Sunlight Cafe

Owner: Chao Xie
Acct #291008
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1
Total Licenses
1
Active
1
Locations
2005
Operating Since

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Business Summary

Sunlight Cafe has been operating in Chicago since 2005 (~21 years). They currently hold 1 active license across 1 location in CHINATOWN.

Primary activity: Retail Sales of Perishable Foods (Bakery / Cafe).

Most recent activity: renewal on 2026-06-23.

Locations

1 address on file
  • 227 W CERMAK RDArmour Square · 4 licensesActive
    Licenses (4)
    • Retail Food EstablishmentActive2026-06-23
    • Retail Food Establishment2024-05-10
    • Retail Food Establishment2022-04-28
    • Retail Food Establishment2020-05-15

Activities

Retail Sales of Perishable Foods

Licenses

4 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.

Retail Food EstablishmentrenewalActiveIssued 2026-06-23 · Expires 2028-06-15
License number
1594913
License code
1006
Site number
1
DBA name
Sunlight Cafe
Legal name
Chao H. Xie
Address
227 W CERMAK RD, CHICAGO, IL 60616
Business activity
Retail Sales of Perishable Foods
Application type
RENEW
Conditional approval
N
License start
2026-06-16
Payment date
2026-05-20
Date issued
2026-06-23
Expiration
2028-06-15
Status change
Data not available
Ward
11
Precinct
14
Police district
9
Community area
Armour Square
Neighborhood
CHINATOWN
SSA
Data not available
Retail Food EstablishmentlapseIssued 2024-05-10 · Expires 2026-06-15
License number
1594913
License code
1006
Site number
1
DBA name
Sunlight Cafe
Legal name
Chao H. Xie
Address
227 W CERMAK RD, CHICAGO, IL 60616
Business activity
Retail Sales of Perishable Foods
Application type
RENEW
Conditional approval
N
License start
2024-06-16
Payment date
2024-05-09
Date issued
2024-05-10
Expiration
2026-06-15
Status change
Data not available
Ward
11
Precinct
14
Police district
9
Community area
Armour Square
Neighborhood
CHINATOWN
SSA
Data not available
Retail Food EstablishmentlapseIssued 2022-04-28 · Expires 2024-06-15
License number
1594913
License code
1006
Site number
1
DBA name
Sunlight Cafe
Legal name
Chao H. Xie
Address
227 W CERMAK RD, CHICAGO, IL 60616
Business activity
Retail Sales of Perishable Foods
Application type
RENEW
Conditional approval
N
License start
2022-06-16
Payment date
2022-04-27
Date issued
2022-04-28
Expiration
2024-06-15
Status change
Data not available
Ward
11
Precinct
14
Police district
9
Community area
Armour Square
Neighborhood
CHINATOWN
SSA
Data not available
Retail Food EstablishmentlapseIssued 2020-05-15 · Expires 2022-06-15
License number
1594913
License code
1006
Site number
1
DBA name
Sunlight Cafe
Legal name
Chao H. Xie
Address
227 W CERMAK RD, CHICAGO, IL 60616
Business activity
Retail Sales of Perishable Foods
Application type
RENEW
Conditional approval
N
License start
2020-06-16
Payment date
2020-05-14
Date issued
2020-05-15
Expiration
2022-06-15
Status change
Data not available
Ward
11
Precinct
14
Police district
9
Community area
Armour Square
Neighborhood
CHINATOWN
SSA
Data not available

Permits & Construction

Data not available

Property & Census

Neighborhood

Median household income
$44,083
Owner-occupied housing
41.2%
Bachelor’s degree or higher
25.6%
People per sq mi
16,977
White-collar workforce
35.8%
Census tract 17031841100 · ACS 5-year 2024

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