The Admiral At The Lake

• resultPass w/ Conditions
• critical violations1
• last inspectedMarch 17, 2026 →
• address929 W Foster Ave, Chicago 60640

Is The Admiral At The Lake clean?

The Admiral At The Lake is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on March 17, 2026. Inspectors wrote up 1 critical violation — the kind most directly linked to foodborne illness. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.

What did inspectors find at The Admiral At The Lake?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on March 17, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• 🚰handwashing sink blocked or barecritical
  Adequate Handwashing Sinks Properly Supplied And Accessible
• 🧽surfaces not properly sanitized
  Food-Contact Surfaces: Cleaned & Sanitized
• 🧊cold food not cold enough
  Proper Cold Holding Temperatures
• 🧫food prep surfaces dirty
  Proper Cooling Methods Used; Adequate Equipment For Temperature Control
• ⚠️Contamination Prevented During Food Preparation, Storage & Display
• ⚠️In-Use Utensils: Properly Stored

When was The Admiral At The Lake last inspected?

The Admiral At The Lake has 19 inspections on record going back to July 3, 2012. The 12 most recent are shown below.

The Admiral At The Lake vs Edgewater

Edgewater runs 78% clean across 493 tracked restaurants — 378 clean, 101 mid, 8 cooked.

Against the 493 spots Cooked tracks in Edgewater, this one comes out cleaner than 6% 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.

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Inspection findings and available history come from the authority’s published records. Cooked checks daily; publication can lag behind an inspection. Read the date on each result and check the official source for newer information.

Source: Chicago Department of Public Health via Chicago Data Portal. Cooked refreshes this data daily — this listing's most recent inspection is dated March 17, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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