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Lake View

983 restaurants have held a licence here since 2002. 347 are trading today. Rent tier: Tier 1 · Prime.

How long restaurants last here

66%
still open four years on (847 matured)
61%
Chicago overall
7.1 yrs
median tenure

That is 5 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 347 restaurants currently trading. 73 opened in the last two years.

ConceptOpen nowShare
Restaurant (unspecified)10330%
Coffee / Cafe5716%
Bar / Tavern329%
Italian / Pizza247%
Mexican195%
American / Burger185%

Addresses that have turned over most

Storefronts in Lake View 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
2826 N LINCOLN AVE 191History
3227 N CLARK ST 171History
1034 W BELMONT AVE 171History
3037 N CLARK ST 161History
947 W WELLINGTON AVE61History
926 W DIVERSEY PKWY61History
3727 N BROADWAY60History
2964 N LINCOLN AVE50History

A neighbourhood is not an address.

Everything above describes Lake View 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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