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Carm's
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJune 1, 2026
- address1057 W Polk St, Chicago 60607
Is Carm's clean?
Carm's is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 1, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Carm's?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 1, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained • MISSING TRASH RECEPTACLES NEAR HANDWASH SINKS IN PREP AREAS. A RECEPTACLE SHALL BE PROVIDED IN EACH AREA WHERE REFUSE IS GENERATED OR COMMONLY DISCARDED. INSTD TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAINGarbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained • MISSING TRASH RECEPTACLES NEAR HANDWASH SINKS IN PREP AREAS. A RECEPTACLE SHALL BE PROVIDED IN EACH AREA WHERE REFUSE IS GENERATED OR COMMONLY DISCARDED. INSTD TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN
When was Carm's last inspected?
Carm's has 10 inspections on record going back to November 30, 2018.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 1, 2026 | Pass | |
| January 21, 2026 | Pass | |
| July 10, 2025 | Pass | |
| June 11, 2024 | Pass | |
| July 18, 2023 | Pass | |
| August 29, 2022 | Pass | |
| December 1, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 17, 2020 | Pass | |
| October 1, 2019 | Pass | |
| November 30, 2018 | Pass |
Carm's vs Near West Side
Near West Side runs 72% clean across 2,033 tracked restaurants — 1,463 clean, 406 mid, 151 cooked.
Against the 2,033 spots Cooked tracks in Near West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 30% 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 June 1, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.