Italian / Pizza restaurants in Chicago
476 trading today — 6% of every restaurant open in the city. 1,410 have held a licence here since 2002, and 61 opened in the last 24 months.
How long Italian / Pizza 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 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 | 24 | 61 |
| Logan SquareTier 1 · Prime | 15 | 39 |
| Lincoln ParkTier 1 · Prime | 14 | 43 |
| LoopTier 1 · Prime | 14 | 65 |
| North CenterTier 2 · Strong | 13 | 23 |
| West TownTier 1 · Prime | 13 | 33 |
| Portage ParkTier 3 · Emerging | 12 | 33 |
| Irving ParkTier 2 · Strong | 11 | 27 |
| Belmont CraginTier 3 · Emerging | 11 | 42 |
| West RidgeTier 3 · Emerging | 11 | 31 |
| EdgewaterTier 2 · Strong | 10 | 34 |
| Hyde ParkTier 2 · Strong | 9 | 19 |
By zip code
The same cut for anyone working from an address rather than a neighbourhood name.
| Zip | Open now | Ever licensed |
|---|---|---|
| 60618 | 24 | 51 |
| 60614 | 23 | 66 |
| 60607 | 23 | 43 |
| 60657 | 22 | 53 |
| 60622 | 22 | 57 |
| 60647 | 21 | 62 |
| 60632 | 19 | 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 Park57%n=40
- Belmont Cragin53%n=40
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 Italian / Pizza 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