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The Cherry Circle Room
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 7, 2024
- address12 S Michigan Ave, Chicago 60603
Is The Cherry Circle Room clean?
The Cherry Circle Room is currently listed as closed by Chicago Department of Public Health, as of its inspection on May 7, 2024. A closure means inspectors found conditions serious enough to stop service — it is not the same as a restaurant choosing to shut down, and the listing can change once the problems are fixed and re-inspected.
What did inspectors find at The Cherry Circle Room?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 7, 2024, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🛠️surfaces / setup not up to codeFood & Non-Food Contact Surfaces Cleanable, Properly Designed, Constructed & Used • OBSERVED CARDBOARD BEING USED AS LINER IN THE REAR DISHWASHING/PREP AREA ON TOP OF GREASE TRAP. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE CARDBOARD SO SURFACE IS SMOOTH, EVEN AND EASILY CLEANABLE.
- 🚿plumbing acting upNon-Food/Food Contact Surfaces Clean • OBSERVED OLD FOOD RESIDUE ON CAN OPENER IN THE FRONT PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO CLEAN AND SANITIZE CAN OPENER.
- 🚻bathroom / plumbing issuesPlumbing Installed; Proper Backflow Devices • OBSERVED A LEAK AT BOTH FAUCETS AT THE THREE COMPARTMENT SINK IN THE REAR DISH WASHING/PREP AREA. INSTRUCTED TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED WET MOPS STORED IN THE BUCKETS IN THE UPSTAIRS PREP AREA AND DOWNSTAIRS DISH WASHING ROOM. INSTRUCTED TO HANG MOPS WHEN NOT IN USE TO ALLOW TO DRY.
When was The Cherry Circle Room last inspected?
The Cherry Circle Room has 19 inspections on record going back to May 5, 2015. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| April 29, 2025 | closed by the city | |
| May 7, 2024 | Pass | |
| April 30, 2024 | Fail | |
| March 6, 2023 | Pass | |
| March 17, 2022 | Pass | |
| February 1, 2022 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| January 20, 2022 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 23, 2021 | — | |
| December 9, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| May 17, 2018 | Pass | |
| February 22, 2018 | Pass | |
| October 5, 2017 | Pass |
The Cherry Circle Room vs Loop
Loop runs 44% clean across 3,616 tracked restaurants — 1,566 clean, 332 mid, 1,687 cooked.
Against the 3,616 spots Cooked tracks in Loop, this one comes out cleaner than 0% 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 7, 2024. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.