Basil Leaf Cafe/Sage

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedAugust 7, 2025 →
• address2461-2467 N Clark St, Chicago 60614

Is Basil Leaf Cafe/Sage clean?

Basil Leaf Cafe/Sage is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 7, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Basil Leaf Cafe/Sage?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 7, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
• ⚠️Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained
• 🥜allergen training missing
  Allergen Training As Required

When was Basil Leaf Cafe/Sage last inspected?

Basil Leaf Cafe/Sage has 15 inspections on record going back to August 16, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Basil Leaf Cafe/Sage vs Lincoln Park

Lincoln Park runs 78% clean across 892 tracked restaurants — 687 clean, 174 mid, 21 cooked.

Against the 892 spots Cooked tracks in Lincoln Park, this one comes out cleaner than 25% of them.

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• ✓ Spicy Pickle
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• ✓ Orange
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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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated August 7, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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