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Cobra Lounge
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 15, 2026
- address231 N Ashland Ave, Chicago 60607
Is Cobra Lounge clean?
Cobra Lounge is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 15, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Cobra Lounge?
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on January 15, 2026. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.
When was Cobra Lounge last inspected?
Cobra Lounge has 21 inspections on record going back to January 20, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 15, 2026 | Pass | |
| December 22, 2025 | — | |
| October 16, 2024 | Pass | |
| December 8, 2023 | Pass | |
| September 14, 2022 | Pass | |
| November 15, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| November 14, 2019 | — | |
| April 20, 2018 | Pass | |
| April 13, 2018 | Fail | |
| March 21, 2017 | Pass | |
| June 29, 2016 | Pass | |
| June 23, 2016 | Pass w/ Conditions |
Cobra Lounge vs Near West Side
Near West Side runs 50% clean across 2,033 tracked restaurants — 1,019 clean, 227 mid, 774 cooked.
Against the 2,033 spots Cooked tracks in Near West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 51% 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 January 15, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.