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

• El Gordo

• Ditka’s
• Pippin’s Tavern
• Walton Street Kitchen & Bar

• California Clipper

• 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

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

• Chubby Weiners
• Jeri’s Grill
• Chicago House Of ’Za
• Big Bricks

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

• Fat Willy’s Rib Shack

• Congas
• Mo Dailey’s

• Two Lights Seafood And Oyster

• Taqueria Sabor y Sazon
• Step Down Cafe

• 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 (closing on September 30th)

• Baobabbq
• Twisted Tapas

• 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

• Nick’s Uptown
• 3 Square’s Diner

• Blackbird
• Bad Hunter
• Eden (Last service will be on 7/18)
• The Front Room
• Specialty’s Cafe & Bakery
• La Sardine
• Dept. Of Coffee And Social Affairs

• Bar Biscay
• Art of Dosa

• Clever Rabbit
• Links Taproom
• Mable’s Table
• Cafe Cancale
• Bite Cafe
• Habana Libre
• Luella’s Gospel Bird
• Toast
• Bonci
• Vienna Beef
• Tecalitlan