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Avondale

269 restaurants have held a licence here since 2002. 104 are trading today. Rent tier: Tier 2 · Strong.

How long restaurants last here

65%
still open four years on (235 matured)
58%
Chicago overall
6.6 yrs
median tenure

That is 7 points above the citywide rate. This measures outcomes, not the quality of a place. Access to capital, insurance, lending and daytime foot traffic all move it, and none of them appear in a licence record. Read it as a description of what has happened here, not as a verdict on the neighbourhood or on anyone trading in it.

What is open here now

The 6 most common concepts among the 104 restaurants currently trading — shares are of that total, so they do not add to 100%. 17 opened in the last two years.

ConceptOpen nowShare
Restaurant (unspecified)2928%
Coffee / Cafe1918%
Mexican1413%
Bar / Tavern1010%
Italian / Pizza77%
American / Burger66%

Addresses that have turned over most

Storefronts in Avondale that have hosted the most separate restaurants. A high count is not a verdict on the address either — but it is the first thing worth knowing before signing one, and it is the question a broker will not raise.

AddressRestaurantsOpen now
3924 W DIVERSEY AVE71History
2949 W BELMONT AVE 1ST71History
4101 W BELMONT AVE 1ST61History
3650 W BELMONT AVE 1 151History
3006 N ELSTON AVE50History
3055 N MILWAUKEE AVE 1ST51History
2825 N MILWAUKEE AVE 1ST41History
3610 W BELMONT AVE41History

Watch Avondale.

Everything above is the record as it stands today. Get an email when a new restaurant licence appears in Avondale, and nothing at all in the weeks when none does. It covers openings only: a closure takes about three years to surface fully in the public record, and we will not send an alert we cannot stand behind.

A neighbourhood is not an address.

Everything above describes Avondale as a whole. The record for one storefront is usually more decisive than the average around it, and the read scores a specific concept for a specific operator against that storefront's own record.

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