Clock Tower Cafe

• resultFail
• critical violations0
• last inspectedAugust 25, 2026 →
• address3600 N Recreation Dr, Chicago 60613

Is Clock Tower Cafe clean?

Clock Tower Cafe is currently Fail from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 25, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads cooked 🪳.

What did inspectors find at Clock Tower Cafe?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on August 25, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Hot & Cold Water Available; Adequate Pressure
• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean

When was Clock Tower Cafe last inspected?

Clock Tower Cafe has 26 inspections on record going back to April 14, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Clock Tower Cafe vs Lake View

Lake View runs 79% clean across 1,124 tracked restaurants — 879 clean, 218 mid, 20 cooked.

Against the 1,124 spots Cooked tracks in Lake View, this one comes out cleaner than 0% of them.

Other spots in Lake View

• ✓ Clock Tower Cafe
  clean · November 23, 2011
• ✓ Jkp Food Mart
  cooked · September 21, 2010
• ✓ New Peking Restaurant
  cooked · October 5, 2010
• ✓ G T Xpress Catering
  cooked · October 14, 2010
• ✓ Honeybaked Ham And Cafe
  clean · July 21, 2025
• ✓ Diva Restaurant
  clean · February 26, 2026

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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 August 25, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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