Bakery / Dessert restaurants in Chicago

432 trading today — 6% of every restaurant open in the city. 1,524 have held a licence here since 2002, and 76 opened in the last 24 months.

How long Bakery / Dessert restaurants last

57%

still open at 4 years (n=1367)

-1pts

against the citywide rate of 58%

4.6

median years open, closed cohorts

Measured only on restaurants that opened long enough ago to have reached 4 years, so recent openings cannot flatter it. A rate is published only where at least 40 have.

Where Bakery / Dessert clusters

By community area, most open today first. Counts only — a four-year survival rate needs 40 matured restaurants and only ≈16% of these cells have that many, so the rate lives below, where it can be quoted honestly.

Neighbourhood	Open now	Ever licensed
LoopTier 1 · Prime	30	116
Albany ParkTier 3 · Emerging	18	59
Belmont CraginTier 3 · Emerging	14	45
ChinatownTier 3 · Emerging	13	24
West TownTier 1 · Prime	13	30
Lincoln ParkTier 1 · Prime	13	47
West RidgeTier 3 · Emerging	13	52
Lake ViewTier 1 · Prime	12	59
UptownTier 2 · Strong	11	34
O'HareTier 3 · Emerging	11	19
Logan SquareTier 1 · Prime	10	31
New CityTier 4 · Value	10	19

By zip code

The same cut for anyone working from an address rather than a neighbourhood name.

Zip	Open now	Ever licensed
60622	24	52
60611	20	58
60625	19	78
60632	17	53
60639	17	57
60629	16	50
60640	16	45
60614	15	63
60623	15	40
60607	14	31
60647	14	45
60616	14	31

Where Bakery / Dessert has lasted longest

Community areas whose matured cohort clears 40, best first. Areas with thinner records are not ranked rather than ranked low.

Albany Park63%n=51
Lincoln Park61%n=44
Lake View60%n=55
West Ridge57%n=49
Loop54%n=109

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