Crave Cafe & Lounge

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedFebruary 26, 2014
• address1250 S Michigan Ave, Chicago 60605

Is Crave Cafe & Lounge clean?

Crave Cafe & Lounge is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 26, 2014. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Crave Cafe & Lounge?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 26, 2014, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Food And Non-Food Contact Equipment Utensils Clean, Free Of Abrasive Detergents • SODA GUNS AND HOLDERS IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL ALL SODA SPLATTER. INTERIOR OF ICE MACHINE IN NEED OF CLEANING TO REMOVE ALL BUILD UP. MUST CLEAN AND MAINTAIN AT ALL TIMES.

When was Crave Cafe & Lounge last inspected?

Crave Cafe & Lounge has 4 inspections on record going back to June 11, 2013.

Crave Cafe & Lounge vs Near South Side

Near South Side runs 73% clean across 470 tracked restaurants — 338 clean, 92 mid, 36 cooked.

Against the 470 spots Cooked tracks in Near South Side, this one comes out cleaner than 30% of them.

Other spots in Near South Side

• ✓ Third Star/Sixes & Eights/Main Kitchen
  clean · August 6, 2013
• ✓ Crave Cafe & Lounge
  clean · August 21, 2013
• ✓ The Field Bistro/Catering East & West
  clean · July 29, 2021
• ✓ The Field Bistro/Catering East & West
  clean · November 5, 2013
• ✓ Mariano's
  clean · September 24, 2013
• ✓ Mariano's
  clean · April 13, 2026

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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 February 26, 2014. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.