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Lemon Shark
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJune 6, 2019
- address500 W Madison St, Chicago 60661
Is Lemon Shark clean?
Lemon Shark is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on June 6, 2019. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at Lemon Shark?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 6, 2019, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 📄consumer advisory missingConsumer Advisory Provided For Raw/Undercooked Food • MUST PROVIDE A DISCLOSURE AND REMINDER STATEMENT ON MENUS REGARDING RAW EGGS. INSTRUCTED TO MAINTAIN. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005 NO CITATION ISSUED. (REFER TO HANDOUT)
When was Lemon Shark last inspected?
Lemon Shark has 13 inspections on record going back to August 17, 2015. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| August 3, 2020 | closed by the city | |
| June 6, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 30, 2019 | Fail | |
| September 13, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 6, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| February 7, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| September 12, 2017 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 10, 2017 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 14, 2017 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| October 31, 2016 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| February 26, 2016 | Pass | |
| August 20, 2015 | Pass |
Lemon Shark vs Loop
Loop runs 70% clean across 3,616 tracked restaurants — 2,521 clean, 764 mid, 300 cooked.
Against the 3,616 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, this one comes out cleaner than 23% 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 June 6, 2019. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.