Chicago Department of Public Health has not published a current health inspection result for Cork Lounge, though it does have an inspection on record from May 27, 2020. That usually means the place is new, recently changed hands, or files under a different name with the city. No rating is not the same as a bad rating.
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on May 27, 2020. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.
Cork Lounge has 2 inspections on record going back to December 19, 2014.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 27, 2020 | — | |
| December 19, 2014 | — |
North Center runs 68% clean across 976 tracked restaurants — 657 clean, 151 mid, 163 cooked.
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 May 27, 2020. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.