Coffee / Cafe restaurants in Chicago

971 trading today — 13% of every restaurant open in the city. 2,733 have held a licence here since 2002, and 173 opened in the last 24 months.

How long Coffee / Cafe restaurants last

63%

still open at 4 years (n=2391)

+5pts

against the citywide rate of 58%

6.4

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 Coffee / Cafe 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	95	263
Lake ViewTier 1 · Prime	55	160
Lincoln ParkTier 1 · Prime	38	98
Logan SquareTier 1 · Prime	33	73
Lincoln SquareTier 2 · Strong	27	104
UptownTier 2 · Strong	23	64
Hyde ParkTier 2 · Strong	21	41
Irving ParkTier 2 · Strong	21	57
O'HareTier 3 · Emerging	20	31
EdgewaterTier 2 · Strong	20	61
Belmont CraginTier 3 · Emerging	20	53
West TownTier 1 · Prime	19	64

By zip code

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

Zip	Open now	Ever licensed
60647	56	143
60614	52	132
60618	45	100
60657	41	121
60622	36	106
60606	34	86
60625	33	139
60611	33	106
60608	33	80
60640	30	81
60613	29	90
60641	28	63

Where Coffee / Cafe has lasted longest

Community areas whose matured cohort clears 40, best first. Areas with thinner records are not ranked rather than ranked low.

Loop78%n=237
North Center73%n=40
Edgewater67%n=55
Logan Square66%n=64
Lincoln Park64%n=80
Lake View63%n=141
Belmont Cragin63%n=47
West Town59%n=59

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