Bakery / Dessert restaurants in Chicago
451 trading today — 6% of every restaurant open in the city. 1,526 have held a licence here since 2002, and 78 opened in the last 24 months.
How long Bakery / Dessert restaurants last
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 | 31 | 116 |
| Albany ParkTier 3 · Emerging | 20 | 59 |
| Portage ParkTier 3 · Emerging | 15 | 24 |
| Belmont CraginTier 3 · Emerging | 14 | 45 |
| West TownTier 1 · Prime | 14 | 30 |
| West RidgeTier 3 · Emerging | 14 | 52 |
| ChinatownTier 3 · Emerging | 13 | 24 |
| Lincoln ParkTier 1 · Prime | 13 | 47 |
| Lake ViewTier 1 · Prime | 12 | 59 |
| UptownTier 2 · Strong | 11 | 34 |
| O'HareTier 3 · Emerging | 11 | 19 |
| Logan SquareTier 1 · Prime | 10 | 31 |
By zip code
The same cut for anyone working from an address rather than a neighbourhood name.
| Zip | Open now | Ever licensed |
|---|---|---|
| 60622 | 25 | 52 |
| 60625 | 21 | 78 |
| 60611 | 20 | 58 |
| 60632 | 18 | 53 |
| 60639 | 17 | 57 |
| 60629 | 16 | 50 |
| 60640 | 16 | 45 |
| 60607 | 15 | 31 |
| 60647 | 15 | 45 |
| 60614 | 15 | 63 |
| 60623 | 15 | 40 |
| 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
Thinking about opening one?
This page is the record: what has been tried, where, and how long it lasted. A read scores a specific concept at a specific address against it — including whether Bakery / Dessert is the strongest thing you could put in that space. One full read a month is free, no card.
Read an address freeFrom the City of Chicago business-licence record · rebuilt August 4, 2026 · methodology