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Cobra Lounge
- resultPass
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJanuary 15, 2026
- address235 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. 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 Cobra Lounge?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 15, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecriticalAdequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • MISSING HANDWASH SIGNAGE AT HANDWASH SINKS IN BAR AND PREP ARA. INSTD TO PROVIDE HANDWASH SIGNAGE AND MAINTAIN
- ⚠️Utensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • MULTI USE EQUIPMENT IN BASEMENT STORED UNDER SEWER LINES THAT ARE NOT SHIELDED TO INTERCEPT POTENTIAL DRIPS. INSTD TO STORE UNDER SHIELDED SEWER LINES OR IN ANOTHER PROPER AREA • MULTI USE UTENSILS NOT INVERTED DURING STORAGE. INSTD TO INVERT (HANDLE UP) DURING STORAGE AND MAINTAINUtensils, Equipment & Linens: Properly Stored, Dried, & Handled • MULTI USE EQUIPMENT IN BASEMENT STORED UNDER SEWER LINES THAT ARE NOT SHIELDED TO INTERCEPT POTENTIAL DRIPS. INSTD TO STORE UNDER SHIELDED SEWER LINES OR IN ANOTHER PROPER AREA • MULTI USE UTENSILS NOT INVERTED DURING STORAGE. INSTD TO INVERT (HANDLE UP) DURING STORAGE AND MAINTAIN
When was Cobra Lounge last inspected?
Cobra Lounge has 12 inspections on record going back to January 13, 2015.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 15, 2026 | Pass | |
| September 11, 2024 | Pass | |
| December 8, 2023 | Pass | |
| September 14, 2022 | Pass | |
| December 9, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| November 15, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 20, 2018 | Pass | |
| April 13, 2018 | Fail | |
| March 21, 2017 | Pass | |
| June 29, 2016 | Pass | |
| June 23, 2016 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 13, 2015 | Pass w/ Conditions |
Cobra Lounge 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 28% 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.