Swift Tavern

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations0
• last inspectedMay 13, 2026
• address3600-3602 N Clark St, Chicago 60613

Is Swift Tavern clean?

Swift Tavern is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 13, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at Swift Tavern?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 13, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized • OBSERVED THE HIGH TEMPERATURE DISHWASHING MACHINE (SINGLE RACK) NOT MAINTAINED. OBSERVED THE SURFACE TEMPERATURE OF THE IRREVERSIBLE REGISTERING TEMPERATURE INDICATOR AT 131F. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR THE DISHWASHING MACHINE SO THAT A SURFACE TEMPERATURE OF 160F IS REACHED ON THE IRREVERSIBLE REGISTERING TEMPERATURE INDICATOR. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-025.
• 🧊food not cooled down right
  Proper Date Marking And Disposition • OBSERVED READY-TO-EAT TCS FOODS (HOUSE MADE SALAD DRESSINGS, MUSHROOM GRAVY, MAC AND CHEESE SAUCE) STORED BEYOND THE 7-DAY MAXIMUM USE BY DATE IN THE 1ST FLOOR WALK-IN COOLER. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO USE OR DISCARD ALL READY-TO-EAT TCS FOODS WITHIN 7 DAYS, WITH THE PREP DATE COUNTING AS DAY #1. PRIORITY VIOLATION 7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.
• 🧪toxic chemicals mishandled
  Compliance With Variance/Specialized Process/Haccp • OBSERVED NO CDPH APPROVED HACCP PLAN ON THE PREMISES FOR VACUUM PACKAGED FOODS ON THE PREMISES. OBSERVED VACUUM PACKAGED MEATS, CARAMELIZED ONIONS AND SAUCES STORED IN THE WALK-IN COOLER AND WALK-IN FREEZER ON THE 1ST AND 2ND FLOOR. OBSERVED A VACUUM PACKAGING MACHINE IN THE 2ND FLOOR FOOD PREP AREA. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO HAVE A CDPH APPROVED HACCP PLAN BEFORE VACUUM PACKAGING ANY FOODS ON THE PREMISES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005. CITATION ISSUED.
• ⚠️Variance Obtained For Specialized Processing Methods • OBSERVED NO CDPH APPROVED HACCP PLAN ON THE PREMISES FOR VACUUM PACKAGED FOODS ON THE PREMISES. OBSERVED VACUUM PACKAGED MEATS, CARAMELIZED ONIONS AND SAUCES STORED IN THE WALK-IN COOLER AND WALK-IN FREEZER ON THE 1ST AND 2ND FLOOR. OBSERVED A VACUUM PACKAGING MACHINE IN THE 2ND FLOOR FOOD PREP AREA. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO HAVE A CDPH APPROVED HACCP PLAN BEFORE VACUUM PACKAGING ANY FOODS ON THE PREMISES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005. SEE VIOLATION #29 FOR CITATION.
  Variance Obtained For Specialized Processing Methods • OBSERVED NO CDPH APPROVED HACCP PLAN ON THE PREMISES FOR VACUUM PACKAGED FOODS ON THE PREMISES. OBSERVED VACUUM PACKAGED MEATS, CARAMELIZED ONIONS AND SAUCES STORED IN THE WALK-IN COOLER AND WALK-IN FREEZER ON THE 1ST AND 2ND FLOOR. OBSERVED A VACUUM PACKAGING MACHINE IN THE 2ND FLOOR FOOD PREP AREA. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED TO HAVE A CDPH APPROVED HACCP PLAN BEFORE VACUUM PACKAGING ANY FOODS ON THE PREMISES. PRIORITY FOUNDATION VIOLATION 7-38-005. SEE VIOLATION #29 FOR CITATION.
• ⚠️All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED A FOOD HANDLING EMPLOYEE WITHOUT A VALID FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATE. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED THAT ALL FOOD HANDLING EMPLOYEES MUST SHOW PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER TRAINING.
  All Food Employees Have Food Handler Training • OBSERVED A FOOD HANDLING EMPLOYEE WITHOUT A VALID FOOD HANDLER TRAINING CERTIFICATE. MANAGEMENT INSTRUCTED THAT ALL FOOD HANDLING EMPLOYEES MUST SHOW PROOF OF FOOD HANDLER TRAINING.

When was Swift Tavern last inspected?

Swift Tavern has 17 inspections on record going back to May 3, 2018. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Swift Tavern vs Lake View

Lake View runs 68% clean across 2,211 tracked restaurants — 1,492 clean, 440 mid, 272 cooked.

Against the 2,211 spots Cooked tracks in Lake View, this one comes out cleaner than 25% 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 May 13, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.