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Irving Park

361 restaurants have held a licence here since 2002. 136 are trading today. Rent tier: Tier 2 · Strong.

How long restaurants last here

61%
still open four years on (311 matured)
61%
Chicago overall
6.1 yrs
median tenure

That is 0 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 concept mix among the 136 restaurants currently trading. 27 opened in the last two years.

ConceptOpen nowShare
Restaurant (unspecified)3224%
Coffee / Cafe2115%
Mexican1310%
American / Burger118%
Italian / Pizza118%
Bar / Tavern75%

Addresses that have turned over most

Storefronts in Irving Park 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
3334 N MILWAUKEE AVE 1ST81History
2943 W IRVING PARK RD 1ST71History
4701 W LAWRENCE AVE61History
4393 N ELSTON AVE 1ST62History
2800 W IRVING PARK RD 1ST51History
3424 W IRVING PARK RD 151History
3213 W IRVING PARK RD50History
3038 W IRVING PARK RD43History

A neighbourhood is not an address.

Everything above describes Irving Park as a whole. The record for one storefront is usually more decisive than the average around it, and the read scores a specific concept at a specific address for a specific operator.

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