Shorty's City Lounge

• critical violations0
• last inspectedNovember 19, 2013
• address4735 W North Ave, Chicago 60639

Is Shorty's City Lounge clean?

Shorty's City Lounge is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on November 19, 2013. 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 Shorty's City Lounge?

Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on November 19, 2013. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.

When was Shorty's City Lounge last inspected?

Shorty's City Lounge has 1 inspection on record going back to November 19, 2013.

Shorty's City Lounge vs Hermosa

Hermosa runs 65% clean across 816 tracked restaurants — 527 clean, 160 mid, 127 cooked.

Against the 816 spots Cooked tracks in Hermosa, 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 November 19, 2013. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.