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285 restaurants have held a licence here since 2002. 82 are trading today. Rent tier: Tier 4 · Value.

How long restaurants last here

50%
still open four years on (246 matured)
58%
Chicago overall
4.1 yrs
median tenure

That is 7 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 6 most common concepts among the 82 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)2024%
Mexican1417%
Bakery / Dessert1012%
Coffee / Cafe1012%
Italian / Pizza67%
American / Burger67%

Addresses that have turned over most

Storefronts in New City 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
5458 S HALSTED ST 180History
742 W GARFIELD BLVD70History
4612 S ASHLAND AVE 161History
1738 W 47TH ST 1ST61History
704 W 47TH ST 1ST61History
1400 W 46TH ST 2ND 20853History
5257 S ASHLAND AVE 150History
5005 S ASHLAND AVE 151History

Watch New City.

Everything above is the record as it stands today. Get an email when a new restaurant licence appears in New City, 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 New City 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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