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Great American Bagel
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMarch 13, 2026
- address1248 W Belmont Ave, Chicago 60657
Is Great American Bagel clean?
Great American Bagel is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 13, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Great American Bagel?
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on March 13, 2026. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.
When was Great American Bagel last inspected?
Great American Bagel has 26 inspections on record going back to January 27, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| March 13, 2026 | Pass | |
| May 9, 2025 | Pass | |
| January 2, 2025 | Pass | |
| January 4, 2024 | Pass | |
| March 9, 2023 | Pass | |
| March 2, 2023 | Fail | |
| June 27, 2022 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 19, 2021 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 22, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 17, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| February 13, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 31, 2018 | Fail |
Great American Bagel vs Lake View
Lake View runs 68% clean across 2,211 tracked restaurants — 1,492 clean, 440 mid, 272 cooked.
Against the 2,211 spots Cooked tracks in Lake View, this one comes out cleaner than 36% 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 13, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.