Cooked?
Earwax Records & Cafe
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMarch 14, 2011
- address1561 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago 60622
Is Earwax Records & Cafe clean?
Earwax Records & Cafe is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on March 14, 2011. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.
What did inspectors find at Earwax Records & Cafe?
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on March 14, 2011. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.
When was Earwax Records & Cafe last inspected?
Earwax Records & Cafe has 6 inspections on record going back to October 7, 2010.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| November 20, 2012 | closed by the city | |
| March 14, 2011 | Pass | |
| February 4, 2011 | Pass | |
| January 26, 2011 | Fail | |
| October 14, 2010 | Pass | |
| October 7, 2010 | Fail |
Earwax Records & Cafe vs West Town
West Town runs 72% clean across 2,068 tracked restaurants — 1,475 clean, 422 mid, 160 cooked.
Against the 2,068 spots Cooked tracks in West Town, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 March 14, 2011. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.