5900 block of N BROADWAY
10 restaurants have held a licence on this block since 2002. 3 are trading today. Edgewater.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| MOODY'S RESTAURANT, INC. | Restaurant (unspecified) | 5908 N BROADWAY 1ST | 2002 – open |
| East Africa Restaurant | Restaurant (unspecified) | 5959 N BROADWAY | 2002 – 2003 Inferred: dated from a licence that lapsed |
| DA KIM LANNA THAI | Thai | 5951 N BROADWAY | 2002 – 2003 Inferred: dated from a licence that lapsed |
| EAST AFRICAN RESTAURANT | African / Ethiopian | 5959 N BROADWAY | 2003 – 2005 Confirmed: an inspection or the operator dated it |
| LILLY OF THAI RESTAURANT | Thai | 5951 N BROADWAY | 2003 – 2004 Confirmed: an inspection or the operator dated it |
| INDIE CAFE | Coffee / Cafe | 5951 N BROADWAY | 2004 – 2009 Confirmed: an inspection or the operator dated it |
| BARWAAQO RESTAURANT | Restaurant (unspecified) | 5959 N BROADWAY | 2005 – 2007 Confirmed: an inspection or the operator dated it |
| SAFARI RESTAURANT | Restaurant (unspecified) | 5959 N BROADWAY 1 | 2009 – 2014 Confirmed: an inspection or the operator dated it |
| REGALIA | Restaurant (unspecified) | 5959 N BROADWAY | 2021 – open |
| Chengdu Impression Sichuan Restaurant | Chinese | 5900 N BROADWAY 1 | 2023 – 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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