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Corky's Cafe Inside The Chicago Lighthouse
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJune 12, 2025
- address1850 W Roosevelt Rd, Chicago 60608
Is Corky's Cafe Inside The Chicago Lighthouse clean?
Corky's Cafe Inside The Chicago Lighthouse is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 12, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Corky's Cafe Inside The Chicago Lighthouse?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 12, 2025, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • MUST CLEAN THE BOTTOM SHELF INSIDE THE PRODUCE COOLER TO REMOVE DEBRIS.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • FLOORS NEED CLEANING UNDERNEATH THE CONFECTION OVEN TO REMOVE SPILLS.
When was Corky's Cafe Inside The Chicago Lighthouse last inspected?
Corky's Cafe Inside The Chicago Lighthouse has 10 inspections on record going back to April 30, 2018.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| June 12, 2025 | Pass | |
| December 6, 2024 | Pass | |
| November 29, 2024 | — | |
| December 18, 2023 | Pass | |
| December 14, 2023 | Fail | |
| September 15, 2021 | Pass | |
| October 29, 2020 | Pass | |
| May 21, 2019 | Pass | |
| May 10, 2019 | Fail | |
| April 30, 2018 | Pass |
Corky's Cafe Inside The Chicago Lighthouse 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 30% 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 June 12, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.