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Clock Tower Cafe
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedSeptember 3, 2025
- address3600 N Recreation Dr, Chicago 60613
Is Clock Tower Cafe clean?
Clock Tower Cafe is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on September 3, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Clock Tower Cafe?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on September 3, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • OBSERVED BOXES OF FOOD STORED ON FLOOR INSIDE WALK-IN FREEZER. MUST ELEVATE FOOD ITEMS OF THE FLOOR AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.Single-Use/Single-Service Articles: Properly Stored & Used • OBSERVED BOXES OF FOOD STORED ON FLOOR INSIDE WALK-IN FREEZER. MUST ELEVATE FOOD ITEMS OF THE FLOOR AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeFood & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED RUSTY FOOD STORAGE SHELVING THE REAR OUTSIDE WALK-IN COOLER. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE RUST AND REPAINT OR REPLACE SHELVING.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED BIG OPENING INTO CEILING ABOVE PREP TABLE IN MAIN FOOD PREPARATION AREA ALSO OBSERVED PLASTERS FALLEN OFF ON WALL LEADING TO BASEMENT. MUST REPAIR SEAL OPENINGS MAINTAIN FACILITY IN A GOOD REPAIR. MUST BE SMOOTH AND EASILY CLEANABLE. OBSERVED DIRT AND FOOD DEBRIS ON WALLS BEHIND COOKING EQUIPMENT ON PIPES, BEHIND DISHWASHING AREA AND FRONT ENTRANCE DOOR TO FOOD PREP AREA. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED EXCESS GREASE AND DIRT BYUILD UP ON FLOOR THROUGHOUT DISHWASHING AREA AND FLOOR UNDER AROUND AND BEHIND COOKING EQUIPMENT. OBSERVED PEELING PAINT ON WALLS THROUGHOUT BASEMENT. MUST REPAINT AND MAINTAIN. OBSERVED DIRT AND DEBRIS ON BASEMENT FLOOR. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN. • OBSERVED DAMAGE MISSING AND BROKEN FLOOR TILES IN FRONT OF COOKING EQUIPMENT IN FOOD PREPARATION AREA. MUST REPAIR/REPLACE AND MAINTAIN FACILITY IN A GOOD REPAIR.
When was Clock Tower Cafe last inspected?
Clock Tower Cafe has 25 inspections on record going back to April 14, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| September 3, 2025 | Pass | |
| August 26, 2025 | Fail | |
| October 28, 2020 | Pass | |
| October 20, 2020 | Fail | |
| July 15, 2020 | Fail | |
| May 15, 2019 | Pass | |
| May 9, 2019 | Fail | |
| May 7, 2019 | Fail | |
| August 7, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| July 30, 2018 | Fail | |
| July 18, 2017 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| November 10, 2016 | Pass |
Clock Tower Cafe 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 63% 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 3, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.