Cooked?
Alk
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMarch 6, 2024
- address168 N Michigan Ave, Chicago 60601
Is Alk clean?
Alk is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on March 6, 2024. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.
What did inspectors find at Alk?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 6, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED FOOD DEBRIS AND GREASE BUILD UP ON THE FLOORS BETWEEN COOKING AND FRYING EQUIPMENT. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
When was Alk last inspected?
Alk has 10 inspections on record going back to September 25, 2018.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 28, 2024 | closed by the city | |
| March 6, 2024 | Pass | |
| February 22, 2024 | Fail | |
| January 9, 2023 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 21, 2022 | Pass | |
| June 14, 2022 | Fail | |
| August 4, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| December 13, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| September 26, 2018 | Pass | |
| September 25, 2018 | — |
Alk vs Loop
Loop runs 44% clean across 3,616 tracked restaurants — 1,566 clean, 332 mid, 1,687 cooked.
Against the 3,616 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, this one comes out cleaner than 0% of them.
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How Chicago grades restaurants
Chicago does not use letter grades. Every inspection ends in one of three official results: Pass, Pass with Conditions, or Fail. Pass with Conditions means violations were found but corrected on the spot or under a deadline — the restaurant is open, with homework. A Fail means serious violations went uncorrected, and it usually brings a re-inspection within days. Chicago also flags “priority” violations, the ones most likely to actually make someone sick. Cooked reads Pass as clean, Pass with Conditions as mid, and Fail as cooked, and shows the itemized violations behind each result.
Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated March 6, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.