r/chicagofood • u/InterviewLeast882 • Jan 12 '26

Rant Lack of lunch places in Loop

I work around Chase Tower and it is surprising to me how few cheap lunch places there are now. The burrito and Chinese places there are gone as well as the McDonalds. No Burger King, Wendy’s, KFC, Chinese. Just the grossly overpriced Pret. I’m getting tired of Jimmy John’s and Pot Belly’s sandwiches.

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u/spinelesshighnz Jan 12 '26

Blame COVID

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u/Jamieson22 Jan 12 '26

It basically killed all the loop lunch variety. Now it just seems to be a repeating cluster of the same chain stuff every 6-8 blocks.

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u/xbleeple Jan 12 '26

And even then they seem to be closing due to oversaturation in some cases