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Bernie's
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedOctober 24, 2025
- address3664 N Clark St, Chicago 60613
Is Bernie's clean?
Bernie's is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 24, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Bernie's?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 24, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🌡️thermometers missingThermometers Provided & Accurate • OBSERVED THE THERMOMETER ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE WALK-IN COOLER TO BE IN DISREPAIR. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
- 🚻bathroom / plumbing issuesPlumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED THE HANDWASHING SINK IN THE MAIN BAR AREA SLOW DRAINING. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
- ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • MUST PROVIDE COVERS FOR THE WASTECAN RECEPTACLES IN THE WOMENS RESTROOM STALLS FOR FEMININE HYGIENE PRODUCTS.Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned • MUST PROVIDE COVERS FOR THE WASTECAN RECEPTACLES IN THE WOMENS RESTROOM STALLS FOR FEMININE HYGIENE PRODUCTS.
When was Bernie's last inspected?
Bernie's has 27 inspections on record going back to July 8, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 24, 2025 | Pass | |
| December 6, 2024 | Pass | |
| November 29, 2024 | Fail | |
| September 29, 2023 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| October 6, 2022 | Pass | |
| September 22, 2022 | — | |
| May 27, 2021 | Pass | |
| August 25, 2020 | Pass | |
| June 8, 2020 | — | |
| October 16, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| October 4, 2019 | Fail | |
| September 20, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions |
Bernie's vs Lake View
Lake View runs 68% clean across 2,211 tracked restaurants — 1,492 clean, 440 mid, 272 cooked.
Against the 2,211 spots Cooked tracks in Lake View, this one comes out cleaner than 36% 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 October 24, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.