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Little Joe's Circle Lounge Inc
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 29, 2026
- address1041 W Taylor St, Chicago 60607
Is Little Joe's Circle Lounge Inc clean?
Little Joe's Circle Lounge Inc is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 29, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Little Joe's Circle Lounge Inc?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on January 29, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🪳pests in the houseInsects, Rodents, & Animals Not Present • 6-202.15 REAR DOOR NOT PROTECTED, APPROX 1/4 INCH GAP NOTED ON BOTTOM, INBETWEEN AND TOP OF DOOR. INSTD TO REPAIR SAME SO AS TO BE TIGHT FITTING AND PROTECTED
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-501.12: EXCESSIVE MOUND OF GREASE BEHIND FRYERS IN PREP AREA. INSTD TO REMOVE GREASE AND MAINTAIN FLOOR CLEAN.
When was Little Joe's Circle Lounge Inc last inspected?
Little Joe's Circle Lounge Inc has 19 inspections on record going back to November 16, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 29, 2026 | Pass | |
| January 22, 2026 | Fail | |
| December 11, 2025 | — | |
| July 10, 2025 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| April 24, 2025 | Fail | |
| April 16, 2025 | — | |
| February 23, 2024 | Pass | |
| February 16, 2024 | Fail | |
| February 6, 2024 | — | |
| January 27, 2023 | Pass | |
| January 12, 2023 | — | |
| February 3, 2022 | Pass w/ Conditions |
Little Joe's Circle Lounge Inc vs Near West Side
Near West Side runs 72% clean across 2,033 tracked restaurants — 1,463 clean, 406 mid, 151 cooked.
Against the 2,033 spots Cooked tracks in Near West Side, this one comes out cleaner than 51% 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 January 29, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.