3 OFF Bloody Marys
🪣 $15 Domestic Buckets
🍺 $3 Miller Lite Pints
🍺 $4 Blue Moon & Peroni Pints

⭐ PLUS — the Joe’s Dugout Pint Club starts today!

We’re officially accepting members. Join for $15 and get your commemorative 2026 Pint Club glass, Gold Membership Card, $1 OFF drafts every day, and access to exclusive Pint Club promotions & specials. 🏆🍺

The Dugout is Back. See you for kickoff! 🐻⬇️

⭐ Joe’s Dugout at Cemeno’s Pizza
📍 1630 Essington Rd., Joliet

Address

1630 Essington Road
Joliet, IL
60435

Opening Hours

Monday 11am - 9pm
Tuesday 11am - 9pm
Wednesday 11am - 9pm
Thursday 11am - 9:30pm
Friday 11am - 10:30pm
Saturday 11am - 10:30pm
Sunday 11am - 9pm

Telephone

+1 815-254-2500

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