Cory Paytes, Travis Gamble and Josiah McCroskey, all 22 years old, face charges in the holdups of various restaurants, including Domino's and Papa John's.
The armed robberies occurred over the past 14 months.
Police say in some of the stickups, workers were attacked, bound with duct tape and ordered to "crawl into the cooler."
The robberies happened in Naperville, Oswego, St. Charles and Lisle.