Boba / Tea restaurants in Chicago

34 trading today — 0% of every restaurant open in the city. 61 have held a licence here since 2002, and 9 opened in the last 24 months.

How long Boba / Tea restaurants last

Not enough Boba / Tea restaurants have been open long enough to quote a 4-year survival rate. Rather than publish a figure off a thin cohort, this page leaves it out.

Where Boba / Tea 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.

By zip code

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

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 Boba / Tea is the strongest thing you could put in that space. One full read a month is free, no card.