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 or for the foreseeable future.

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, or that’s on this list and has reopened, please send an email to chicago@theinfatuation.com.

New as of 3/3/2021: Nita’s Gumbo, Nookies Edgewater, Max’s Takeout, Edgewater Location of Metropolitan Coffee (temporarily)

• Hot G Dog
• Income Tax
• Passerotto
• Hamburger Mary’s
• Hutch
• Hopleaf (reopening April 1st)
• Farm Bar
• River Valley Farmer’s Market
• Burke’s Public House
• Summer Noodles & Rice
• Metropolitan Coffee, Granville location (temporarily closed)
• Nookies, Edgewater location

• El Gordo
• Don Juan Restaurante

• Ditka’s
• Pippin’s Tavern (reopening in 2021)
• Walton Street Kitchen & Bar
• Nico Osteria (closing until after the New Year)
• Morton’s Steakhouse
• Blue Agave
• Southern Cut

• California Clipper
• Cafe Marie Jeanne
• Dante’s Tavern

• 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
• The Dark Horse Tap & Grille
• Gino’s East
• Avenue Tavern

• Rickshaw Republic
• Toast
• Simply It
• Grand Trunk Road
• Le Pain Quotidien
• Centre Street Kitchen
• Devil Dawgs
• Marge’s Still (temporarily)
• Royal Indian Grill

• Chubby Weiners
• Jeri’s Grill
• Chicago House Of ’Za
• Big Bricks
• Taco In A Bag
• Cobblestone (closed until April 1st)
• Thai Room
• Chicago Joe’s

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

• Fat Willy’s Rib Shack
• Masa Azul (closed until the “pandemic wanes”)
• Ludlow Liquors (closed until further notice)
• Scofflaw (closed for the foreseeable future)
• Longman & Eagle (until 2021)
• The Whale (Reopening March 3rd)
• Good Fortune
• Dante’s Pizzeria

• Congas
• Mo Dailey’s

• Two Lights Seafood And Oyster
• Bombobar Old Town
• Lan’s Old Town (temporarily)

• Finom Coffee

• Taqueria Sabor y Sazon
• Step Down Cafe
• Dusek’s (closed until further notice)
• Fran’s Beef

• Marmalade
• Fountainhead
• Band Of Bohemia
• Over Easy Cafe (closed indefinitely)

• 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
• Kiki’s Bistro
• Barton G.
• Artisan Cellar
• Ruth Chris Steak House
• Hutch American Cafe
• Beacon Tavern
• Bernie’s (temporarily closed)
• Imperial Lamian
• Downtown Dogs
• Pacific Standard Time

• Baobabbq
• Twisted Tapas
• Mysore Woodlands

• Scout
• South Coast Sushi
• Asian Cajun PLUS
• Tantrum
• Kroll’s South Loop
• Tutto Italiano
• Pauly’s Pizzeria

• Nita’s Gumbo

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

• Trattoria No. 10
• Specialty’s Cafe & Bakery
• Bridgeport Coffee Company
• Well’s Street Market
• Ronny’s
• Everest
• Caffe Baci
• III Forks
• Max’s Takeout

• Nick’s Uptown
• 3 Square’s Diner
• Uptown Arcade

• 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)
• BLVD (until further notice)
• 1340 Beer Wine Spirits

• Bar Biscay
• Art of Dosa
• Fiore’s (closing February 15th)

• Clever Rabbit
• Links Taproom
• Cafe Cancale
• Bite Cafe
• Habana Libre
• Luella’s Gospel Bird
• Toast
• Bonci
• Vienna Beef
• Tecalitlan (has reopened as a delivery-only restaurant, order here)
• Danny’s Tavern
• Las Palmas
• Furious Spoon