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The Hat
- resultPass w/ Conditions
- critical violations0
- last inspectedMay 18, 2026
- address1604 W North Ave, Chicago 60622
Is The Hat clean?
The Hat is currently Pass w/ Conditions from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on May 18, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads mid 😬.
What did inspectors find at The Hat?
These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on May 18, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.
- 🧊food not cooled down rightProper Date Marking And Disposition • OBSERVED IMPROPER DATE MARKING ON COOKED/ READY TO EAT FOOD PREPARED TEMPERATURE CONTROL FOR SAFETY FOODS (PREPACKAGED SALADS, RIB TIPS, AND CHICKEN) NOT PROPERLY DATED STORED LONGER THAN 24 HOURS IN MULTIPLE COOLERS FOUND ON SITE. NO DATES WERE OBSERVED ON THE FOOD MENTIONED FOOD ITEMS. INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE PROPER DATE MARKING WITH DISPOSITION DATE FOR RTE FOODS PREPARED ON SITE AND HELD OVER 24 HOURS. PRIORITY FOUNDATION 7-38-005, CITATION ISSUED
- 🧹floors, walls, or ceilings grimyPhysical Facilities Installed, Maintained & Clean • OBSERVED BROKEN DOWN CARDBOARD BOXES FOUND IN USE AND STORAGE IN THE REAR PREP/DISHWASHING AREA. CARDBOARD BOXES ON FLOOR IN WALK-IN COOLER, STORED ON THE SIDE OF STORAGE SHELF NEAR WALK-IN COOLER, AND UNDER THREE COMPARTMENT SINK. INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE AND MAINTAIN.
When was The Hat last inspected?
The Hat has 20 inspections on record going back to February 7, 2014. The 12 most recent are shown below.
| date | result | score |
|---|---|---|
| May 18, 2026 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 28, 2025 | Pass | |
| March 19, 2025 | Fail | |
| July 17, 2024 | Pass | |
| June 13, 2024 | Fail | |
| June 5, 2023 | Pass | |
| May 19, 2022 | Pass | |
| January 5, 2021 | Pass | |
| May 7, 2020 | Pass | |
| April 30, 2020 | Fail | |
| October 29, 2019 | Pass w/ Conditions | |
| March 28, 2018 | Pass |
The Hat vs West Town
West Town runs 72% clean across 2,068 tracked restaurants — 1,475 clean, 422 mid, 160 cooked.
Against the 2,068 spots Cooked tracks in West Town, this one comes out cleaner than 21% 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 18, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.