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North Lawndale

151 restaurants have held a licence here since 2002. 36 are trading today. Rent tier: Tier 4 · Value.

How long restaurants last here

37%
still open four years on (130 matured)
61%
Chicago overall
2.9 yrs
median tenure

That is 25 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 36 restaurants currently trading. 9 opened in the last two years.

ConceptOpen nowShare
Restaurant (unspecified)719%
Coffee / Cafe514%
Mexican411%
Sandwich / Sub38%
Mediterranean / Greek38%
Seafood26%

Addresses that have turned over most

Storefronts in North Lawndale 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
1521 S PULASKI RD 1ST70History
1556 S PULASKI RD 1ST61History
3620 W 16TH ST 1ST41History
3825 W ROOSEVELT RD40History
4203 W CERMAK RD GROUND40History
2147 S PULASKI RD 140History
1568 S KEDZIE AVE30History
2804 W ROOSEVELT RD31History

A neighbourhood is not an address.

Everything above describes North Lawndale 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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