Cooked?
Lovage
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations1
- last inspectedJune 14, 2022
- address311 N Morgan St, Chicago 60607
Is Lovage clean?
Lovage is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on June 14, 2022. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.
What did inspectors find at Lovage?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on June 14, 2022, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecriticalAdequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible • OBSERVED NO SOAP AT HAND WASHING SINK IN FRONT PREP AREA. MUST PROVIDE SOAP AT ALL TIMES TO PROPERLY WASH HANDS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-030(C). CITATION ISSUED. EMPLOYEE PROVIDED SOAP AND PAPER TOWELS AT HAND SINK. • OBSERVED NO PAPER TOWELS AT HAND WASHING SINK IN FRONT PREP AREA. MUST PROVIDE PAPER TOWELS AT ALL TIMES TO PROPERLY DRY HANDS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-030(C). SEE ABOVE FOR CITATION.
- ⚠️Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained • OBSERVED OUTSIDE GARBAGE DUMPSTER OVERFLOWING WITH TRASH PREVENTING LID CLOSURE. INSTRUCTED TO STORE ALL ITEMS INSIDE RECEPTACLE WITH LID SHUT TIGHT TO PREVENT ENTRY POINTS FOR PESTS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-020(b). CITATION ISSUED.Garbage & Refuse Properly Disposed; Facilities Maintained • OBSERVED OUTSIDE GARBAGE DUMPSTER OVERFLOWING WITH TRASH PREVENTING LID CLOSURE. INSTRUCTED TO STORE ALL ITEMS INSIDE RECEPTACLE WITH LID SHUT TIGHT TO PREVENT ENTRY POINTS FOR PESTS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION. 7-38-020(b). CITATION ISSUED.
When was Lovage last inspected?
Lovage has 7 inspections on record going back to November 15, 2017.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| July 21, 2022 | closed by the city | |
| June 14, 2022 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 11, 2021 | Pass | |
| April 21, 2021 | closed by the city | |
| February 25, 2020 | Pass | |
| October 16, 2018 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| November 15, 2017 | Pass |
Lovage 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 0% 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 14, 2022. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.