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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

57%
still open at 4 years (n=1369)
-4pts
against the citywide rate of 61%
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.

NeighbourhoodOpen nowEver licensed
LoopTier 1 · Prime31116
Albany ParkTier 3 · Emerging2059
Portage ParkTier 3 · Emerging1524
Belmont CraginTier 3 · Emerging1445
West TownTier 1 · Prime1430
West RidgeTier 3 · Emerging1452
ChinatownTier 3 · Emerging1324
Lincoln ParkTier 1 · Prime1347
Lake ViewTier 1 · Prime1259
UptownTier 2 · Strong1134
O'HareTier 3 · Emerging1119
Logan SquareTier 1 · Prime1031

By zip code

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

ZipOpen nowEver licensed
606222552
606252178
606112058
606321853
606391757
606291650
606401645
606071531
606471545
606141563
606231540
606161431

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.

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.

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From the City of Chicago business-licence record · rebuilt August 4, 2026 · methodology