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West Elsdon

75 restaurants have held a licence here since 2002. 33 are trading today. Rent tier: Tier 4 · Value.

How long restaurants last here

69%
still open four years on (67 matured)
58%
Chicago overall
9.3 yrs
median tenure

That is 11 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 6 most common concepts among the 33 restaurants currently trading — shares are of that total, so they do not add to 100%. 6 opened in the last two years.

ConceptOpen nowShare
Mexican824%
Restaurant (unspecified)515%
Italian / Pizza412%
Coffee / Cafe26%
American / Burger26%
Bakery / Dessert26%

Addresses that have turned over most

Storefronts in West Elsdon 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
5220 S PULASKI RD92History
5160 S PULASKI RD 11262History
4434 W 59TH ST41History
5620 S PULASKI RD 1ST30History
5145 S PULASKI RD 1 132History

Watch West Elsdon.

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