Troha's Chicken & Shrimp House - Since 1917
11am to 8pm
Tuesday-Sunday
Closed Monday
Troha’s Chicken & Shrimp House is Chicago’s oldest family-run seafood restaurant, serving hand-breaded shrimp, fish, and classic sides since 1917. Located in Little Village, we cook every order fresh and deliver across the entire city through Trohas.com. For more than a century, customers have trusted Troha’s for quality, tradition, and real Chicago flavor.
1970's-1990's Charles & Joey prop.
1940's-1960's. Joseph "Smoky" Troha prop.
About us
A Stein of Beer and a Bowl of Chilli for 5 CENTS.
That's what the sign on the door read on opening day 1917.
The Tavern continued that way until chili meat became scarce during the depression. The business then switched to smoke fish & Fresh fish. Then one day in 1935 a new item appeared at the market, SHRIMP.
Because Chicagoans never saw shrimp before, it had to be given out as a free sample, either smoked or boiled. A few years later, after a trip to New Orleans, the idea of deep frying shrimp came to Chicago and we became the first shrimp house in Chicago.
In 1959 Troha's became Chicago's First carry out Chicken. Before 1959 the only way you could get fried chicken was in a restaurant. We perfected the carry out deep frying method six years before Chicken Unlimited and KFC.
We continue our commitment -using fresh ingredients & Original recipes
Same Place - Same Taste - Since 1917
Business Today: 2000- Robert & Steven prop.
An old fashioned way of doing business is still the standard at Troha's. You'll find the fourth generation owners working behind the counter right along with staff that always double checks your order.
Free salad samples, free sauce and curb side pickup when you can't find parking.
1917-1930's Great Grampa George - Founder