Chicago Yacht Club

• resultPass
• critical violations1
• last inspectedSeptember 2, 2025
• address3180 N Lake Shore Dr, Chicago 60657

Is Chicago Yacht Club clean?

Chicago Yacht Club is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on September 2, 2025. 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 Chicago Yacht Club?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 2, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED NO HAND WASHING SIGNS OR POSTERS NEAR HAND WASHING SINKS IN KITHEN FOOD PREP AREA, DISHWASHING AREA AND WASHROOMS. MUST PROVIDE HAND WASHING SIGNS AT ALL HANDWASHING SINKS AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
• 🧻grimy wiping cloths
  Wiping Cloths: Properly Used & Stored • OBSERVED WIPING CLOTHS STORED ON TOP OF PREP TABLES IN KITCHEN FOOD PREPARATION AREA. MUST PROPERLY STORE WIPING CLOTHS IN A SANITIZING SOLUTION WHEN NOT IN USE
• ⚠️Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • OBSERVED STORED ITEMS ON FLOOR IN THE KITCHEN FOOD PREPARATION AREA, DRY STORAGE ROOMS, CLOSETS, LIQUOR STORAGE ROOMS AND FRONT BAR AREA. MUST BE ELEVATED FROM THE FLOOR AT ALL TIMES.
  Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • OBSERVED STORED ITEMS ON FLOOR IN THE KITCHEN FOOD PREPARATION AREA, DRY STORAGE ROOMS, CLOSETS, LIQUOR STORAGE ROOMS AND FRONT BAR AREA. MUST BE ELEVATED FROM THE FLOOR AT ALL TIMES.
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED RUSTY FOOD STORAGE SHELVING INSIDE WALK-IN COOLER. MUST REPAINT OR REPLACE.
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED DIRT, GREASE AND FOOD DEBRIS INSIDE COOKING EQUIPMENT IN KITCHEN FOOD PREPARATION AREA. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
• 🚻bathroom / plumbing issues
  Plumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED EXPOSED HAND WASHING SINK LOCATED NEXT TO PREP SINK DRAINING SLOW. MUST REPAIR AND MAINTAIN.
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED DIRT AND DEBRIS ON WALLS IN REAR DISHWASHING AREA AND FRONT BAR AREA. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED DIRT AND DEBRIS ON FLOORS UNDER AND BEHIND COOKING EQUIPMNTIN KITCHEN FOOD PREP AREA AND INSIDE ALL LIQUOR STORAGE ROOMS LOCATED IN THE 1ST AND 2ND FLOORS. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVD PEELING, CHIPPING PAINT ON THE FLOOR AT THE KITCHEN FOOD PREP AREA AND 3-COMPARTMENT SINKS AREA. MUST. MUST REPAIR TO BE SMOOTH AND CLENABLE. • OBSERVED BIG OPENING INTO WALL IN THE SECOND LIQUOR STORAGE ROOM IN THE FIRTS FLOOR. MUST SEAL OPENING AND MAINTAIN FACILITY IN A GOOD REPAIR.
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • : OBSERVED DUST BUILD UP ON VENTILATION VENTS IN KITCHEND FOOD PREP AREA. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
  Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used • : OBSERVED DUST BUILD UP ON VENTILATION VENTS IN KITCHEND FOOD PREP AREA. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.

When was Chicago Yacht Club last inspected?

Chicago Yacht Club has 20 inspections on record going back to October 11, 2013. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Chicago Yacht Club 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 32% 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 September 2, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.