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Sunlight Cafe
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedJanuary 14, 2026
- address227 W Cermak Rd, Chicago 60616
Is Sunlight Cafe clean?
Sunlight Cafe is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on January 14, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at Sunlight Cafe?
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on January 14, 2026. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.
When was Sunlight Cafe last inspected?
Sunlight Cafe has 30 inspections on record going back to August 14, 2012. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| January 14, 2026 | Pass | |
| January 6, 2026 | Fail | |
| September 9, 2025 | Pass | |
| September 2, 2025 | Fail | |
| December 18, 2024 | Pass | |
| October 31, 2024 | Pass | |
| October 24, 2024 | Fail | |
| May 28, 2024 | Pass | |
| May 16, 2024 | Fail | |
| August 30, 2023 | Pass | |
| August 23, 2023 | Fail | |
| November 16, 2022 | Pass |
Sunlight Cafe vs Armour Square
Armour Square runs 75% clean across 644 tracked restaurants — 481 clean, 114 mid, 46 cooked.
Against the 644 spots Cooked tracks in Armour Square, this one comes out cleaner than 28% 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 January 14, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.