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Lardon & The Union Taproom & The Meadowlark
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedAugust 18, 2025
- address2200-2202 N California Ave, Chicago 60647
Is Lardon & The Union Taproom & The Meadowlark clean?
Lardon & The Union Taproom & The Meadowlark is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on August 18, 2025. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Lardon & The Union Taproom & The Meadowlark?
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on August 18, 2025. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.
When was Lardon & The Union Taproom & The Meadowlark last inspected?
Lardon & The Union Taproom & The Meadowlark has 6 inspections on record going back to May 27, 2021.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| August 18, 2025 | Pass | |
| August 12, 2025 | Fail | |
| November 18, 2024 | Pass | |
| July 25, 2023 | Pass | |
| July 14, 2022 | Pass | |
| May 27, 2021 | Pass |
Lardon & The Union Taproom & The Meadowlark vs Logan Square
Logan Square runs 66% clean across 1,321 tracked restaurants — 870 clean, 253 mid, 186 cooked.
Against the 1,321 spots Cooked tracks in Logan Square, 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 August 18, 2025. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.