Your best bet is to get a real estate broker to find a location. 2 biggest rings to consider... zoning and liquor license. Most new places in the west loop are restaurants that serve liquor. There was a shooting on Randolph a few weeks ago
http://abc7chicago.com/news/1-dead-1...t-loop/971919/
Police are trying to shut it down. The neighborhood organizations will be all over it. When you try to open a new liquor establishment, you have to go through zoning hearings with the neighbors within a certain distance. I am a Chicago based DJ, I live in the west loop, and I have already looked into this. Even The Mid has a ton of complaints against it and that place is big time... it's owned by React.
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