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North Lawndale

151 restaurants have held a licence here since 2002. 34 are trading today. Rent tier: Tier 4 · Value.

How long restaurants last here

37%
still open four years on (130 matured)
58%
Chicago overall
2.9 yrs
median tenure

That is 21 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 34 restaurants currently trading — shares are of that total, so they do not add to 100%. 9 opened in the last two years.

ConceptOpen nowShare
Coffee / Cafe515%
Restaurant (unspecified)515%
Mexican412%
Sandwich / Sub39%
Mediterranean / Greek39%
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 1ST40History
3825 W ROOSEVELT RD40History
4203 W CERMAK RD GROUND40History
2147 S PULASKI RD 140History
1568 S KEDZIE AVE30History
2804 W ROOSEVELT RD31History

Watch North Lawndale.

Everything above is the record as it stands today. Get an email when a new restaurant licence appears in North Lawndale, 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 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 for a specific operator against that storefront's own record.

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