Updown Tobacco Shop

Owners: Joel Krakow, Phillip Ledbetter
Acct #24879
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1
Total Licenses
1
Active
1
Locations
2002
Operating Since

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Business Summary

Updown Tobacco Shop has been operating in Chicago since 2002 (~24 years). They currently hold 1 active license across 1 location in OLD TOWN.

Primary activity: Retail Sale of Tobacco (Retail - Tobacco).

Most recent activity: renewal on 2026-01-15.

Locations

1 address on file
  • 1550 N WELLS ST 1STNear North Side · 7 licensesActive
    Licenses (7)
    • TobaccoActive2026-01-15
    • Tobacco2025-01-30
    • Tobacco2024-01-04
    • Tobacco2023-01-13
    • Tobacco2022-01-12
    • Tobacco2020-12-31
    • Tobacco2020-01-21

Activities

Retail Sale of Tobacco

Licenses

7 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.

TobaccorenewalActiveIssued 2026-01-15 · Expires 2027-02-15
License number
4330
License code
1781
Site number
1
DBA name
Updown Tobacco Shop
Legal name
Gerald Bernard Gallery, INC.
Address
1550 N WELLS ST 1ST, CHICAGO, IL 60610
Business activity
Retail Sale of Tobacco
Application type
RENEW
Conditional approval
N
License start
2026-02-16
Payment date
2026-01-14
Date issued
2026-01-15
Expiration
2027-02-15
Status change
Data not available
Ward
2
Precinct
42
Police district
18
Community area
Near North Side
Neighborhood
OLD TOWN
SSA
48
TobaccolapseIssued 2025-01-30 · Expires 2026-02-15
License number
4330
License code
1781
Site number
1
DBA name
Updown Tobacco Shop
Legal name
Gerald Bernard Gallery, INC.
Address
1550 N WELLS ST 1ST, CHICAGO, IL 60610
Business activity
Retail Sale of Tobacco
Application type
RENEW
Conditional approval
N
License start
2025-02-16
Payment date
2025-01-29
Date issued
2025-01-30
Expiration
2026-02-15
Status change
Data not available
Ward
2
Precinct
42
Police district
18
Community area
Near North Side
Neighborhood
OLD TOWN
SSA
48
TobaccolapseIssued 2024-01-04 · Expires 2025-02-15
License number
4330
License code
1781
Site number
1
DBA name
Updown Tobacco Shop
Legal name
Gerald Bernard Gallery, INC.
Address
1550 N WELLS ST 1ST, CHICAGO, IL 60610
Business activity
Retail Sale of Tobacco
Application type
RENEW
Conditional approval
N
License start
2024-02-16
Payment date
2024-01-03
Date issued
2024-01-04
Expiration
2025-02-15
Status change
Data not available
Ward
2
Precinct
42
Police district
18
Community area
Near North Side
Neighborhood
OLD TOWN
SSA
48
TobaccolapseIssued 2023-01-13 · Expires 2024-02-15
License number
4330
License code
1781
Site number
1
DBA name
Updown Tobacco Shop
Legal name
Gerald Bernard Gallery, INC.
Address
1550 N WELLS ST 1ST, CHICAGO, IL 60610
Business activity
Retail Sale of Tobacco
Application type
RENEW
Conditional approval
N
License start
2023-02-16
Payment date
2023-01-11
Date issued
2023-01-13
Expiration
2024-02-15
Status change
Data not available
Ward
2
Precinct
42
Police district
18
Community area
Near North Side
Neighborhood
OLD TOWN
SSA
48
TobaccolapseIssued 2022-01-12 · Expires 2023-02-15
License number
4330
License code
1781
Site number
1
DBA name
Updown Tobacco Shop
Legal name
Gerald Bernard Gallery, INC.
Address
1550 N WELLS ST 1ST, CHICAGO, IL 60610
Business activity
Retail Sale of Tobacco
Application type
RENEW
Conditional approval
N
License start
2022-02-16
Payment date
2022-01-11
Date issued
2022-01-12
Expiration
2023-02-15
Status change
Data not available
Ward
2
Precinct
42
Police district
18
Community area
Near North Side
Neighborhood
OLD TOWN
SSA
48
TobaccolapseIssued 2020-12-31 · Expires 2022-02-15
License number
4330
License code
1781
Site number
1
DBA name
Updown Tobacco Shop
Legal name
Gerald Bernard Gallery, INC.
Address
1550 N WELLS ST 1ST, CHICAGO, IL 60610
Business activity
Retail Sale of Tobacco
Application type
RENEW
Conditional approval
N
License start
2021-02-16
Payment date
2020-12-29
Date issued
2020-12-31
Expiration
2022-02-15
Status change
Data not available
Ward
2
Precinct
42
Police district
18
Community area
Near North Side
Neighborhood
OLD TOWN
SSA
48
TobaccolapseIssued 2020-01-21 · Expires 2021-02-15
License number
4330
License code
1781
Site number
1
DBA name
Updown Tobacco Shop
Legal name
Gerald Bernard Gallery, INC.
Address
1550 N WELLS ST 1ST, CHICAGO, IL 60610
Business activity
Retail Sale of Tobacco
Application type
RENEW
Conditional approval
N
License start
2020-02-16
Payment date
2020-01-17
Date issued
2020-01-21
Expiration
2021-02-15
Status change
Data not available
Ward
2
Precinct
42
Police district
18
Community area
Near North Side
Neighborhood
OLD TOWN
SSA
48

Permits & Construction

Data not available

Property & Census

Neighborhood

Median household income
$151,830
Owner-occupied housing
39.1%
Bachelor’s degree or higher
87.5%
People per sq mi
43,711
White-collar workforce
71.5%
Census tract 17031080300 · ACS 5-year 2024

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