Crave Cafe & Lounge

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedAugust 21, 2013 →
• 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 August 21, 2013. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Crave Cafe & Lounge?

Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on August 21, 2013. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.

When was Crave Cafe & Lounge last inspected?

Crave Cafe & Lounge has 2 inspections on record going back to July 11, 2013.

Crave Cafe & Lounge vs Near South Side

Near South Side runs 80% clean across 297 tracked restaurants — 235 clean, 51 mid, 6 cooked.

Against the 297 spots Cooked tracks in Near South Side, this one comes out cleaner than 22% 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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated August 21, 2013. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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