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Commonwealth Tavern
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJuly 1, 2025
- address2000 W Roscoe St, Chicago 60618
Is Commonwealth Tavern clean?
Commonwealth Tavern is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 1, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Commonwealth Tavern?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on July 1, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Personal Cleanliness • OBSERVED COOK WITH BEARD AND WITHOUT A BEARD RESTRAINT. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE BEARD RESTRAINTS FOR ALL FOOD HANDLERS WITH BEARDS.Personal Cleanliness • OBSERVED COOK WITH BEARD AND WITHOUT A BEARD RESTRAINT. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE BEARD RESTRAINTS FOR ALL FOOD HANDLERS WITH BEARDS.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeFood & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • MUST NOT USE MILK CRATES AS A MEANS OF ELEVATION FOR STORED ITEMS.
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • ACCUMULATED GREASE AND FOOD DEBRIS AT UTILITY CONNECTIONS AND EQUIPMENT SURFACES BEHIND COOKING LINE. INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR OF DEEP FRYERS.MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • GRIMES ON FLOOR UNDER THE LOW TEMP DISHMACHINE IN PREP AREA AND UNDER THE BAR COUNTER(BEHIND WATER PIPE)
When was Commonwealth Tavern last inspected?
Commonwealth Tavern has 15 inspections on record going back to November 4, 2013. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 1, 2025 | Pass | |
| May 23, 2025 | Pass | |
| September 17, 2024 | Pass | |
| January 11, 2023 | Pass | |
| October 18, 2021 | Pass | |
| September 8, 2021 | Pass | |
| July 22, 2020 | Pass | |
| July 15, 2020 | Fail | |
| May 7, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 10, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 3, 2017 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 22, 2016 | Pass |
Commonwealth Tavern vs North Center
North Center runs 68% clean across 976 tracked restaurants — 657 clean, 151 mid, 163 cooked.
Against the 976 spots Cooked tracks in North Center, this one comes out cleaner than 36% 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 July 1, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.