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Chinese Buffet

Sunday, November 18, 2012

New BC Osaka Chinese Buffet/Stir Fry/Sushi Restaurant Opens Tuesday

This will be the fourth in a chain owned by Peter Zheng, who charges just one price for an all-you-can-eat menu.

The owner of Joliet's newest restaurant is hoping that buffet tables laden with Chinese food and made-to-order stir fry and sushi -- all without limit and for one price -- will prove too good a deal for customers to pass up. BC Osaka, the fourth in a chain owned by Peter Zheng, opens Tuesday. It fills the 2811 Plainfield Road location, across from the Louis Joliet Mall, that had been home to Old Country Buffet until it closed in January. The 10,000-square-foot restaurant can seat 350 people, Zheng said, and will employ 12 to 15 full- and part-time staff members. They're still hiring, he said. The interior space has been completely remodeled in a green-and-beige color scheme, and seven or eight buffet tables line the front of the restaurant…

john salazar

7:30 pm on Saturday, February 16, 2013

Food wise its pretty good. BUT we went in January and were seated at a booth didn't notice it untill we were almost done but my wife pointed at the light fixture that hangs about 18" above the table which was coated with grime and dead bugs. We just went tonight and I noticed a few things that bothered me. First the table was cleaned right as we got there the woman used just a washrag to clean …   more ›

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