1600 block of W IRVING PARK RD
8 restaurants have held a licence on this block since 2002. 4 are trading today. Lake View.
Everyone who has traded here
Oldest first, from the City of Chicago’s licence record. A closing year is the year the licence lapsed, which trails the day the door shut — often by many months.
| Restaurant | Concept | Address | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diner grill | Breakfast / Diner | 1635 W IRVING PARK RD | 2001 – open |
| PAPA ROMEO'S PIZZA | Italian / Pizza | 1617 W IRVING PARK RD | 2001 – 2012 Confirmed: an inspection or the operator dated it |
| CORDIS BROTHERS SUPPER CLUB | Restaurant (unspecified) | 1625 W IRVING PARK RD | 2002 – 2007 Inferred: dated from a licence that lapsed |
| MIMI'S SPECIALTY SUBS & SANDWICHES INC. | Sandwich / Sub | 1612 W IRVING PARK RD | 2003 – 2004 Confirmed: an inspection or the operator dated it |
| PAPA ROMEO PIZZA, VENICE PIZZA | Italian / Pizza | 1617 W IRVING PARK RD 1ST | 2012 – 2016 Confirmed: an inspection or the operator dated it |
| SIDECAR LR | Restaurant (unspecified) | 1614 W IRVING PARK RD | 2015 – open |
| STARBUCKS COFFEE #48615 | Coffee / Cafe | 1601 W IRVING PARK RD 1ST | 2017 – open |
| POPEYES # 2857 | Fried Chicken | 1600 W IRVING PARK RD | 2025 – open |
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What the block does not tell you
A block that has turned over often is worth knowing about before signing on it, but the count on its own is not a verdict — a busy corridor churns partly because it is busy. The read scores a specific concept for a specific operator against one storefront's own record, which is the question this page cannot answer.
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