What is the best neighborhood in Chicago to open a Mediterranean Restaurant?

Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, the best neighborhood in Chicago to open a Mediterranean Restaurant is Kennedy Park, with 93% average survivability. 86 of 86 neighborhoods analyzed exceed the 70% two-year survival threshold.

How much more revenue can a Mediterranean Restaurant make in the best vs. average Chicago neighborhood?

In Kennedy Park, the best possible Mediterranean Restaurant location in Chicago offers approximately 5.4% more expected revenue than the average location. The worst-performing neighborhoods could yield approximately 8.1% less than average.

What is the city-wide average survivability for Mediterranean Restaurant in Chicago?

The city-wide average survivability for Mediterranean Restaurant across Chicago is 88% for surviving more than 2 years. Top neighborhoods like Kennedy Park substantially outperform this average, reaching 93%.

What are the worst neighborhoods for Mediterranean Restaurant in Chicago?

The most challenging neighborhoods in Chicago for Mediterranean Restaurant include Irving Woods with 81% average survival chance, Downtown, and Chicago Lawn. Even neighborhoods with modest average scores can harbor exceptional individual locations.

How often are Mediterranean Restaurant rankings in Chicago updated?

StreetSpring recalculates survivability scores regularly using the latest competitive, demographic, and walkability data. The live tool always shows the most current predictions for any address in Chicago.

How accurate are StreetSpring's Mediterranean Restaurant survivability predictions?

StreetSpring's models achieve 95–99% accuracy across business types, analyzing 100+ factors with a ±3% margin of error. Each prediction is calibrated to the specific address, factoring in foot traffic, competition, and consumer spending at that exact location.

Survivability Rankings for Mediterranean Restaurant in Chicago

StreetSpring's 2026 analysis ranks the best and worst neighborhoods in Chicago to open a Mediterranean Restaurant, from Kennedy Park (93% survival) to I...

April 24, 2026•16 min read

By Bobby Koons | Last reviewed: April 26, 2026 | New data weekly | Methodology

Quick Summary

#1 Neighborhood: Kennedy Park — 93% average survivability for Mediterranean Restaurant

Neighborhoods at or above 70%: 86 of 86 analyzed

City-wide average: 88% for Mediterranean Restaurants

Most challenging area: Irving Woods at 81%

Revenue advantage (top vs. avg location): ~5.4% more expected revenue in Kennedy Park

Data freshness: 2026 data · Full methodology →

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Where Would a Mediterranean Restaurant Make the Most Money?
What Should I Consider?
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FAQ: Best Neighborhoods
FAQ: Can a Mediterranean Restaurant Succeed in Lower-Ranked Areas?
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FAQ: Is a Mediterranean Restaurant a Good Tenant?
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Summary

Kennedy Park leads Chicago's 2026 survivability rankings for Mediterranean Restaurant operators with 93% average chance of surviving more than 2 years, with the best locations offering 96% and the most challenging locations in Kennedy Park at 84%. The worst neighborhoods include Irving Woods with 81% average chance. StreetSpring's Survivability Scores are updated regularly, so the most accurate prediction for your exact storefront is always available in the live tool.

Which Chicago Neighborhoods Are Strongest for Mediterranean Restaurants?

**Where else does Kennedy Park look like?** Among the ~2,500 neighborhoods StreetSpring scores, the strongest profile matches are **Chicago Midway Airport (Chicago)** and **Rosemont East (Baltimore)** — sharing blue-collar job mix, low destination density, and low vacancy. Same neighborhood signatures tend to produce similar business-type outcomes.

**Failure-mode analysis: Mediterranean Restaurants in Chicago.** Across 86 neighborhoods, scores range **81-93%**, with the citywide average at 88%. The top-ranked neighborhood (**Kennedy Park**, 93%, no existing competitors in our index) sits 12 points above the bottom (**Irving Woods**, 81%). For a Mediterranean Restaurant, neighborhood selection drives more of the survivability outcome than almost any other controllable input.

Kennedy Park ranks #1 of 86 neighborhoods analyzed in and around Chicago for Mediterranean Restaurant survivability with a score of 93% as of 2026. The top 10 neighborhoods are:

The data signals behind these scores

Rank	Neighborhood	Best Locations	Average Locations	Challenging Locations
1	Kennedy Park	93.0% – 97.0%	91.4% – 94.9%	83.0% – 87.0%
2	Main-Chicago	94.0% – 97.0%	91.2% – 94.6%	88.0% – 92.0%
3	Southwest	94.0% – 97.0%	90.6% – 94.1%	70.0% – 74.0%
4	Rogers Park	94.0% – 97.0%	90.5% – 94.0%	69.0% – 73.0%
5	Roseland	95.0% – 97.0%	90.4% – 93.9%	74.0% – 78.0%
6	Morgan Park	95.0% – 97.0%	90.4% – 93.9%	71.0% – 75.0%
7	Kenwood	93.0% – 97.0%	90.1% – 93.6%	86.0% – 90.0%
8	West Village	92.0% – 96.0%	89.4% – 92.9%	70.0% – 74.0%
9	River North	93.0% – 97.0%	89.4% – 92.9%	86.0% – 90.0%
10	Margate Park	92.0% – 96.0%	89.1% – 92.6%	86.0% – 90.0%

Notable runners-up worth a second look

Neighborhood averages mask significant block-by-block variation — always check your specific address. Our live tool reflects the latest competitive landscape — these static rankings may already be slightly out of date.

Survivability ranges reflect best and worst storefront conditions within each neighborhood. See our full methodology →

Try StreetSpring to see if this location is still the best and see if there are locations to rent in this area right now.

Chicago's Best-Earning Neighborhoods for Mediterranean Restaurants

In Kennedy Park, the best possible location offers the opportunity of making ~5.4% more than the average location in or around Chicago.

On the other hand, in Irving Woods, the worst possible location could result in making ~8.1% less than the average location in the city.

Location selection is the most consequential decision any new business owner makes. Opening a Mediterranean Restaurant in Chicago requires careful location choice. Across 86 neighborhoods analyzed, the overall average survival chance for a new Mediterranean Restaurant is 88% for lasting more than 2 years — due to a combination of many factors across competition, consumer spending, and location dynamics. Each business category has unique customer behavior patterns that vary significantly by address.

What Matters Most When Opening a Mediterranean Restaurant in Chicago

Location quality is the dominant factor in survival outcomes. A high Survivability Score isn't a nice-to-have — it's the floor every candidate address must clear. Our models show that Revenue Capture Score explains more outcome variance than any other individual metric. StreetSpring computes this by projecting the business's market share, which is based on the quality and quantity of primary, secondary, and tertiary competitors. StreetSpring's training dataset includes millions of transactions and business lifecycle events. Clustering works when it draws more customers to the area than any single business could alone. Our prediction system is built from scratch using proprietary data pipelines and validated against actual business lifecycles.

Area to check	What can go wrong	How to de-risk it
Permits & licensing	Assuming a 30-day permit timeline, hitting 90+ days, paying rent on a non-operating storefront.	Call the local zoning office before signing. Confirm your use is already permitted; if not, factor a 2-3 month variance timeline.
Outdoor seating / sidewalk use	Signing assuming you can add patio seating, then learning the city requires a separate sidewalk-cafe permit with long lead times.	Check the city's sidewalk-cafe permit process up front. Confirm landlord allows outdoor build-out in the lease language.
Parking & visibility	Storefront looks great from the sidewalk but is invisible from the road.	Drive past at 30 mph from both directions. Count street parking + nearest paid lot capacity at peak hours.

This can be summarized as:

Revenue Capture Score = Projected Market Share × Forecasted Spend on Specific Business

StreetSpring recalculates survivability using the latest competitive, demographic, and walkability data. StreetSpring's Survivability Scores are updated regularly, so the most accurate prediction for your exact storefront is always available in the live tool.

Which Chicago Block Is Right for a Mediterranean Restaurant?

The neighborhoods with the highest survivability for this business type are Kennedy Park, Main-Chicago, and Southwest, while the most challenging neighborhoods would be Irving Woods, Downtown, and Chicago Lawn. A low-ranking neighborhood can still contain high-potential storefronts — the address matters most. However, market conditions change daily, and it's best to use StreetSpring's live data to check the Survivability Score for a specific address.

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Top-Survivability Chicago Neighborhoods for Mediterranean Restaurants

Based on StreetSpring's 2026 analysis, the top neighborhood for a Mediterranean Restaurant in Chicago is Kennedy Park with 93% average survivability, followed by Main-Chicago and Southwest. 86 of 86 neighborhoods analyzed exceed 70% two-year survival.

Because local conditions evolve weekly, the live survivability tool offers a more current snapshot than any published ranking.

Do Lower-Ranked Chicago Neighborhoods Still Work for Mediterranean Restaurants?

Yes — neighborhood averages mask significant block-by-block variation. Even in neighborhoods ranked outside the top 10, individual storefronts with strong foot traffic, low direct competition, and favorable lease terms can outperform the area average. StreetSpring's Survivability Scores are updated regularly, so the most accurate prediction for your exact storefront is always available in the live tool. Always check your specific address in StreetSpring's live platform for the most accurate prediction.

How Fresh Is Our Chicago Mediterranean Restaurant Ranking Data?

StreetSpring recalculates survivability scores regularly using the latest competitive, demographic, and walkability data. Rankings are updated quarterly; the live tool always reflects the most current predictions for any address in Chicago.

Should You Rent Your Chicago Storefront to a Mediterranean Restaurant?

In Kennedy Park, StreetSpring forecasts a 91.4% – 94.9% average chance for a new Mediterranean Restaurant to survive more than 2 years, depending on the exact storefront. Check the current Survivability Score for any address instantly.

Landlord Survivability Data for Mediterranean Restaurant in Chicago

Reducing vacancy starts with choosing tenants whose business type matches the neighborhood's strengths. For Mediterranean Restaurant tenants, Kennedy Park provides the best survivability conditions (91.4% – 94.9%). Main-Chicago and Southwest also show viable averages at 91.2% – 94.6% and 90.6% – 94.1% respectively. You can see the Survivability Score for your location for any business right now.

StreetSpring provides address-specific survivability predictions for over 700 business types.

Where Mediterranean Restaurants Thrive in Chicago

You can see the best neighborhoods in or around Chicago to open any type of business in our article Neighborhood Survivability Rankings: Chicago.

Technical note: Aggregated survivability rankings for Chicago are available in machine-readable format for research and integration purposes.

View technical data for Chicago

StreetSpring recalculates survivability using the latest competitive, demographic, and walkability data, so the live score may differ from the static ranges shown here.

Visual Data

Dumbbell chart comparing best vs worst locations for businesses in chicago — Best vs worst neighborhood per business type — the gap shows how much location choice matters within a city.

Bubble chart of business subtypes in Chicago by survivability score and location density — Every business subtype in Chicago plotted by score vs location count — bubble size shows market depth. Find Mediterranean Restaurant relative to its peers.

How we measure this: Address-level scoring decomposes into Site Economics, Market Demand, Competition, Accessibility, Neighborhood Character, and Performance History — six axes.

**City context.** Chicago is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States. Located on the western shore of Lake Michigan, it is the third-most populous city in the United States, with a population of 2.74 million at the 2020 census. Source: [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago).

**LEHD daytime-density context for Chicago:** Across 150 Chicago neighborhoods, the median daytime-to-resident ratio is **0.74:1** (LEHD LODES). Top-quartile neighborhoods run **2.07:1** — primarily-residential commercial-corridor concentration. Worker-heavy neighborhoods favor weekday-lunch and commuter-traffic businesses; resident-heavy areas favor evening + weekend demand cycles.

**Where Chicago sits on operating costs:** Commercial power **6.7¢/kWh** (below the 24-metro median), state min wage **$15.00/hr** (below), combined sales tax **8.8%** (above), and commercial property tax **2.27%** (above). Composite read: **expensive** for operating overhead. None of these are dispositive on their own — but they bound the runway a new Chicago storefront has to find product-market fit.

**Authoritative anchor:** BLS data (BLS Business Employment Dynamics, March 2025 release) puts the national 5-year survival rate for Mediterranean Restaurants at **50.0%**. In Chicago, StreetSpring's **survivability score** for this subtype averages **86%** — a site-quality measure built from 100+ location factors.

Same business type in other cities:

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Neighborhood-Specific Questions

Additional questions with answers drawn directly from local data sources.

When does StreetSpring update Chicago Mediterranean Restaurants rankings?

The Chicago Mediterranean Restaurants survivability corpus refreshes quarterly. The current dataset (2026 release) reflects Chicago's ~86% average for this subtype. New competitor openings, closures, and ACS releases are integrated each refresh cycle.

Where in the US do Mediterranean Restaurants survive best?

The three highest-scoring metros for Mediterranean Restaurants are San Antonio, Portland, St. Louis (StreetSpring 2026 corpus). Chicago sits at #19 with a 86% average survivability score.

What's the gap between the best and worst Chicago locations for a Mediterranean Restaurant?

The Chicago survivability spread for Mediterranean Restaurants runs from 57% (challenging locations) to 100% (best locations) — a 43-point window driven entirely by site selection.

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