Even though new places continue to open, this is an incredibly challenging time for restaurants. The shutdown, reopening at reduced capacity, and concerns for health and safety have forced many to close their doors permanently.

All have been affected - from favorite neighborhood spots to big downtown restaurants where you drank way too much on your birthday. Here is a running list of all the spots that have closed during the pandemic, divided by neighborhood. If you know a place that should be included, please send an email to chicago@theinfatuation.com.

And if you’re looking for ways to show support, order carryout, tip well, and also let your local representative know that helping independent restaurants and workers survive this crisis is important to you. The Independent Restaurants Coalition has made it easy to ask your rep to support the Restaurants Act with this automatic email builder.

• Hot G Dog
• Income Tax
• Passerotto
• Hamburger Mary’s (closing November 1st)
• Hutch
• Hopleaf (closing for the foreseeable future)

• El Gordo

• Ditka’s
• Pippin’s Tavern
• Walton Street Kitchen & Bar
• Nico Osteria (closing until after the New Year)
• Morton’s Steakhouse

• California Clipper
• Cafe Marie Jeanne closing November 24th

• Vanille Patisserie

• Southport Lanes & Billiards
• Fahlstrom’s Fish Market
• Machu Picchu
• Little Jim’s Tavern
• Guthrie’s Tavern
• Redmond’s Ale House
• Glaze Teriyaki Grill
• Schuba’s
• Kanela

• Rickshaw Republic
• Toast
• Simply It
• Grand Trunk Road
• Le Pain Quotidien
• Centre Street Kitchen

• Chubby Weiners
• Jeri’s Grill
• Chicago House Of ’Za
• Big Bricks
• Taco In A Bag
• Cobbleston closed until April 1st

• Davanti Enoteca
• La Fontanella
• Francesca’s On Taylor

• Fat Willy’s Rib Shack
• Masa Azul (closed until the “pandemic wanes”)
• Revolution Brewing (closed until March)
• Ludlow Liquors _ (closed until further notice)
• Scofflaw (closed for the foreseeable future)
• Longman & Eagle (until 2021)
• The Whale (closed indefinitely)

• Congas
• Mo Dailey’s

• Two Lights Seafood And Oyster

• Finom Coffee

• Taqueria Sabor y Sazon
• Step Down Cafe

• Marmalade
• Fountainhead (Closing on November 14th)
• Band Of Bohemia

• Katana
• 25 Degrees
• Nacional 27
• Monty’s Tap
• Farmhouse
• Pepper Canister
• Yolk
• Bottled Blonde
• Concrete Cowboy
• Zed451
• Ironside Bar & Galley
• Brunch
• Rainforest Cafe
• Gino’s East
• Lawry’s (closing at the end of the year)
• Kiki’s Bistro
• Barton G.
• Artisan Cellar
• Ruth Chris Steak House
• Hutch American Cafe
• Beacon Tavern
• Bernie’s (temporarily closed until 2021)
• Imperial Lamian

• Baobabbq
• Twisted Tapas
• Mysore Woodlands

• Scout
• South Coast Sushi
• Asian Cajun PLUS
• Tantrum
• Kroll’s South Loop

• The Windsor
• Mity Nice Grill
• Food Life
• Ramen Misoya

• Trattoria No. 10
• Specialty’s Cafe & Bakery
• Bridgeport Coffee Company
• Well’s Street Market(on September 18th)
• Ronny’s
• Everest(https://www.everestrestaurant.com/) is permanently closing on January 1st.
• Caffe Baci

• Nick’s Uptown
• 3 Square’s Diner

• Blackbird
• Bad Hunter
• Eden
• The Front Room
• Specialty’s Cafe & Bakery
• La Sardine
• Dept. Of Coffee And Social Affairs
• Maude’s Liquor Bar
• City Mouse
• Politan Row (closing until spring 2021)
• Ballast Point (closing for the foreseeable future)
• Elske (closed through winter)
• Gaijin (closing until 2021)

• Bar Biscay
• Art of Dosa

• Clever Rabbit
• Links Taproom
• Cafe Cancale
• Bite Cafe
• Habana Libre
• Luella’s Gospel Bird
• Toast
• Bonci
• Vienna Beef
• Tecalitlan
• Danny’s Tavern
• Las Palmas