2100 block of S CHINA PL
37 restaurants have held a licence on this block since 2002. 16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SPRING WORLD RESTAURANT | Restaurant (unspecified) | 2109 S CHINA PL # 1ST | 2001 – 2012 Confirmed: an inspection or the operator dated it |
| KEN KEE RESTAURANT | Restaurant (unspecified) | 2129 S CHINA PL | 2002 – 2019 Confirmed: an inspection or the operator dated it |
| WING CHAN | Fried Chicken | 2157 S CHINA PL | 2002 – 2014 Confirmed: an inspection or the operator dated it |
| LEE WING WAH | Fried Chicken | 2147 S CHINA PL 1 & 2 | 2002 – open |
| CO CO CAFE | Coffee / Cafe | 2163 S CHINA PL 1ST | 2002 – 2006 Inferred: dated from a licence that lapsed |
| JOY YEE'S NOODLE SHOP | Chinese | 2159 S CHINA PL A | 2002 – 2007 Inferred: dated from a licence that lapsed |
| HSIN KUANG BBQ | BBQ | 2161 S CHINA PL | 2002 – 2007 Inferred: dated from a licence that lapsed |
| 2101 CHINESE RESTAURANT | Chinese | 2101 S CHINA PL 1 | 2003 – 2005 Inferred: dated from a licence that lapsed |
| WONDER CAFE & BAKERY | Coffee / Cafe | 2101 S CHINA PL | 2005 – 2006 Inferred: dated from a licence that lapsed |
| RUAN ASIAN CUISINE | Pan-Asian | 2163 S CHINA PL A | 2005 – 2006 Inferred: dated from a licence that lapsed |
| SWEET HOUSE, INC. | Bakery / Dessert | 2143 S CHINA PL A | 2006 – 2020 Inferred: dated from a licence that lapsed |
| K S SEAFOOD INC | Seafood | 2163 S CHINA PL 1ST | 2006 – 2008 Inferred: dated from a licence that lapsed |
| NEW COCO RESTAURANT | Restaurant (unspecified) | 2163 S CHINA PL | 2006 – 2007 Inferred: dated from a licence that lapsed |
| CAPTAIN CAFE & BAKERY | Coffee / Cafe | 2161 S CHINA PL 1ST FLOOR 1 | 2007 – 2019 Confirmed: an inspection or the operator dated it |
| JOY YEE NOODLE SHOP | Chinese | 2139 S CHINA PL 1 & 2 | 2007 – open |
| LAO SHANGHAI RESTAURANT | Chinese | 2163 S CHINA PL 1 | 2008 – 2016 Confirmed: an inspection or the operator dated it |
| JOY YEE PLUS | Health / Juice | 2159 S CHINA PL 1&2 | 2009 – open |
| JOY YEE PLUS | Health / Juice | 2159 S CHINA PL 1ST | 2009 – 2010 Inferred: dated from a licence that lapsed |
| SWEET STATION | Bakery / Dessert | 2101 S CHINA PL 1 | 2009 – 2012 Confirmed: an inspection or the operator dated it |
| LAO YUNNAN RESTAURANT | Restaurant (unspecified) | 2109 S CHINA PL 1 A | 2012 – 2016 Inferred: dated from a licence that lapsed |
| SWEET STATION | Bakery / Dessert | 2101 S CHINA PL 1&2 | 2012 – 2018 Confirmed: an inspection or the operator dated it |
| UNI UNI BUBBLE TEA | Boba / Tea | 2171 S CHINA PL | 2013 – open |
| SAINT'S ALP TEAHOUSE AND GOURMET | Restaurant (unspecified) | 2157 S CHINA PL 1ST | 2015 – open |
| BONCHON | Restaurant (unspecified) | 2163 S CHINA PL 1 A | 2017 – open |
| AJIICHIBAN | Bakery / Dessert | 2117 S CHINA PL 1ST A | 2018 – open |
| TAN LU | Restaurant (unspecified) | 2101 S CHINA PL 1ST - 2ND | 2019 – 2023 Confirmed: an inspection or the operator dated it |
| MANGO MANGO | Restaurant (unspecified) | 2161 S CHINA PL | 2019 – open |
| KENKEE RESTAURANT | Restaurant (unspecified) | 2129 S CHINA PL 1ST | 2019 – open |
| TE'AMO BOBA BAR | Boba / Tea | 2169 S CHINA PL 1ST A | 2020 – open |
| Veggie House | Restaurant (unspecified) | 2109 S CHINA PL A | 2020 – open |
| Daifuku Ramen | Japanese / Sushi | 2155 S CHINA PL | 2021 – open |
| KAJIKEN | Restaurant (unspecified) | 2161 S CHINA PL A | 2022 – open |
| NEW GREAT WALL BBQ | BBQ | 2127 S CHINA PL 1ST | 2022 – open |
| Kyo Matcha | Bakery / Dessert | 2167 S CHINA PL 1ST FLOOR | 2022 – open |
| SO GONG DONG KOREAN B.B.Q | Korean | 2101 S CHINA PL 1ST & 2ND | 2023 – 2025 Confirmed: an inspection or the operator dated it |
| BIGYING | Coffee / Cafe | 2121 S CHINA PL 2 B | 2024 – 2025 Confirmed: an inspection or the operator dated it |
| LE SHRIMP NOODLE | Seafood | 2101 S CHINA PL 1-2 | 2025 – open |
Watch Chinatown.
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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