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North Center

304 restaurants have held a licence here since 2002. 125 are trading today. Rent tier: Tier 2 · Strong.

How long restaurants last here

73%
still open four years on (252 matured)
61%
Chicago overall
8.0 yrs
median tenure

That is 11 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 125 restaurants currently trading. 23 opened in the last two years.

ConceptOpen nowShare
Restaurant (unspecified)4536%
Coffee / Cafe1915%
Bar / Tavern1411%
Italian / Pizza1310%
Sandwich / Sub54%
Mexican54%

Addresses that have turned over most

Storefronts in North Center 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
4064 N LINCOLN AVE 1ST51History
2550 W ADDISON ST51History
2111 W ROSCOE ST 1ST41History
3927 N LINCOLN AVE41History
3539 N WESTERN AVE 1ST41History
2054 W ROSCOE ST 141History
2207 W MONTROSE AVE 141History
2205 W MONTROSE AVE 1ST40History

A neighbourhood is not an address.

Everything above describes North Center 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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