Italian / Pizza restaurants in Chicago

462 trading today — 6% of every restaurant open in the city. 1,414 have held a licence here since 2002, and 62 opened in the last 24 months.

How long Italian / Pizza restaurants last

63%

still open at 4 years (n=1283)

+5pts

against the citywide rate of 58%

6.1

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 Italian / Pizza 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
Lake ViewTier 1 · Prime	23	61
Lincoln ParkTier 1 · Prime	16	45
Logan SquareTier 1 · Prime	15	39
North CenterTier 2 · Strong	13	24
LoopTier 1 · Prime	13	65
West TownTier 1 · Prime	12	33
Portage ParkTier 3 · Emerging	12	33
Belmont CraginTier 3 · Emerging	11	42
West RidgeTier 3 · Emerging	11	31
Irving ParkTier 2 · Strong	10	27
EdgewaterTier 2 · Strong	9	34
Lower West SideTier 2 · Strong	9	28

By zip code

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

Zip	Open now	Ever licensed
60614	25	68
60618	23	52
60607	23	43
60622	22	58
60657	21	53
60647	20	62
60632	18	37
60634	18	53
60610	14	48
60609	13	37
60608	13	40
60629	12	53

Where Italian / Pizza has lasted longest

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

Loop63%n=62
Lake View62%n=52
Lincoln Park56%n=41
Belmont Cragin53%n=40

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