Black Cat Lounge

• resultPass
• critical violations1
• last inspectedNovember 28, 2023 →
• address1640 W 115Th St, Chicago 60643
• cuisineLiquor

Is Black Cat Lounge clean?

Black Cat Lounge is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on November 28, 2023. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Black Cat Lounge?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on November 28, 2023, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
• ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored
• ⚠️Warewashing Facilities: Installed, Maintained & Used; Test Strips
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean

When was Black Cat Lounge last inspected?

Black Cat Lounge has 8 inspections on record going back to April 13, 2015.

Black Cat Lounge vs Morgan Park

Morgan Park runs 82% clean across 93 tracked restaurants — 76 clean, 14 mid, 3 cooked.

Against the 93 spots Cooked tracks in Morgan Park, this one comes out cleaner than 18% 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.

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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 November 28, 2023. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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