Windy City Smokes

Owner: Malik Abubakier
Acct #513357
1
Total Licenses
1
Active
1
Locations
2025
Operating Since

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Business Summary

Windy City Smokes has been operating in Chicago since 2025 (~1 year). They currently hold 1 active license across 1 location in ENGLEWOOD.

Primary activity: Retail Sales of Flavored Tobacco Products | Retail Sales of Tobacco Products and Accessories (80% or Higher Gross Revenue of Business) | Retail Sales of Electronic Cigarettes and Liquid Nicotine Products and Accessories (Under 20% of Gross Revenue of Business) (Retail - Tobacco).

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

Locations

1 address on file
  • 1614 W 59TH STWest Englewood · 2 licenses · 3 permitsActive
    Licenses (2)
    • TobaccoActive2026-06-23
    • Tobacco2025-04-23
    Permits (3)
    • Express Permit Program · Under construction2025-11-03
    • Signs2025-08-06
    • Express Permit Program · Operating2025-02-06

Activities

Retail Sales of Flavored Tobacco Products | Retail Sales of Tobacco Products and Accessories (80% or Higher Gross Revenue of Business) | Retail Sales of Electronic Cigarettes and Liquid Nicotine Products and Accessories (Under 20% of Gross Revenue of Business)

Licenses

2 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 2026-06-23 · Expires 2027-05-15
License number
3006975
License code
1781
Site number
1
DBA name
Windy City Smokes
Legal name
1614 Tobacco INC.
Address
1614 W 59TH ST, CHICAGO, IL 60636
Business activity
Retail Sales of Flavored Tobacco Products | Retail Sales of Tobacco Products and Accessories (80% or Higher Gross Revenue of Business) | Retail Sales of Electronic Cigarettes and Liquid Nicotine Products and Accessories (Under 20% of Gross Revenue of Business)
Application type
RENEW
Conditional approval
N
License start
2026-05-16
Payment date
2026-06-23
Date issued
2026-06-23
Expiration
2027-05-15
Status change
Data not available
Ward
16
Precinct
5
Police district
7
Community area
West Englewood
Neighborhood
ENGLEWOOD
SSA
Data not available
TobaccolapseIssued 2025-04-23 · Expires 2026-05-15
License number
3006975
License code
1781
Site number
1
DBA name
Windy City Smokes
Legal name
1614 Tobacco INC.
Address
1614 W 59TH ST, CHICAGO, IL 60636
Business activity
Retail Sales of Flavored Tobacco Products | Retail Sales of Tobacco Products and Accessories (80% or Higher Gross Revenue of Business) | Retail Sales of Electronic Cigarettes and Liquid Nicotine Products and Accessories (Under 20% of Gross Revenue of Business)
Application type
ISSUE
Conditional approval
N
License start
2025-04-23
Payment date
2025-03-13
Date issued
2025-04-23
Expiration
2026-05-15
Status change
Data not available
Ward
16
Precinct
5
Police district
7
Community area
West Englewood
Neighborhood
ENGLEWOOD
SSA
Data not available

Permits & Construction

Active permitExpress Permit Program

Property & Census

Neighborhood

Median household income
$30,000
Owner-occupied housing
15.0%
Bachelor’s degree or higher
15.6%
People per sq mi
9,556
White-collar workforce
18.1%
Census tract 17031670300 · ACS 5-year 2024

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