Chinese restaurants in Chicago
187 trading today — 2% of every restaurant open in the city. 620 have held a licence here since 2002, and 27 opened in the last 24 months.
How long Chinese 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 Chinese 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 |
|---|---|---|
| ChinatownTier 3 · Emerging | 16 | 45 |
| LoopTier 1 · Prime | 8 | 31 |
| BridgeportTier 2 · Strong | 6 | 14 |
| O'HareTier 3 · Emerging | 6 | 14 |
| Lincoln SquareTier 2 · Strong | 5 | 11 |
| AustinTier 4 · Value | 5 | 26 |
| Belmont CraginTier 3 · Emerging | 5 | 23 |
| Lincoln ParkTier 1 · Prime | 5 | 14 |
| Humboldt ParkTier 3 · Emerging | 5 | 7 |
| South ShoreTier 4 · Value | 5 | 15 |
| Portage ParkTier 3 · Emerging | 4 | 14 |
| Lake ViewTier 1 · Prime | 4 | 18 |
By zip code
The same cut for anyone working from an address rather than a neighbourhood name.
| Zip | Open now | Ever licensed |
|---|---|---|
| 60616 | 21 | 64 |
| 60608 | 8 | 19 |
| 60618 | 8 | 16 |
| 60641 | 8 | 15 |
| 60625 | 7 | 18 |
| 60614 | 7 | 20 |
| 60622 | 6 | 12 |
| 60632 | 6 | 11 |
| 60611 | 6 | 11 |
| 60647 | 6 | 14 |
| 60612 | 5 | 10 |
| 60609 | 5 | 14 |
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 Chinese 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