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Spirit Animal
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedOctober 19, 2021
- address1009 W Lake St, Chicago 60607
- cuisineTavern
Is Spirit Animal clean?
Spirit Animal is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 19, 2021. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Spirit Animal?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 19, 2021, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED OPEN CEILING WITH PIPES OVER ICE MACHINE/DISH WASHING AREA. MUST COMPLETELY ENCLOSE PIPES. MUST MAINTAIN SAME.Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display • OBSERVED OPEN CEILING WITH PIPES OVER ICE MACHINE/DISH WASHING AREA. MUST COMPLETELY ENCLOSE PIPES. MUST MAINTAIN SAME.
When was Spirit Animal last inspected?
Spirit Animal has 1 inspection on record going back to October 19, 2021.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| October 19, 2021 | Pass |
Spirit Animal 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 30% 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 October 19, 2021. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.