• resultPass
• critical violations0
• last inspectedOctober 8, 2026 →
• address1604 W North Ave, Chicago 60622

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Is The Hat clean?

The Hat is currently Pass from Chicago Department of Public Health, from an inspection on October 8, 2026. No critical violations were recorded at that visit. On Cooked's ladder that reads clean 😇.

What did inspectors find at The Hat?

These are the violations recorded at the most recent inspection on October 8, 2026, in plain English, with the city's own wording underneath.

• ⚠️Adequate Ventilation & Lighting; Designated Areas Used

When was The Hat last inspected?

The Hat has 21 inspections on record going back to February 7, 2014. The 12 most recent are shown below.

Graded visits shown below · newest first · tap a date for the record

History worth a look: 3 of these 12 displayed graded visits read cooked. The current result above stands on its own.

The Hat vs West Town

West Town runs 78% clean across 1,261 tracked restaurants — 971 clean, 250 mid, 29 cooked.

Against the 1,261 spots Cooked tracks in West Town, this one comes out cleaner than 25% of them.

Other spots in West Town

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  clean · July 25, 2022
• ✓ Gobble Doggs, Llc
  clean · February 8, 2017
• ✓ Cheesie's Pub & Grub
  cooked · December 28, 2023
• ✓ Cheesie's Pub & Grub
  clean · December 16, 2015
• ✓ Awake Cafe
  clean · October 23, 2017
• ✓ Potbelly Sandwich Works, Llc
  clean · April 2, 2026

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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.

Read the Chicago ratings guide →

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 October 8, 2026. Inspection results describe one moment in a kitchen's life, not a permanent verdict.

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