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Jefferson Park

121 restaurants have held a licence here since 2002. 47 are trading today. Rent tier: Tier 3 · Emerging.

How long restaurants last here

60%
still open four years on (102 matured)
58%
Chicago overall
6.1 yrs
median tenure

That is 2 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 47 restaurants currently trading — shares are of that total, so they do not add to 100%. 12 opened in the last two years.

ConceptOpen nowShare
Coffee / Cafe817%
Restaurant (unspecified)817%
Italian / Pizza613%
Bakery / Dessert49%
Mexican49%
Bar / Tavern36%

Addresses that have turned over most

Storefronts in Jefferson 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
5536 N ELSTON AVE 171History
5481 N NORTHWEST HWY 161History
4945 N MILWAUKEE AVE 1ST 261History
4917 N MILWAUKEE AVE 1ST51History
4801 N MILWAUKEE AVE 480141History
5233 N MILWAUKEE AVE # 1ST41History
4808 N MILWAUKEE AVE 1ST31History
5527-5531 N MILWAUKEE AVE31History

Watch Jefferson Park.

Everything above is the record as it stands today. Get an email when a new restaurant licence appears in Jefferson Park, 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 Jefferson 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 for a specific operator against that storefront's own record.

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