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Inspiration Corporation
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJuly 2, 2026
- address3504-3518 W Lake St, Chicago 60624
Is Inspiration Corporation clean?
Inspiration Corporation is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on July 2, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Inspiration Corporation?
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on July 2, 2026. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.
When was Inspiration Corporation last inspected?
Inspiration Corporation has 20 inspections on record going back to February 16, 2011. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 2, 2026 | Pass | |
| June 22, 2026 | Fail | |
| August 13, 2025 | Pass | |
| November 19, 2024 | Pass | |
| March 10, 2023 | Pass | |
| May 20, 2022 | Pass | |
| May 13, 2022 | Fail | |
| January 16, 2020 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 3, 2019 | Pass | |
| May 30, 2017 | Pass | |
| June 3, 2016 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 26, 2016 | Fail |
Inspiration Corporation vs East Garfield Park
East Garfield Park runs 66% clean across 510 tracked restaurants — 336 clean, 87 mid, 85 cooked.
Against the 510 spots Cooked tracks in East Garfield Park, this one comes out cleaner than 35% 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 July 2, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.