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The Chicago Firehouse Restaurant
- resultPass
- critical violations0
- last inspectedFebruary 23, 2026
- address1401 S Michigan Ave, Chicago 60605
Is The Chicago Firehouse Restaurant clean?
The Chicago Firehouse Restaurant is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on February 23, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.
What did inspectors find at The Chicago Firehouse Restaurant?
Nothing was written up at the most recent inspection on February 23, 2026. A clean sheet like this is the best possible result — no violations of any severity were recorded.
When was The Chicago Firehouse Restaurant last inspected?
The Chicago Firehouse Restaurant has 20 inspections on record going back to December 27, 2016. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| February 23, 2026 | Pass | |
| July 2, 2025 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| June 18, 2025 | — | |
| March 21, 2024 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 13, 2024 | — | |
| July 5, 2023 | Pass | |
| June 21, 2023 | Fail | |
| March 15, 2023 | Pass | |
| March 8, 2023 | Fail | |
| March 1, 2023 | — | |
| September 2, 2020 | Pass | |
| August 6, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions |
The Chicago Firehouse Restaurant vs Near South Side
Near South Side runs 73% clean across 470 tracked restaurants — 338 clean, 92 mid, 36 cooked.
Against the 470 spots Cooked tracks in Near South 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 February 23, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.