Carbon

• resultPass
• critical violations1
• last inspectedJune 16, 2026 →
• address1204 W Lake St, Chicago 60607

Is Carbon clean?

Carbon is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 16, 2026. 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 Carbon?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 16, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
• ⚠️Toilet Facilities: Properly Constructed, Supplied, & Cleaned

When was Carbon last inspected?

Carbon has 3 inspections on record going back to August 26, 2025.

Carbon vs Near West Side

Near West Side runs 80% clean across 1,294 tracked restaurants — 1,030 clean, 233 mid, 19 cooked.

Against the 1,294 spots Cooked tracks in Near West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 20% of them.

Other spots in Near West Side

• ✓! Carbon
  mid · August 26, 2025
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  clean · August 12, 2025
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  clean · April 22, 2026
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  clean · September 4, 2025
• ✓ Bittersweet
  clean · July 13, 2026
• ✓ Azul 18 On Taylor
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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 June 16, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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