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Side Car
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedApril 15, 2026
- address1614 W Irving Park Rd, Chicago 60613
Is Side Car clean?
Side Car is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on April 15, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Side Car?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on April 15, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • 4-602.13 CLEAN THE INTERIOR OF THE DEEP FRYERS AND 1-DOOR FREEZER.
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • 6-501.12 CLEAN THE FLOOR BEHIND THE BAR AREA AND IN THE WALK-IN COOLER. CLEAN THE GREASE AND FOOD DEBRIS ON THE WALLS OF THE FOOD PREP AREA.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeFood & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • 4-501.11 REPLACE THE TORN DOOR GASKET INSIDE OF THE DOOR OF THE 1-DOOR PREP COOLER.
When was Side Car last inspected?
Side Car has 21 inspections on record going back to April 13, 2015. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 15, 2026 | Pass | |
| April 8, 2026 | Fail | |
| April 22, 2025 | Pass | |
| May 3, 2024 | Pass | |
| April 26, 2024 | Fail | |
| April 3, 2023 | Pass | |
| March 24, 2023 | Fail | |
| July 26, 2022 | Pass | |
| July 21, 2022 | Pass | |
| July 13, 2022 | Fail | |
| May 6, 2021 | Pass | |
| April 29, 2021 | Fail |
Side Car vs North Center
North Center runs 68% clean across 976 tracked restaurants — 657 clean, 151 mid, 163 cooked.
Against the 976 spots Cooked tracks in North Center, this one comes out cleaner than 36% 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 April 15, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.