Market conditions, including rising real estate and labor costs, plus an over-saturation of restaurants, are often cited as reasons why Chicagoans are waving goodbye to their favorite restaurants and bars. Find this page as an ongoing archive of places that shuttered in 2018.
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Chicago’s Restaurant and Bar Closures for 2018
An ongoing archive of the year’s shutters
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May 15, 2018
Gold Coast French Relic Bistrot Zinc To Close After Two Decades
The restaurant debuted 22 years ago in Lakeview
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May 14, 2018
Irving Park Favorite Bread & Wine to Shutter Tuesday After More Than Six Years
Owner Lisa Fosler Kelly calls the decision "a mixture of both pride and sadness"
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May 11, 2018
Italian Staple Gioco’s 19-Year-Run Ends on Sunday in the South Loop
Owners couldn’t negotiate a new lease
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March 30, 2018
Stanley’s Kitchen Owners Hope to Reopen in a New Location
Sunday marks the Lincoln Park bar’s final night
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March 29, 2018
Stanley’s Kitchen & Tap Is Closing After 25 Years in Lincoln Park
Ownership cited a landlord dispute
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February 16, 2018
Lincoln Park Cocktail Bar The Drinkingbird Temporarily Shutters After Five Years
The owner plans on reopening
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January 25, 2018
Barn & Company Barbecue is Closing After Seven Years in Lincoln Park
Faregrounds won’t serve as much meat when it opens in March
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January 23, 2018
Bin 36 Wine Bar Closes in the West Loop After 18 Years In
Its first 15 years were in River North
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January 21, 2018
Rick Bayless Shutters a Standalone Restaurant for the First Time in Chicago
Fonda Frontera in Wicker Park is closed for good
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January 17, 2018
Acclaimed Fulton Market Restaurant Honey’s Shutters After 18 Months
Honey’s had just announced Johnny Anderes as chef in December
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January 17, 2018
World’s Largest Starbucks Moving Forward in Chicago
Plus, Au Cheval reopens after remodeling and more intel
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January 11, 2018
Decade-Old Wicker Park Bar Crocodile Evicted For Unpaid Rent
Something new is coming to the Milwaukee Avenue space
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January 8, 2018
GreenRiver, Danny Meyer and Dead Rabbit’s Michelin-Starred Chicago Restaurant, is Closing
The acclaimed and swanky Streeterville terrace cocktail bar and restaurant will shutter on January 24
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January 8, 2018
Chicago’s First Dedicated Kombucha Bar to Close and More Intel
Plus, destruction of the McDonald’s No. 1 Store Museum begins
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January 5, 2018
Michelin-Acclaimed Korean Barbecue Reveals Location For Upcoming Restaurant
San Soo Korean BBQ is targeting a summer opening
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