Forum 55

• resultPass
• critical violations1
• last inspectedFebruary 24, 2026 →
• address55 E Monroe St, Chicago 60603

Is Forum 55 clean?

Forum 55 is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 24, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Forum 55?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on February 24, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimy
  Physical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean
• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display
• 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to code
  Food & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used
• 🚿plumbing acting up
  Non-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean
• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used

When was Forum 55 last inspected?

Forum 55 has 24 inspections on record going back to October 29, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Graded visits shown below · newest first · tap a date for the record

History worth a look: 2 of these 12 displayed graded visits read cooked. The current result above stands on its own.

Forum 55 vs Loop

Loop runs 82% clean across 2,016 tracked restaurants — 1,619 clean, 324 mid, 43 cooked.

Against the 2,016 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, this one comes out cleaner than 18% of them.

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• ✓ Subway 28330
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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.

Read the Chicago ratings guide →

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 February 24, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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