Main Kitchen

• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedJanuary 26, 2026 →
• address540 N Michigan Ave, Chicago 60611

Is Main Kitchen clean?

Main Kitchen is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 26, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at Main Kitchen?

Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on January 26, 2026. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.

When was Main Kitchen last inspected?

Main Kitchen has 24 inspections on record going back to December 1, 2010. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Main Kitchen vs Near North Side

Near North Side runs 85% clean across 1,809 tracked restaurants — 1,531 clean, 250 mid, 18 cooked.

Against the 1,809 spots Cooked tracks in Near North Side, this one comes out cleaner than 17% 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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated January 26, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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