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2ndSight— Chicago

The second read on restaurants. Every license, closure, operator and concept in Chicago since 2002 — 22,237 restaurants, refreshed daily.

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4900 block of N MILWAUKEE AVE

14 restaurants have held a licence on this block since 2002. 4 are trading today. Jefferson Park.

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.

RestaurantConceptAddressYears
JEFFERSON CAFECoffee / Cafe4945 N MILWAUKEE AVE2002 – 2003
QUIZNOS SUBSSandwich / Sub4931 N MILWAUKEE AVE2003 – 2007
FRANK COFFEE STATION INCCoffee / Cafe4917 N MILWAUKEE AVE2005 – 2011
I COFFEECoffee / Cafe4945 N MILWAUKEE AVE 1ST 22008 – 2009
STACY'S I COFFEE, INC.Coffee / Cafe4945 N MILWAUKEE AVE 12009 – 2011
CAFE SORONICoffee / Cafe4945 N MILWAUKEE AVE 1 UNIT 22010 – 2012
BUTTERFIELD KITCHENRestaurant (unspecified)4917 N MILWAUKEE AVE 1ST2013 – 2015
FRESCA PANINI & COFFEE, INC.Coffee / Cafe4945 N MILWAUKEE AVE 1ST B2013 – 2015
BACCI PIZZA EXPRESSItalian / Pizza4917 N MILWAUKEE AVE2014 – 2016
GORILLA SUSHIJapanese / Sushi4945 N MILWAUKEE AVE 1ST 22015 – open
The BagelersBreakfast / Diner4917 N MILWAUKEE AVE GROUND2015 – 2017
MCDONALD'SAmerican / Burger4946 N MILWAUKEE AVE 12017 – open
LOOPIE & NATO'S GELATOBakery / Dessert4968 N MILWAUKEE AVE 1ST 1N2019 – open
Kisbi CoffeeCoffee / Cafe4917 N MILWAUKEE AVE2025 – open

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 at a specific address for a specific operator, which is the question this page cannot answer.

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