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Washington Heights

109 restaurants have held a licence here since 2002. 31 are trading today. Rent tier: Tier 4 · Value.

How long restaurants last here

37%
still open four years on (93 matured)
58%
Chicago overall
2.4 yrs
median tenure

That is 20 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 31 restaurants currently trading — shares are of that total, so they do not add to 100%. 8 opened in the last two years.

ConceptOpen nowShare
Fried Chicken929%
Restaurant (unspecified)516%
Coffee / Cafe310%
American / Burger26%
Sandwich / Sub26%
Catering / Events26%

Addresses that have turned over most

Storefronts in Washington Heights 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
9044 S ASHLAND AVE90History
1233 W 99TH ST 181History
9305 S HALSTED ST81History
1122 W 95TH ST 1ST50History
1049 W 103RD ST51History
10226 S HALSTED ST40History
1431 W 95TH ST31History
1400 W 95TH ST 1ST31History

Watch Washington Heights.

Everything above is the record as it stands today. Get an email when a new restaurant licence appears in Washington Heights, 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 Washington Heights 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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