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Breakfast / Diner restaurants in Chicago

108 trading today — 1% of every restaurant open in the city. 257 have held a licence here since 2002, and 21 opened in the last 24 months.

How long Breakfast / Diner restaurants last

64%
still open at 4 years (n=217)
+3pts
against the citywide rate of 61%
8.6
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 Breakfast / Diner 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
Lake ViewTier 1 · Prime1218
LoopTier 1 · Prime921
Lincoln SquareTier 2 · Strong811
Lincoln ParkTier 1 · Prime413
O'HareTier 3 · Emerging413
Portage ParkTier 3 · Emerging25
Belmont CraginTier 3 · Emerging25
DunningTier 3 · Emerging25
AustinTier 4 · Value07

By zip code

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

ZipOpen nowEver licensed
606571018
60622711
6062578
60614520
60613511
6064748
6060547
60666410
6061147
6061049
6060745
6063438

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 Breakfast / Diner 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