Sandwich / Sub restaurants in Chicago

356 trading today — 5% of every restaurant open in the city. 1,146 have held a licence here since 2002, and 36 opened in the last 24 months.

How long Sandwich / Sub restaurants last

66%

still open at 4 years (n=1066)

+9pts

against the citywide rate of 58%

8.0

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 Sandwich / Sub 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	53	197
Lake ViewTier 1 · Prime	15	40
Lincoln ParkTier 1 · Prime	13	40
Humboldt ParkTier 3 · Emerging	13	27
UptownTier 2 · Strong	8	13
Hyde ParkTier 2 · Strong	7	19
Rogers ParkTier 2 · Strong	6	15
Belmont CraginTier 3 · Emerging	6	21
AustinTier 4 · Value	6	39
South ShoreTier 4 · Value	6	16
Garfield RidgeTier 3 · Emerging	5	9
North ParkTier 3 · Emerging	5	11

By zip code

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

Zip	Open now	Ever licensed
60606	20	65
60614	15	52
60640	13	24
60601	13	51
60611	12	43
60647	12	24
60607	12	34
60622	11	24
60657	11	30
60602	9	30
60625	9	27
60618	9	32

Where Sandwich / Sub has lasted longest

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

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