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South Shore

214 restaurants have held a licence here since 2002. 57 are trading today. Rent tier: Tier 4 · Value.

How long restaurants last here

52%
still open four years on (196 matured)
61%
Chicago overall
4.0 yrs
median tenure

That is 9 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 57 restaurants currently trading. 11 opened in the last two years.

ConceptOpen nowShare
Restaurant (unspecified)1730%
Fried Chicken814%
Coffee / Cafe712%
Sandwich / Sub611%
Chinese59%
American / Burger47%

Addresses that have turned over most

Storefronts in South Shore 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
2101 E 71ST ST 1ST I106History
2247 E 71ST ST61History
1914 E 79TH ST61History
1948 E 79TH ST60History
2137 E 75TH ST50History
2126 E 71ST ST 1ST50History
7114 S YATES BLVD51History
1652 E 79TH ST 140History

A neighbourhood is not an address.

Everything above describes South Shore 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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