2000 block of S WELLS ST
8 restaurants have held a licence on this block since 2002. 2 are trading today. Chinatown.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MULAN RESTAURANT | Restaurant (unspecified) | 2017 S WELLS ST 2ND | 2006 – 2012 Confirmed: an inspection or the operator dated it |
| LAO MA LA CHINESE RESTAURANT | Chinese | 2017 S WELLS ST 1ST | 2011 – 2015 Confirmed: an inspection or the operator dated it |
| TOP CHOICE BBQ RESTAURANT | BBQ | 2017 S WELLS ST 2ND | 2014 – 2015 Confirmed: an inspection or the operator dated it |
| CHATIME & TT NOODLE | Boba / Tea | 2017 S WELLS ST 1ST 1F | 2016 – 2019 Confirmed: an inspection or the operator dated it |
| DAEBAK KOREAN BBQ | Korean | 2017 S WELLS ST 1 & 2 | 2017 – end date unknown Unknown: nothing on the record dates this ending |
| DAEBAK KOREAN BBQ | Korean | 2017 S WELLS ST 1-2 | 2019 – 2024 Confirmed: an inspection or the operator dated it |
| MING KEE CHICAGO LLC | Chinese | 2017 S WELLS ST 1ST 1F | 2024 – open |
| CHUBBY SKEWER | Restaurant (unspecified) | 2017 S WELLS ST 1ST | 2026 – open |
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Everything above is the record as it stands today. Get an email when a new restaurant licence appears in Chinatown, and nothing at all in the weeks when none does. It covers openings only: a closure takes about three years to surface fully in the public record, and we will not send an alert we cannot stand behind.
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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