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Uptown

413 restaurants have held a licence here since 2002. 149 are trading today. Rent tier: Tier 2 · Strong.

How long restaurants last here

63%
still open four years on (360 matured)
61%
Chicago overall
6.4 yrs
median tenure

That is 2 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 149 restaurants currently trading. 21 opened in the last two years.

ConceptOpen nowShare
Restaurant (unspecified)4530%
Coffee / Cafe2416%
Bakery / Dessert117%
Mexican96%
Sandwich / Sub85%
Bar / Tavern75%

Addresses that have turned over most

Storefronts in Uptown 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
4925 N BROADWAY E82History
1007 W ARGYLE ST71History
1002 W ARGYLE ST51History
4641 N CLARK ST51History
1010 W ARGYLE ST 1ST51History
5004 N SHERIDAN RD 151History
4429 N BROADWAY51History
1129 W ARGYLE ST51History

A neighbourhood is not an address.

Everything above describes Uptown 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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