Last week's food licenses: a Chicago restaurant equipment rep's week

Marcus covers the Near West Side and Pilsen for a mid-size restaurant equipment dealer. His job is to show up while a kitchen is still being built.

Cold lists failed him — stale phones, five-year-old restaurants. Chicago open data ISSUE licenses (food, trailing 7 days) are the real trigger.

What changed

He bought ChiLead for $19. After Stripe, 7-day and 30-day ISSUE packs (restaurant segment) were emailed directly from Armorlight. He sorted by ward.

That week

• Wed: three new ISSUE food licenses nearby; booked a Friday site measure.
• Thu: a commissary still needing refrigeration.
• Fri: in the room the same week the license issued.

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