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West Ridge

567 restaurants have held a licence here since 2002. 155 are trading today. Rent tier: Tier 3 · Emerging.

How long restaurants last here

50%
still open four years on (498 matured)
61%
Chicago overall
4.0 yrs
median tenure

That is 11 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 155 restaurants currently trading. 34 opened in the last two years.

ConceptOpen nowShare
Restaurant (unspecified)4730%
Indian / South Asian1812%
Coffee / Cafe149%
Bakery / Dessert149%
Italian / Pizza117%
Mexican96%

Addresses that have turned over most

Storefronts in West Ridge 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
5657 N LINCOLN AVE 191History
2739 W DEVON AVE91History
2437 W DEVON AVE 1ST81History
2305 W DEVON AVE 1ST81History
2948-2950 W DEVON AVE 1ST72History
6404 N CALIFORNIA AVE71History
6348 N ARTESIAN AVE61History
7210 N CALIFORNIA AVE 1ST61History

A neighbourhood is not an address.

Everything above describes West Ridge 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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