Mexican restaurants in Chicago

735 trading today — 10% of every restaurant open in the city. 2,026 have held a licence here since 2002, and 120 opened in the last 24 months.

How long Mexican 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 Mexican 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.

By zip code

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

Where Mexican has lasted longest

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

• Loop69%n=61
• Brighton Park66%n=59
• West Lawn65%n=57
• Lake View60%n=44
• Lower West Side57%n=97
• Rogers Park55%n=42
• Avondale55%n=44
• Gage Park53%n=79

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 Mexican is the strongest thing you could put in that space. One full read a month is free, no card.