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Lower West Side

428 restaurants have held a licence here since 2002. 156 are trading today. Rent tier: Tier 2 · Strong.

How long restaurants last here

60%
still open four years on (372 matured)
61%
Chicago overall
5.5 yrs
median tenure

That is 1 points below 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 156 restaurants currently trading. 26 opened in the last two years.

ConceptOpen nowShare
Restaurant (unspecified)4831%
Mexican2919%
Coffee / Cafe1812%
American / Burger96%
Italian / Pizza96%
Bakery / Dessert74%

Addresses that have turned over most

Storefronts in Lower West Side 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
1723 S ASHLAND AVE81History
2105 S JEFFERSON ST 1 D176History
1646 W 18TH ST 171History
2000 W 18TH ST 1ST71History
800 W CERMAK RD61History
1343 W 18TH ST 1ST60History
1236 W 18TH ST 1ST61History
1850 S BLUE ISLAND AVE # 1ST61History

A neighbourhood is not an address.

Everything above describes Lower West Side 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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