Foremost Liquors

Owners: Xhemal Hotza, Retzep Hotza
Acct #24051
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2
Total Licenses
0
Active
0
Locations
2002
Operating Since

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Business Summary

Past revocationChainRecycled storefront

Foremost Liquors has been operating in Chicago since 2002 (~24 years). They currently hold 0 active licenses (2 total on file) across 0 locations in UPTOWN.

Primary activity: Retail Sales of Packaged Liquor (Retail - Liquor).

Notable: Past revocation, Chain, and Recycled storefront.

Most recent activity: lapse on 2025-07-17.

Locations

1 address on file
  • 1040 W ARGYLE ST 1STUptown · 9 licensesInactive
    Licenses (9)
    • Package GoodsCancelled2025-07-17
    • Tobacco2025-07-17
    • Tobacco2024-07-15
    • Tobacco2024-03-25
    • Package Goods2024-03-25
    • Tobacco2022-07-27
    • Tobacco2021-06-15
    • Package Goods2021-06-15
    • Tobacco2020-07-06

Activities

Retail Sales of Packaged LiquorRetail Sale of Tobacco

Licenses

9 records

One row per license event since 2020. Tap any row for the full record. A renewal with no issuance below it points to a license first issued before our 2020 coverage window.

Package GoodscancellationCancelledIssued 2025-07-17 · Expires 2027-07-15
License number
478
License code
1474
Site number
1
DBA name
Foremost Liquors
Legal name
Markat Enterprises, INC.
Address
1040 W ARGYLE ST 1ST, CHICAGO, IL 60640
Business activity
Retail Sales of Packaged Liquor
Application type
RENEW
Conditional approval
N
License start
2025-07-16
Payment date
2025-07-16
Date issued
2025-07-17
Expiration
2027-07-15
Status change
2026-09-01
Ward
48
Precinct
21
Police district
20
Community area
Uptown
Neighborhood
UPTOWN
SSA
34
TobaccolapseIssued 2025-07-17 · Expires 2026-07-15
License number
479
License code
1781
Site number
1
DBA name
Foremost Liquors
Legal name
Markat Enterprises, INC.
Address
1040 W ARGYLE ST 1ST, CHICAGO, IL 60640
Business activity
Retail Sale of Tobacco
Application type
RENEW
Conditional approval
N
License start
2025-07-16
Payment date
2025-07-16
Date issued
2025-07-17
Expiration
2026-07-15
Status change
Data not available
Ward
48
Precinct
21
Police district
20
Community area
Uptown
Neighborhood
UPTOWN
SSA
34
TobaccolapseIssued 2024-07-15 · Expires 2025-07-15
License number
479
License code
1781
Site number
1
DBA name
Foremost Liquors
Legal name
Markat Enterprises, INC.
Address
1040 W ARGYLE ST 1ST, CHICAGO, IL 60640
Business activity
Retail Sale of Tobacco
Application type
RENEW
Conditional approval
N
License start
2024-07-16
Payment date
2024-07-12
Date issued
2024-07-15
Expiration
2025-07-15
Status change
Data not available
Ward
48
Precinct
21
Police district
20
Community area
Uptown
Neighborhood
UPTOWN
SSA
34
TobaccolapseIssued 2024-03-25 · Expires 2024-07-15
License number
479
License code
1781
Site number
1
DBA name
Foremost Liquors
Legal name
Markat Enterprises, INC.
Address
1040 W ARGYLE ST 1ST, CHICAGO, IL 60640
Business activity
Retail Sale of Tobacco
Application type
RENEW
Conditional approval
N
License start
2023-07-16
Payment date
2024-03-22
Date issued
2024-03-25
Expiration
2024-07-15
Status change
Data not available
Ward
48
Precinct
21
Police district
20
Community area
Uptown
Neighborhood
UPTOWN
SSA
34
Package GoodslapseIssued 2024-03-25 · Expires 2025-07-15
License number
478
License code
1474
Site number
1
DBA name
Foremost Liquors
Legal name
Markat Enterprises, INC.
Address
1040 W ARGYLE ST 1ST, CHICAGO, IL 60640
Business activity
Retail Sales of Packaged Liquor
Application type
RENEW
Conditional approval
N
License start
2023-07-16
Payment date
2024-03-22
Date issued
2024-03-25
Expiration
2025-07-15
Status change
Data not available
Ward
48
Precinct
21
Police district
20
Community area
Uptown
Neighborhood
UPTOWN
SSA
34
TobaccolapseIssued 2022-07-27 · Expires 2023-07-15
License number
479
License code
1781
Site number
1
DBA name
Foremost Liquors
Legal name
Markat Enterprises, INC.
Address
1040 W ARGYLE ST 1ST, CHICAGO, IL 60640
Business activity
Retail Sale of Tobacco
Application type
RENEW
Conditional approval
N
License start
2022-07-16
Payment date
2022-07-26
Date issued
2022-07-27
Expiration
2023-07-15
Status change
Data not available
Ward
48
Precinct
21
Police district
20
Community area
Uptown
Neighborhood
UPTOWN
SSA
34
TobaccolapseIssued 2021-06-15 · Expires 2022-07-15
License number
479
License code
1781
Site number
1
DBA name
Foremost Liquors
Legal name
Markat Enterprises, INC.
Address
1040 W ARGYLE ST 1ST, CHICAGO, IL 60640
Business activity
Retail Sale of Tobacco
Application type
RENEW
Conditional approval
N
License start
2021-07-16
Payment date
2021-06-14
Date issued
2021-06-15
Expiration
2022-07-15
Status change
Data not available
Ward
48
Precinct
21
Police district
20
Community area
Uptown
Neighborhood
UPTOWN
SSA
34
Package GoodslapseIssued 2021-06-15 · Expires 2023-07-15
License number
478
License code
1474
Site number
1
DBA name
Foremost Liquors
Legal name
Markat Enterprises, INC.
Address
1040 W ARGYLE ST 1ST, CHICAGO, IL 60640
Business activity
Retail Sales of Packaged Liquor
Application type
RENEW
Conditional approval
N
License start
2021-07-16
Payment date
2021-06-14
Date issued
2021-06-15
Expiration
2023-07-15
Status change
Data not available
Ward
48
Precinct
21
Police district
20
Community area
Uptown
Neighborhood
UPTOWN
SSA
34
TobaccolapseIssued 2020-07-06 · Expires 2021-07-15
License number
479
License code
1781
Site number
1
DBA name
Foremost Liquors
Legal name
Markat Enterprises, INC.
Address
1040 W ARGYLE ST 1ST, CHICAGO, IL 60640
Business activity
Retail Sale of Tobacco
Application type
RENEW
Conditional approval
N
License start
2020-07-16
Payment date
2020-07-06
Date issued
2020-07-06
Expiration
2021-07-15
Status change
Data not available
Ward
48
Precinct
21
Police district
20
Community area
Uptown
Neighborhood
UPTOWN
SSA
34

Permits & Construction

Data not available

Property & Census

Neighborhood

Median household income
$25,713
Owner-occupied housing
18.4%
Bachelor’s degree or higher
45.5%
People per sq mi
42,030
White-collar workforce
45.3%
Census tract 17031031200 · ACS 5-year 2024

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